Third Battle of Petersburg

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The Third Battle of Petersburg was the decisive Union assault in April 1865 that broke Confederate defenses around Petersburg, leading directly to the fall of Richmond and the endgame of the American Civil War.

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Label Occurrences
Third Battle of Petersburg canonical 15
Fall of Petersburg 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the American Civil War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fall of Petersburg ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignPhase final offensive operations against Petersburg ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses thousands on both sides ⓘ
commander A. P. Hill ⓘ
linked to: A.P. Hill

George G. Meade ⓘ
John B. Gordon ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
commandStructure Confederate forces under command of General Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Union forces under overall command of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
date April 2, 1865 ⓘ
followedBy Appomattox campaign ⓘ
linked to: Appomattox Campaign

Battle of Appomattox Court House ⓘ
Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
geographicalContext south of Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
historicalSignificance decisive battle leading to the collapse of Confederate defenses around Richmond and Petersburg ⓘ
key event in the endgame of the American Civil War ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the James ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
location Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
notableEvent death of Confederate General A. P. Hill ⓘ
objective break Confederate defensive lines around Petersburg ⓘ
partOf Petersburg campaign ⓘ
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Fort Stedman ⓘ
relatedEvent Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
Evacuation of Richmond ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
strategicConsequence beginning of the final retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
direct lead-up to Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
evacuation of Petersburg by Confederate forces ⓘ
fall of Richmond ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Confederate lines around Petersburg became untenable ⓘ
Union forces broke through multiple Confederate defensive lines ⓘ
typeOfAction large-scale infantry assault ⓘ
siege breakthrough ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Siege of Petersburg → majorEngagement → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Appomattox Campaign → hasPart → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations → precededBy → Fall of Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: Third Battle of Petersburg
A.P. Hill → killedIn → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Petersburg National Battlefield → significantEvent → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Second Battle of Petersburg → followedBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of White Oak Road → followedBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of Fort Stedman → followedBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Third Battle of Petersburg → alsoKnownAs → Fall of Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: Third Battle of Petersburg
Battle of Five Forks → followedBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of Sailor’s Creek → follows → Fall of Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: Third Battle of Petersburg
Battle of Sailor’s Creek → precededBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Richmond defenses → associatedBattle → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Fort Gregg area → associatedWithEvent → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Fourth Battle of Petersburg → precededBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Fourth Battle of Petersburg → relatedEvent → Fall of Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: Third Battle of Petersburg
Fall of Richmond → precededBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of Namozine Church → precededBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Petersburg fortifications → associatedWith → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
Battle of Quaker Road → relatedEvent → Fall of Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: Third Battle of Petersburg