Knoxville Campaign

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American Civil War campaign military campaign

The Knoxville Campaign was a series of American Civil War operations in late 1863 in East Tennessee, centered on the Union defense of Knoxville against Confederate forces.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Siege of Knoxville	3
Chattanooga and Knoxville campaigns	1
Knoxville campaign	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredOn	defense of Knoxville ⓘ
combatant	Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Ambrose Burnside NERFINISHED ⓘ James Longstreet NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	December 1863 ⓘ
followedBy	Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Campbell's Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fort Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Longstreet's Knoxville expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Knoxville NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	East Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Knoxville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryObjective	isolation of Union forces in East Tennessee ⓘ relief of Union forces in Knoxville ⓘ
notableCommanderConfederate	James Longstreet NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommanderUnion	Ambrose Burnside NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Campbell's Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fort Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	Confederate attempt to capture Knoxville ⓘ Union defense of Knoxville ⓘ
opponentCommander	Ambrose Burnside NERFINISHED ⓘ James Longstreet NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Confederate operations in East Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Union operations in East Tennessee ⓘ Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Chickamauga Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTacticConfederate	siege operations against Knoxville ⓘ
primaryTacticUnion	fortified defense of Knoxville ⓘ
region	Appalachian region of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Longstreet's East Tennessee expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Knoxville NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startTime	November 1863 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of East Tennessee ⓘ control of railroad lines in East Tennessee ⓘ protection of Unionist population in East Tennessee ⓘ
theater	Western Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1863 ⓘ
year	1863 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Army of the Ohio → engagement → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Knoxville

Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ

Relief of Knoxville → opposedSiegeOf → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Knoxville

Relief of Knoxville → partOf → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knoxville campaign

Relief of Knoxville → partOf → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chattanooga and Knoxville campaigns

Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) → participatedIn → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ

Relief of Knoxville → relatedTo → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Knoxville