Virginia campaign

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American Revolutionary War campaign military campaign

The Virginia campaign was a series of American Revolutionary War operations in 1781, culminating in the Siege of Yorktown and involving forces under commanders such as the Marquis de Lafayette.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Cornwallis’s Virginia campaign	1
Lafayette's maneuvers in Virginia	1
Virginia campaign canonical	1
Virginia campaign of 1781	1
Virginia theater of operations	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
commander	Anthony Wayne ⓘ Benedict Arnold ⓘ Charles Cornwallis ⓘ François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ William Phillips ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1781 ⓘ
followedBy	Peace negotiations leading to the Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Blandford ⓘ Battle of Green Spring ⓘ Battle of Hot Water ⓘ Battle of Petersburg (1781) ⓘ Battle of Spencer's Ordinary ⓘ British occupation of Richmond (1781) ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ surface form: Cornwallis's march to Yorktown Virginia campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lafayette's maneuvers in Virginia Raids of Benedict Arnold in Virginia ⓘ Raids of William Phillips in Virginia ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ Skirmishes along the James River ⓘ
location	Virginia ⓘ
mainBelligerent	France ⓘ Great Britain ONNED1 ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
notableEvent	Concentration of British forces at Yorktown ⓘ Franco-American coordination of land and naval forces ⓘ
opponent	British Army under Cornwallis ⓘ surface form: British forces under Charles Cornwallis Loyalist forces in Virginia ⓘ
participant	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ French Army ⓘ Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ Virginia militia ⓘ
partOf	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy	Carolinas Campaign ⓘ surface form: Carolinas campaign
result	Decisive Franco-American victory ⓘ Strategic defeat for Great Britain in North America ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ surface form: Surrender of British army at Yorktown
significance	Led directly to peace negotiations ending the American Revolutionary War ⓘ Secured American independence in practice ⓘ
startTime	1781 ⓘ
theaterOfWar	Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
year	1781 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lafayette’s division → theater → Virginia campaign ⓘ

Carolina campaign of 1780 → followedBy → Virginia campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cornwallis’s Virginia campaign

Skirmish at Vienna → theater → Virginia campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia theater of operations

Battle of Cape Henry → campaign → Virginia campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia campaign of 1781

Virginia campaign → hasPart → Virginia campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lafayette's maneuvers in Virginia