Knoxville Campaign

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The Knoxville Campaign was a series of American Civil War operations in late 1863 in East Tennessee, centered on the Union defense of Knoxville against Confederate forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
centeredOn defense of Knoxville ⓘ
combatant Confederate States Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commander Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
James Longstreet ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime December 1863 ⓘ
followedBy Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Campbell's Station ⓘ
Battle of Fort Sanders ⓘ
Longstreet's Knoxville expedition ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign

Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
location East Tennessee ⓘ
Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
militaryObjective isolation of Union forces in East Tennessee ⓘ
relief of Union forces in Knoxville ⓘ
notableCommanderConfederate James Longstreet ⓘ
notableCommanderUnion Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Campbell's Station ⓘ
Battle of Fort Sanders ⓘ
objective Confederate attempt to capture Knoxville ⓘ
Union defense of Knoxville ⓘ
opponentCommander Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
James Longstreet ⓘ
partOf Confederate operations in East Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign

Union operations in East Tennessee ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Chickamauga Campaign ⓘ
primaryTacticConfederate siege operations against Knoxville ⓘ
primaryTacticUnion fortified defense of Knoxville ⓘ
region Appalachian region of Tennessee ⓘ
relatedTo Longstreet's East Tennessee expedition ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign

Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startTime November 1863 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of East Tennessee ⓘ
control of railroad lines in East Tennessee ⓘ
protection of Unionist population in East Tennessee ⓘ
theater Western Theater ⓘ
timePeriod late 1863 ⓘ
year 1863 ⓘ

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Army of the Ohio → engagement → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
Army of the Ohio → engagement → Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Relief of Knoxville → partOf → Knoxville campaign ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Relief of Knoxville → partOf → Chattanooga and Knoxville campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Relief of Knoxville → opposedSiegeOf → Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Relief of Knoxville → relatedTo → Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
Lafayette McLaws → notableBattle → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
Department of the Ohio → oversawOperation → Knoxville campaign ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Knoxville Campaign → hasPart → Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Knoxville Campaign → hasPart → Longstreet's Knoxville expedition ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Knoxville Campaign → partOf → Confederate operations in East Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Knoxville Campaign → relatedTo → Longstreet's East Tennessee expedition ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Ninth Corps (Army of the Ohio) → participatedIn → Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
IX Corps → engagement → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
IX Corps (Union Army) → participatedIn → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
IX Corps, Army of the Potomac → engagement → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
Longstreet's Corps → notableEngagement → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Campbell’s Station → partOf → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Campbell’s Station → followedBy → Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Battle of Fort Sanders → partOf → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Fort Sanders → precededBy → Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
linked to: Knoxville Campaign
Battle of Fort Sanders → relatedEvent → Siege of Knoxville ⓘ
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Campaigns of the American Civil War → hasPart → Knoxville Campaign ⓘ