Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia

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The Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia was an early Civil War seizure and long-term military control of the strategically vital city just south of Washington, D.C., serving as a key logistical and defensive hub for Union forces.

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Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event of the American Civil War ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
affects civilian population of Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ
associatedWith Alexandria Canal ⓘ
Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad ⓘ
Alexandria, Virginia in the American Civil War ⓘ
Orange and Alexandria Railroad ⓘ
defenses of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
belligerent Union ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
controlledBy Union Army ⓘ
United States War Department ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1865 ⓘ
hasCause need to protect Washington, D.C. ⓘ
secession of Virginia from the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1860s ⓘ
impact disruption of local commerce in Alexandria ⓘ
influx of Union soldiers and war workers ⓘ
presence of contrabands and formerly enslaved people seeking refuge ⓘ
locatedNear Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedOn Potomac River ⓘ
location Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ
militaryUse Union army camps ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
military hospitals ⓘ
railroad yards ⓘ
supply warehouses ⓘ
notableCommander Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth ⓘ
linked to: Elmer E. Ellsworth

Union General George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

Union General Irvin McDowell ⓘ
linked to: Irvin McDowell
notableEvent killing of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth in Alexandria ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate States of America ⓘ
partOf Union military operations in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
result continuous Union control of Alexandria for most of the Civil War ⓘ
conversion of Alexandria into a major Union military base ⓘ
use of Alexandria as a hospital center ⓘ
use of Alexandria as a supply depot ⓘ
use of Alexandria as a transportation hub ⓘ
startTime 1861-05-24 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Potomac River approaches to Washington, D.C. ⓘ
logistical supply center for Union armies in Virginia ⓘ
proximity to the national capital ⓘ
railroad transportation hub ⓘ
usedFor administration of military government in occupied Northern Virginia ⓘ
embarkation point for Union troops and supplies ⓘ
hospital treatment of wounded soldiers from Virginia battlefields ⓘ
staging area for Union campaigns in Virginia ⓘ

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Battle of Vienna (American Civil War) → relatedEvent → Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ