Appomattox Campaign

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American Civil War campaign military campaign

The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.

Aliases (1)

General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865-04-09) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War campaign → military campaign →
alsoKnownAs	Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations →
belligerent	Confederate States of America → United States of America →
combatant	Army of Northern Virginia → Army of the James → Army of the Potomac → Union Army →
commandedBy	Robert E. Lee → Ulysses S. Grant →
conflict	American Civil War →
country	United States →
endDate	1865-04-12 →
endedBy	Appomattox Court House surrender terms agreed by Grant and Lee →
endedWith	surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia →
followed	Siege of Petersburg → Siege of Richmond →
hasPart	Battle of Amelia Springs → Battle of Appomattox Court House → Battle of Appomattox Station → Battle of Dinwiddie Court House → Battle of Five Forks → Battle of High Bridge → Battle of Lewis’s Farm → Battle of Sailor’s Creek → Battle of White Oak Road → Third Battle of Petersburg →
historicalPeriod	American Civil War final operations →
involves	Confederate forces retreating from Petersburg and Richmond → Union cavalry under Philip H. Sheridan →
location	Virginia →
notableEvent	breakthrough of Confederate lines at Petersburg → evacuation of Richmond →
objective	to cut off and destroy the Army of Northern Virginia →
partOf	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War →
precededBy	Richmond–Petersburg Campaign →
primaryConfederateCommander	Robert E. Lee →
primaryUnionCommander	Ulysses S. Grant →
result	Union victory →
significance	led to the effective end of major Confederate military operations in the Eastern Theater →
startDate	1865-03-29 →
surrenderDate	1865-04-09 →
surrenderSignedAt	Appomattox Court House →
theater	Virginia theater of the American Civil War →
year	1865 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army of Northern Virginia → Army of the Potomac →	engagedIn
Appomattox Court House, Virginia →	battleOrCampaignContext
From Manassas to Appomattox →	describesEvent
Appomattox County, Virginia →	eventLocation
Siege of Petersburg →	followedBy
American Civil War →	hasPart
Philip Sheridan →	notableWork
Confederate States Army →	significantBattle
Union →	significantEvent
Confederate States of America ("General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865-04-09)") →	surrenderEvent