Wilson's Raid

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Wilson's Raid was a major Union cavalry campaign in the final months of the American Civil War that swept through Alabama and Georgia, destroying Confederate infrastructure and war-making capacity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union cavalry raid ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
advancedThrough central Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Central Alabama

northern Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Northern Alabama

western Georgia ⓘ
belligerent United States (Union) ⓘ
captured Columbus, Georgia ⓘ
Macon, Georgia ⓘ
Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
Selma, Alabama ⓘ
commander James H. Wilson ⓘ
Major General James Harrison Wilson ⓘ
commandStructure Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDetail began near Gravelly Springs, Alabama, in March 1865 ⓘ
destroyed Confederate machine shops ⓘ
Confederate munitions factories ⓘ
Confederate railroad depots ⓘ
Confederate rolling stock ⓘ
bridges on key Confederate rail lines ⓘ
endDate 1865-04-20 ⓘ
historicalSignificance hastened the collapse of Confederate resistance in the Deep South ⓘ
one of the largest and most destructive cavalry raids of the American Civil War ⓘ
location Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
militaryBranch Union cavalry ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Selma ⓘ
capture of Jefferson Davis's wife and entourage near Irwinville, Georgia region ⓘ
capture of Selma's Confederate arsenal and foundries ⓘ
destruction of the Confederate naval yard at Columbus, Georgia ⓘ
objective capture key industrial centers in the Deep South ⓘ
destroy Confederate infrastructure ⓘ
disrupt Confederate war-making capacity ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate States of America ⓘ
partOf Union operations in the final months of the American Civil War ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1865-03-22 ⓘ
strength approximately 13,500 Union cavalrymen ⓘ
target Confederate arsenals ⓘ
Confederate factories ⓘ
Confederate ironworks ⓘ
Confederate supply depots ⓘ
railroads in Alabama and Georgia ⓘ
theatre Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timePeriod final months of the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Battle of Selma (1865) → partOf → Wilson's Raid ⓘ
Battle of Selma (1865) → campaign → Wilson's Raid in Alabama and Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Wilson's Raid
James H. Wilson → notableWork → Wilson’s Raid through Alabama and Georgia in 1865 ⓘ
linked to: Wilson's Raid
James H. Wilson → participatedIn → Wilson’s Raid ⓘ
linked to: Wilson's Raid