Fort Donelson campaign

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American Civil War campaign military campaign

The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Fort Donelson	8
Fort Donelson campaign canonical	3
Fort Donelson	1
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Campaign	1
Surrender of Fort Donelson	1
Ulysses S. Grant at Fort Donelson	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1091003 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort Donelson campaign
Context triple: [Battle of Shiloh, precededBy, Fort Donelson campaign]

A. Battle of Port Hudson
The Battle of Port Hudson was a major American Civil War siege in Louisiana where Union forces sought to secure control of the Mississippi River by capturing a key Confederate stronghold.
B. Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
C. Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
D. Peninsula Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign was a major Union offensive in the American Civil War in 1862, in which Union forces attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond by advancing up the Virginia Peninsula.
E. Chattanooga Campaign
The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of pivotal American Civil War battles in late 1863 in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, that broke the Confederate siege of the city and opened the Deep South to Union invasion.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort Donelson campaign
Target entity description: The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.

A. Battle of Port Hudson
The Battle of Port Hudson was a major American Civil War siege in Louisiana where Union forces sought to secure control of the Mississippi River by capturing a key Confederate stronghold.
B. Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
C. Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
D. Peninsula Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign was a major Union offensive in the American Civil War in 1862, in which Union forces attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond by advancing up the Virginia Peninsula.
E. Chattanooga Campaign
The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of pivotal American Civil War battles in late 1863 in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, that broke the Confederate siege of the city and opened the Deep South to Union invasion.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
associatedBattle	Fort Donelson campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Fort Donelson Fort Henry campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Fort Henry
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
casualties	thousands on both sides ⓘ
commander	Andrew H. Foote ⓘ Gideon J. Pillow ⓘ John B. Floyd ⓘ Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. ⓘ surface form: Simon Bolivar Buckner Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
confederateForceType	Army of Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Army of Central Kentucky elements
confederatePrisonersTaken	over 12,000 ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	February 1862 ⓘ
endDate	February 16, 1862 ⓘ
grantFamousPhrase	unconditional surrender ⓘ
historicalSignificance	boosted Northern morale early in the war ⓘ marked a turning point in control of the Western rivers ⓘ
involvedFort	Fort Donelson campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fort Donelson Fort Henry ⓘ
ledTo	Union capture of Nashville ⓘ promotion of Ulysses S. Grant to major general ⓘ
location	Stewart County, Tennessee ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
notableFor	elevating Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence ⓘ first major Union victory in the Western Theater ⓘ large Confederate surrender ⓘ
objective	capture Fort Donelson ⓘ open river route into the Confederate interior ⓘ secure Cumberland River ⓘ
openedAccessTo	Cumberland River ⓘ Nashville ⓘ surface form: Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee River ⓘ
partOf	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Fort Henry campaign ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	February 11, 1862 ⓘ
strategicImpact	broke Confederate defensive line in Kentucky and Tennessee ⓘ secured key rivers for Union operations in the West ⓘ
theater	Cumberland River ⓘ Tennessee–Kentucky border ⓘ surface form: Tennessee-Kentucky border region
unionCommanderRank	Brigadier General ⓘ
unionForceType	Army of the Tennessee elements ⓘ Western Gunboat Flotilla ⓘ
year	1862 ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Battle of Shiloh → precededBy → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ

Buckner → notableWork → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Simon Bolivar Buckner

this entity surface form: Surrender of Fort Donelson

Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → participatedIn → Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ