“The March into Virginia”

Target entity: “The March into Virginia”
Context triple: [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, hasPart, “The March into Virginia”]

• A. Overland Campaign
  The Overland Campaign was a major series of brutal Civil War battles in Virginia in 1864, pitting Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in a relentless war of attrition.
• B. Northern Virginia Campaign
  The Northern Virginia Campaign was a series of American Civil War battles in the summer of 1862 in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee drove Union armies out of Virginia, culminating in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
• C. Valley Campaigns of 1864
  The Valley Campaigns of 1864 were a series of American Civil War military operations in Virginia in which Union forces under Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate armies, crippling the South’s use of the Shenandoah Valley as a strategic resource and invasion route.
• D. Fredericksburg campaign
  The Fredericksburg campaign was a major American Civil War operation in late 1862 in which Union forces under Ambrose Burnside attempted and failed to seize the Confederate stronghold of Fredericksburg, Virginia, resulting in a lopsided Confederate victory.
• E. Valley Campaign of 1862
  The Valley Campaign of 1862 was Confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s famed Civil War offensive in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, noted for its rapid maneuvers and strategic impact far beyond its small scale.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: “The March into Virginia”
Target entity description: “The March into Virginia” is a Civil War–themed poem by Herman Melville included in his collection *Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War*, reflecting on the experiences and emotions of soldiers entering the conflict.

• A. Overland Campaign
  The Overland Campaign was a major series of brutal Civil War battles in Virginia in 1864, pitting Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in a relentless war of attrition.
• B. Northern Virginia Campaign
  The Northern Virginia Campaign was a series of American Civil War battles in the summer of 1862 in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee drove Union armies out of Virginia, culminating in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
• C. Valley Campaigns of 1864
  The Valley Campaigns of 1864 were a series of American Civil War military operations in Virginia in which Union forces under Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate armies, crippling the South’s use of the Shenandoah Valley as a strategic resource and invasion route.
• D. Fredericksburg campaign
  The Fredericksburg campaign was a major American Civil War operation in late 1862 in which Union forces under Ambrose Burnside attempted and failed to seize the Confederate stronghold of Fredericksburg, Virginia, resulting in a lopsided Confederate victory.
• E. Valley Campaign of 1862
  The Valley Campaign of 1862 was Confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s famed Civil War offensive in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, noted for its rapid maneuvers and strategic impact far beyond its small scale.
• F. None of above. chosen