Relief of Knoxville

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The Relief of Knoxville was an American Civil War Union operation in late 1863 that successfully lifted the Confederate siege of Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Relief of Knoxville canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War engagement ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States (Confederacy) ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
combatant Confederate States Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commander Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
Braxton Bragg ⓘ
James Longstreet ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William T. Sherman ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateContext late 1863 ⓘ
endDate 1863-12-04 ⓘ
followedBy withdrawal of Longstreet from East Tennessee ⓘ
hasMainLocation Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1860s ⓘ
involves Army of the Ohio ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
Longstreet's Corps ⓘ
locatedIn East Tennessee ⓘ
militaryFront Union Western armies ⓘ
notableCommanderConfederate Braxton Bragg ⓘ
James Longstreet ⓘ
notableCommanderUnion Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
William T. Sherman ⓘ
objective to break the Confederate siege of Knoxville ⓘ
to relieve the Union garrison at Knoxville ⓘ
opposedSiegeOf Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
opposingForce Confederate Army of Tennessee elements ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee
orderedBy Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
partOf Chattanooga and Knoxville campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign

Knoxville campaign ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
place Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Chattanooga ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Fort Sanders ⓘ
Chattanooga campaign ⓘ
Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
result Confederate siege of Knoxville lifted ⓘ
Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1863-11-28 ⓘ
strategicImportance prevented Confederate recapture of Knoxville ⓘ
secured Union control of East Tennessee ⓘ
supportedBy Union forces from Chattanooga ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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