Holly Springs Raid

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American Civil War battle cavalry raid military raid

The Holly Springs Raid was a Confederate cavalry attack during the American Civil War in December 1862 that destroyed Union supply lines in Mississippi and forced General Ulysses S. Grant to abandon his first overland campaign against Vicksburg.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Forrest's West Tennessee raids	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ cavalry raid ⓘ military raid ⓘ
associatedCommander	Earl Van Dorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignTheater	Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	1862 in Mississippi ⓘ Battles of the Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Cavalry raids of the American Civil War ⓘ
combatantRole	Confederate raiding force ⓘ
commander	Earl Van Dorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	December 20, 1862 ⓘ
destroyed	Union military stores at Holly Springs ⓘ Union railroad infrastructure in the area ⓘ Union telegraph lines in the area ⓘ
effect	destroyed large quantities of Union supplies ⓘ forced Ulysses S. Grant to abandon his first overland campaign against Vicksburg ⓘ severed Union supply lines in northern Mississippi ⓘ temporarily halted Union advance toward Vicksburg ⓘ
followedBy	shift in Union strategy toward river-based operations against Vicksburg ⓘ
garrisonCommander	Robert C. Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Holly Springs, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Confederate cavalry ⓘ
month	December ⓘ
notableFor	demonstrating vulnerability of long Union supply lines ⓘ one of the most successful Confederate cavalry raids of the war ⓘ
objective	destroy Union supply depot at Holly Springs ⓘ disrupt Union supply lines ⓘ
opponentRole	Union garrison and supply forces ⓘ
opposingCommander	Robert C. Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Grant's first overland campaign against Vicksburg ⓘ Vicksburg campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Union advance into northern Mississippi under Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
relatedEvent	First Vicksburg campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedPlace	Vicksburg, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Confederate victory ⓘ
state	Mississippi ⓘ
strategicImpact	delayed Union capture of Vicksburg ⓘ encouraged Confederate use of cavalry raids in the Western Theater ⓘ
target	Union supply depot ⓘ railroad and telegraph communications ⓘ
typeOfOperation	cavalry raid behind enemy lines ⓘ
year	1862 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Earl Van Dorn → notableOperation → Holly Springs Raid ⓘ

Confederate cavalry → notableEngagement → Holly Springs Raid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forrest's West Tennessee raids