Battle of Williamsburg
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The Battle of Williamsburg was an early and inconclusive Civil War engagement in May 1862 in Virginia, fought as Union forces pursued the retreating Confederates during the Peninsula Campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Williamsburg canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
ⓘ
battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Fort Magruder ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Army of Northern Virginia
ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederacy
Confederate States of America ⓘ Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| campaign | Peninsula Campaign ⓘ |
| casualtiesConfederate | approximately 1,700 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ |
| casualtiesUnion | approximately 2,200 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ |
| commander |
A.P. Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
A. P. Hill
Cadmus M. Wilcox ⓘ Darius N. Couch ⓘ George McClellan ⓘ
surface form:
George B. McClellan
James Longstreet ⓘ Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ Joseph Hooker ⓘ Major General Jubal A. Early ⓘ
surface form:
Jubal A. Early
Philip Kearny ⓘ Richard H. Anderson ⓘ Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
surface form:
Winfield S. Hancock
|
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | May 5, 1862 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Drewry’s Bluff
ⓘ
Battle of Eltham’s Landing ⓘ |
| front | Peninsula between the York and James Rivers ⓘ |
| involvesPursuitOf | retreating Confederate forces from Yorktown defenses ⓘ |
| isEarlyWarBattle | true ⓘ |
| isInconclusiveEngagement | true ⓘ |
| location |
James City County
ⓘ
surface form:
James City County, Virginia
Williamsburg ⓘ
surface form:
Williamsburg, Virginia
York County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| month | May 1862 ⓘ |
| notableAction | Winfield Scott Hancock’s flanking maneuver on the Union left ⓘ |
| notableFeature | fighting around Fort Magruder ⓘ |
| partOf | Peninsula Campaign ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of Yorktown (1862)
ⓘ
surface form:
Siege of Yorktown (1862)
|
| primaryConfederateObjective | delaying Union advance toward Richmond ⓘ |
| primaryUnionObjective | pursuit of retreating Confederate army from Yorktown ⓘ |
| result | inconclusive ⓘ |
| significance | first large land battle of the Peninsula Campaign after the fall of Yorktown ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| strengthConfederate | about 31,000 troops engaged ⓘ |
| strengthUnion | about 40,000 troops engaged ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| year | 1862 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jubal A. Early
subject surface form:
Joseph Hooker