Battle of Marianna
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The Battle of Marianna was a small but fierce American Civil War engagement in September 1864, in which Union forces clashed with local Confederate defenders in and around the town of Marianna, Florida.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Marianna canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T807438 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Marianna Context triple: [Marianna, Florida, knownFor, Battle of Marianna]
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A.
Battle of Rennell Island
The Battle of Rennell Island was a late January 1943 naval air engagement in the Pacific Theater of World War II, in which Japanese aircraft attacked and sank or damaged U.S. warships as American forces covered the final stages of the Guadalcanal campaign.
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B.
Battle of Tassafaronga
The Battle of Tassafaronga was a nighttime World War II naval engagement off Guadalcanal in November 1942, in which a smaller Japanese destroyer force inflicted heavy losses on a superior U.S. cruiser group through effective use of long-range torpedoes.
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C.
Battle of Mount Tumbledown
The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was a key night engagement in June 1982 during the Falklands War, in which British forces captured a strategically vital height overlooking Port Stanley from entrenched Argentine defenders, effectively sealing victory in the conflict.
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D.
Battle of Bougainville
The Battle of Bougainville was a major World War II campaign in the Pacific Theater in which Allied forces secured a strategic foothold in the Solomon Islands to isolate the key Japanese base at Rabaul.
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E.
Battle of Tulagi
The Battle of Tulagi was a World War II engagement in August 1942, part of the Guadalcanal campaign, in which U.S. forces seized the Japanese-held island of Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Marianna Target entity description: The Battle of Marianna was a small but fierce American Civil War engagement in September 1864, in which Union forces clashed with local Confederate defenders in and around the town of Marianna, Florida.
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A.
Battle of Rennell Island
The Battle of Rennell Island was a late January 1943 naval air engagement in the Pacific Theater of World War II, in which Japanese aircraft attacked and sank or damaged U.S. warships as American forces covered the final stages of the Guadalcanal campaign.
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B.
Battle of Tassafaronga
The Battle of Tassafaronga was a nighttime World War II naval engagement off Guadalcanal in November 1942, in which a smaller Japanese destroyer force inflicted heavy losses on a superior U.S. cruiser group through effective use of long-range torpedoes.
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C.
Battle of Mount Tumbledown
The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was a key night engagement in June 1982 during the Falklands War, in which British forces captured a strategically vital height overlooking Port Stanley from entrenched Argentine defenders, effectively sealing victory in the conflict.
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D.
Battle of Bougainville
The Battle of Bougainville was a major World War II campaign in the Pacific Theater in which Allied forces secured a strategic foothold in the Solomon Islands to isolate the key Japanese base at Rabaul.
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E.
Battle of Tulagi
The Battle of Tulagi was a World War II engagement in August 1942, part of the Guadalcanal campaign, in which U.S. forces seized the Japanese-held island of Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
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battle ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Confederate defenses in the area were weakened
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Union forces burned or damaged several buildings in Marianna ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Marianna raid ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
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Union (United States) ⓘ
surface form:
United States (Union)
|
| casualties | significant casualties on both sides relative to force size ⓘ |
| category |
Battles of the American Civil War in Florida
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Conflicts in 1864 ⓘ History of Jackson County, Florida ⓘ |
| commander |
Brigadier General Alexander Asboth
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Colonel Alexander B. Montgomery ⓘ Colonel Alexander B. Montgomery ⓘ
surface form:
Colonel William H. Milton
|
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| date | September 27, 1864 ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued Union operations against Confederate infrastructure in the region ⓘ |
| intensity | fierce combat despite small numbers ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | final year of the American Civil War in the Eastern and Gulf theaters ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
Confederate cavalry
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Florida Home Guard units ⓘ Union cavalry ⓘ local Confederate militia ⓘ |
| month | September ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
involved local civilian defenders alongside Confederate troops
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one of the westernmost Civil War engagements in Florida ⓘ |
| objective |
capture or disperse local Confederate forces
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destroy Confederate resources ⓘ disrupt Confederate supply lines in northwest Florida ⓘ |
| partOf | Union raid into northwest Florida ⓘ |
| place |
Jackson County, Florida
NERFINISHED
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Marianna, Florida ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Union raids along the Gulf Coast of Florida ⓘ |
| result | Union victory ⓘ |
| scale | small engagement ⓘ |
| state | Florida ⓘ |
| tactics |
Confederate defensive stand in streets and buildings
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Union cavalry charge into town ⓘ urban fighting in and around Marianna ⓘ |
| theater |
Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
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surface form:
Trans-Mississippi and Gulf region operations of the American Civil War
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| year | 1864 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Battle of Marianna Description of subject: The Battle of Marianna was a small but fierce American Civil War engagement in September 1864, in which Union forces clashed with local Confederate defenders in and around the town of Marianna, Florida.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jackson County, Florida