Union campaigns of 1864

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The Union campaigns of 1864 were a coordinated series of major offensives, led primarily by Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, aimed at crippling the Confederacy’s military capacity and will to fight during the final phase of the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union military operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
contributesTo Union victory in the American Civil War ⓘ
collapse of the Confederacy ⓘ
follows Union campaigns of 1863 ⓘ
hasBattle Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
Battle of Cedar Creek ⓘ
Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ
Battle of Franklin ⓘ
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Battle of Mansfield ⓘ
Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Battle of Nashville ⓘ
Battle of New Market ⓘ
Battle of Pleasant Hill ⓘ
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Battle of the Crater ⓘ
Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Third Battle of Winchester ⓘ
hasCommander Benjamin Butler ⓘ
linked to: Benjamin F. Butler

David G. Farragut ⓘ
Franz Sigel ⓘ
George G. Meade ⓘ
George H. Thomas ⓘ
John M. Schofield ⓘ
linked to: John Schofield

Nathaniel P. Banks ⓘ
Philip H. Sheridan ⓘ
linked to: Philip Sheridan

Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
hasComponent Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
Franklin–Nashville Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Nashville Campaign

Mobile Bay Campaign ⓘ
Operations against Richmond ⓘ
Operations in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Operations in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
Overland Campaign ⓘ
Red River Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Red River campaign

Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
Valley Campaigns of 1864 ⓘ
hasObjective capture key Confederate cities ⓘ
cripple Confederacy’s military capacity ⓘ
destroy Confederate field armies ⓘ
sever Confederate supply lines ⓘ
undermine Confederacy’s will to fight ⓘ
hasOpposingCommander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
John Bell Hood ⓘ
John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
Jubal A. Early ⓘ
Kirby Smith ⓘ
P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
Richard H. Anderson ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
hasParticipant Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext United States presidential election of 1864 ⓘ
hasResult Union capture of Atlanta ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Atlanta

Union control of Mobile Bay ⓘ
linked to: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Union dominance in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
decisive weakening of Confederate military power ⓘ
severe attrition of Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
hasStrategicLeader Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
hasTheaterCommander William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
location Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Trans-Mississippi Theater ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
partOf American Civil War ⓘ
precedes Union campaigns of 1865 ⓘ
temporalLocation 1864 ⓘ

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March to the Sea → partOf → Union campaigns of 1864 ⓘ
Second Battle of Ream’s Station → historicalPeriod → American Civil War, 1864 campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Union campaigns of 1864