Eastern Theater

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The Eastern Theater was the primary region of major Civil War operations in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, where many of the conflict’s most significant and famous battles took place.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf theater of war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
characterizedBy heavy casualties ⓘ
high troop concentrations ⓘ
intense public and political attention ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
frontLine area between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
includesBattle Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
includesCampaign Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ
Maryland Campaign ⓘ
Overland Campaign ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
includesState Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic coastal region of the United States ⓘ
District of Columbia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
majorConfederateCommander Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
majorUnionCommander Ambrose E. Burnside ⓘ
linked to: Ambrose Burnside

George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

George G. Meade ⓘ
Joseph Hooker ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
notableFor major land campaigns between the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
partOf American Civil War military operations ⓘ
primaryConfederateArmy Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
primaryUnionArmy Army of the Potomac ⓘ
significance central to Confederate attempts to gain recognition through offensive campaigns into the North ⓘ
decisive for the protection of the Union capital ⓘ
site of many of the most famous battles of the American Civil War ⓘ
strategicObjective defense and capture of Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
defense and capture of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
timePeriod 1861–1865 ⓘ

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Gettysburg Campaign → theater → Eastern Theater ⓘ
Northern Virginia Campaign → theater → Eastern Theater ⓘ
Battle of Fort Stedman → theater → Virginia theater of operations ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Theater
Seven Days’ Campaign → theater → Eastern Theater ⓘ
Battle of Gaines's Mill → theater → Eastern Theater ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Gaines’s Mill
Battle of Malvern Hill → front → Eastern Theater ⓘ
Battle of Ball's Bluff → theater → Eastern Theater ⓘ
Battle of Yorktown (1862) → warTheater → Eastern Theater ⓘ
Mine Run Campaign → theater → Virginia theater of operations ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Theater
Battle of Globe Tavern → theater → Virginia theater of operations ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Theater
Crater → theater → Virginia theater of operations ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Theater
Second Battle of Ream’s Station → theater → Virginia theater of operations ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Theater
Sherman’s Battery → theater → Eastern Theater of operations ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Theater