Carolinas Campaign

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Union military offensive military campaign

The Carolinas Campaign was a major Union military offensive led by General William Tecumseh Sherman in early 1865 that devastated Confederate infrastructure in the Carolinas and helped bring the American Civil War to a close.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Carolinas Campaign canonical	13
Carolinas campaign	3
Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign	2
Sherman’s March through South Carolina	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union military offensive ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aftermath	surrender of Joseph E. Johnston’s army at Bennett Place ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Carolinas Campaign ⓘ surface form: Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
casusBelli	Union effort to end Confederate resistance in the Carolinas ⓘ
commander	William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
commandingRank	Major General ⓘ
commandStructure	Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
damageType	agricultural resource destruction ⓘ industrial infrastructure destruction ⓘ railroad destruction ⓘ
effect	contributed to collapse of Confederate resistance ⓘ devastation of Confederate infrastructure in the Carolinas ⓘ
endDate	1865-04 ⓘ
geographicScope	Carolinas ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Civil War ⓘ surface form: American Civil War era
involvedBranch	Confederate States Army ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army Union Army ⓘ
ledBy	William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
location	North Carolina ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Averasborough ⓘ Battle of Bentonville ⓘ Battle of Wyse Fork ⓘ
notableEvent	capture of Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ occupation of Fayetteville, North Carolina ⓘ
objective	destroy Confederate military infrastructure in the Carolinas ⓘ disrupt Confederate supply lines ⓘ join forces with Union armies in Virginia ⓘ
opposingCommander	Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ William J. Hardee ⓘ
partOf	Union war effort in the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Savannah Campaign ⓘ
relatedSurrender	Bennett Place surrender ⓘ
relatedTo	March to the Sea ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
significance	helped bring the American Civil War to a close ⓘ
startDate	1865-01 ⓘ
strategy	maneuver warfare ⓘ total war ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year	1865 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

William Tecumseh Sherman → notableFor → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Sherman’s March to the Sea → followedBy → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Military Division of the Mississippi → oversawOperation → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → describesEvent → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Carolinas Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign

Savannah Campaign → followedBy → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Army of the Tennessee → engagement → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Army of the Tennessee → campaign → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Joseph E. Johnston → notableFor → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Edmund Pettus → participantIn → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carolinas campaign

Richard H. Anderson → participatedIn → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

March to the Sea → followedBy → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carolinas campaign

Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Bentonville → partOf → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign

Battle of Averasborough → partOf → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Averasborough → precededBy → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sherman’s March through South Carolina

Battle of Wyse Fork → partOf → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

Virginia campaign → precededBy → Carolinas Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carolinas campaign