Fall of Richmond

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event in the American Civil War military campaign

The Fall of Richmond was the April 1865 capture of the Confederate capital by Union forces, signaling the imminent end of the American Civil War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Burning of Richmond	1
Confederate evacuation of Richmond	1
Fall of Richmond canonical	1
fall of Richmond	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the American Civil War ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Capture of Richmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ visit of Abraham Lincoln to Richmond after its capture ⓘ
causedBy	Union breakthrough at Petersburg ⓘ extended Union siege operations around Petersburg and Richmond ⓘ
commandedBy	Edward O. C. Ord NERFINISHED ⓘ George G. Meade NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States (Union forces) NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Appomattox Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCasualties	Confederate forces ⓘ Union forces ⓘ
hasDate	1865-04-02 ⓘ
hasDateRange	1865-04-02/1865-04-03 ⓘ
hasParticipant	Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Army of the James NERFINISHED ⓘ Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResult	Union victory ⓘ
involves	African American Union soldiers entering the city ⓘ Union troops entering Richmond ⓘ evacuation of Richmond by Confederate forces ⓘ
locationType	urban combat ⓘ
opponentCountry	Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedByCommander	Jefferson Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Battle of Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	burning and widespread fires in Richmond ⓘ capture of Confederate capital ⓘ collapse of Confederate civil authority in its capital ⓘ evacuation of Confederate government from Richmond ⓘ
significance	boosted Northern morale ⓘ deprived Confederacy of its capital ⓘ major psychological blow to the Confederacy ⓘ signaled imminent end of the American Civil War ⓘ
strategicObjective	cutting Confederate supply and communication lines ⓘ seizure of Confederate capital ⓘ
temporalContext	final weeks of the American Civil War ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1865 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Battle of Five Forks → followedBy → Fall of Richmond ⓘ

Evacuation Fire of Richmond in 1865 → alsoKnownAs → Fall of Richmond ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burning of Richmond

Evacuation Fire of Richmond in 1865 → hasCause → Fall of Richmond ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate evacuation of Richmond

Evacuation Fire of Richmond in 1865 → significantEventFor → Fall of Richmond ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Richmond