Battle of Globe Tavern

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The Battle of Globe Tavern was an August 1864 American Civil War engagement near Petersburg, Virginia, in which Union forces successfully cut the Weldon Railroad, tightening the siege of the Confederate-held city.

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Battle of Globe Tavern canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Weldon Railroad ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
commander A. P. Hill ⓘ
linked to: A.P. Hill

Gouverneur K. Warren ⓘ
P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
confederateCasualtiesApprox about 2,300 ⓘ
confederateCommanderRank General (P. G. T. Beauregard) ⓘ
Lieutenant General (A. P. Hill) ⓘ
linked to: A.P. Hill
confederateForce Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia ⓘ
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnd 1864-08-21 ⓘ
dateStart 1864-08-18 ⓘ
followedBy Second Battle of Ream’s Station ⓘ
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
frontlineActivity entrenchment and railroad destruction ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
involves Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
locatedIn Dinwiddie County, Virginia ⓘ
month August 1864 ⓘ
notableAction Union troops entrenched along the Weldon Railroad ⓘ
repeated Confederate counterattacks failed to dislodge Union forces ⓘ
objectiveAchieved Yes ⓘ
partOf Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
place near Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
precededBy Second Battle of Deep Bottom ⓘ
primaryObjective to cut the Weldon Railroad ⓘ
railroadTargeted Weldon Railroad ⓘ
linked to: South Side Railroad
result Union victory ⓘ
significance first permanent Union hold on a section of the Weldon Railroad south of Petersburg ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicEffect disrupted Confederate supply line into Petersburg ⓘ
tightened Union siege of Petersburg ⓘ
supplyLine Petersburg supply line via Weldon Railroad ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Union forces held the Weldon Railroad ⓘ
theater Virginia theater of operations ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Theater
typeOfEngagement land battle ⓘ
unionCasualtiesApprox about 4,300 ⓘ
unionCommanderRank Major General (Gouverneur K. Warren) ⓘ
unionForce V Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Richmond–Petersburg Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Globe Tavern ⓘ
Battle of Peebles' Farm → relatedEvent → Battle of Globe Tavern ⓘ
Battle of the Weldon Railroad → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Globe Tavern ⓘ
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road → followedBy → Battle of Globe Tavern ⓘ
Second Battle of Ream’s Station → precededBy → Battle of Globe Tavern ⓘ