Richmond–Petersburg Campaign

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American Civil War campaign military campaign

The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a prolonged series of American Civil War battles in 1864–1865 in which Union forces sought to cut off and capture the Confederate strongholds of Richmond and Petersburg, leading directly to the collapse of the Confederacy.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign canonical	43
Petersburg Campaign	23
Richmond–Petersburg front	4
Battles of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign	1
Confederate retreat from Petersburg and Richmond	1
Defense of Richmond	1
Grant's 1864–65 Overland and Petersburg operations	1
Grant’s 1864 Virginia campaign	1
Grant’s Overland and Petersburg operations	1
Overland Campaign and Richmond–Petersburg operations	1
Overland and Petersburg campaigns sequence	1
Petersburg campaign	1
Richmond–Petersburg theater	1
Richmond–Petersburg theater of operations	1
Union Army operations around Petersburg	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1192914 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Richmond–Petersburg Campaign
Context triple: [Siege of Petersburg, partOf, Richmond–Petersburg Campaign]

A. Manassas Campaign
The Manassas Campaign was the early American Civil War operation in northern Virginia that culminated in the First Battle of Bull Run, marking the war’s first major land engagement.
B. Northern Virginia Campaign
The Northern Virginia Campaign was a series of American Civil War battles in the summer of 1862 in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee drove Union armies out of Virginia, culminating in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
C. Maryland Campaign
The Maryland Campaign was Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first major invasion of the North during the American Civil War in 1862, culminating in the Battle of Antietam.
D. Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
E. Valley Campaigns of 1864
The Valley Campaigns of 1864 were a series of American Civil War military operations in Virginia in which Union forces under Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate armies, crippling the South’s use of the Shenandoah Valley as a strategic resource and invasion route.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Richmond–Petersburg Campaign
Target entity description: The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a prolonged series of American Civil War battles in 1864–1865 in which Union forces sought to cut off and capture the Confederate strongholds of Richmond and Petersburg, leading directly to the collapse of the Confederacy.

A. Manassas Campaign
The Manassas Campaign was the early American Civil War operation in northern Virginia that culminated in the First Battle of Bull Run, marking the war’s first major land engagement.
B. Northern Virginia Campaign
The Northern Virginia Campaign was a series of American Civil War battles in the summer of 1862 in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee drove Union armies out of Virginia, culminating in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
C. Maryland Campaign
The Maryland Campaign was Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first major invasion of the North during the American Civil War in 1862, culminating in the Battle of Antietam.
D. Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
E. Valley Campaigns of 1864
The Valley Campaigns of 1864 were a series of American Civil War military operations in Virginia in which Union forces under Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate armies, crippling the South’s use of the Shenandoah Valley as a strategic resource and invasion route.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Petersburg Campaign ⓘ linked to: Richmond–Petersburg Campaign Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) ⓘ linked to: Union (United States)
characterizedAs	siege warfare ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ
commander	George G. Meade ⓘ Robert E. Lee ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
conflictIn	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
endDate	1865-04-02 ⓘ
followedBy	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
frontLength	approximately 37 miles ⓘ
historicalSignificance	directly contributed to the collapse of the Confederacy ⓘ
involvedUnit	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ Army of the James ⓘ Army of the Potomac ⓘ
location	Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ Richmond, Virginia ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Boydton Plank Road ⓘ Battle of Five Forks ⓘ Battle of Fort Stedman ⓘ Battle of Globe Tavern ⓘ Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road ⓘ Battle of Peebles' Farm ⓘ Battle of the Crater ⓘ Battle of the Weldon Railroad ⓘ Second Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
notableEvent	Union mining operation leading to the Crater explosion ⓘ
objective	capture Petersburg ⓘ capture Richmond ⓘ cut Confederate supply lines ⓘ
opponentCountry	Confederate States of America ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Overland Campaign ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	1864-06-15 ⓘ
strategicEffect	collapse of Confederate defensive lines around Richmond ⓘ evacuation of Petersburg ⓘ evacuation of Richmond ⓘ opening of the Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
usedTechnology	extensive field fortifications ⓘ military railroads ⓘ siege artillery ⓘ

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