Harrison’s Landing, Virginia

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Harrison’s Landing, Virginia is a historic James River plantation area in Charles City County that served as a major Union Army encampment and logistical base during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
plantation ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
associatedWithDocument McClellan’s Harrison’s Landing letter to Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Harrison’s Landing Orders ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan
commandingGeneralPresent George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan
country United States ⓘ
county Charles City County, Virginia ⓘ
geographicFeatureType river landing ⓘ
hasCurrentUse rural residential and agricultural area ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus historic plantation area ⓘ
hasLandUseHistory agricultural plantation ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named for the Harrison family plantations on the James River ⓘ
historicalEra American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
locatedBetween Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Williamsburg
locatedIn Charles City County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Charles City County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver James River ⓘ
locatedSoutheastOf Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
militaryTheater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
nearbySettlement Berkeley Plantation ⓘ
City Point, Virginia ⓘ
Westover Plantation ⓘ
partOf James River plantation belt ⓘ
servedAs Union headquarters area ⓘ
Union medical evacuation point ⓘ
Union staging area ⓘ
major Union supply base ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicRole defensive base after Seven Days Battles ⓘ
secure river-based supply line for Union forces ⓘ
transportModeUsed James River gunboats ⓘ
Union supply steamers ⓘ
usedAs Union Army encampment ⓘ
logistical base ⓘ
usedAsCamp summer 1862 ⓘ
usedByMilitaryForce Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
usedDuringCampaign Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
usedDuringConflict American Civil War ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Malvern Hill → associatedPlace → Harrison’s Landing, Virginia ⓘ
White House plantation → nearbySettlement → White House Landing, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Harrison’s Landing, Virginia
Taps → firstUsedAt → Harrison's Landing, Virginia ⓘ
subject linked to: bugle call "Taps"
linked to: Harrison’s Landing, Virginia