Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
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The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major and brutal engagement of the American Civil War’s Overland Campaign in May 1864, marked by intense trench warfare and heavy casualties between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Spotsylvania Court House canonical | 23 |
| Battle of Spotsylvania | 1 |
| Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (nearby) | 1 |
| Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House | 1 |
| Spotsylvania Court House campaign | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1080881 — 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.
Target entity: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Context triple: [Army of Northern Virginia, notableBattle, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]
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Second Battle of Winchester
The Second Battle of Winchester was a major Confederate victory in June 1863 during the American Civil War that opened the Shenandoah Valley for Robert E. Lee’s army and set the stage for the Gettysburg Campaign.
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Battle of the Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness was a brutal, inconclusive 1864 Civil War clash in dense Virginia woods between Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces and Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army, marking the start of Grant’s Overland Campaign.
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Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major American Civil War engagement in 1863 in Virginia, noted for Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s audacious and tactically brilliant victory over a much larger Union force.
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Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was a major American Civil War engagement in December 1862, marked by a decisive Confederate victory and massive Union casualties during repeated frontal assaults against fortified Southern positions in Virginia.
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Battle of Fair Oaks
The Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, that halted the Union advance during the Peninsula Campaign and led to Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Target entity description: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major and brutal engagement of the American Civil War’s Overland Campaign in May 1864, marked by intense trench warfare and heavy casualties between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee.
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A.
Second Battle of Winchester
The Second Battle of Winchester was a major Confederate victory in June 1863 during the American Civil War that opened the Shenandoah Valley for Robert E. Lee’s army and set the stage for the Gettysburg Campaign.
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B.
Battle of the Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness was a brutal, inconclusive 1864 Civil War clash in dense Virginia woods between Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces and Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army, marking the start of Grant’s Overland Campaign.
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Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major American Civil War engagement in 1863 in Virginia, noted for Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s audacious and tactically brilliant victory over a much larger Union force.
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Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was a major American Civil War engagement in December 1862, marked by a decisive Confederate victory and massive Union casualties during repeated frontal assaults against fortified Southern positions in Virginia.
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Battle of Fair Oaks
The Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, that halted the Union advance during the Peninsula Campaign and led to Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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Subject: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Description of subject: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major and brutal engagement of the American Civil War’s Overland Campaign in May 1864, marked by intense trench warfare and heavy casualties between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee.
Referenced by (27)
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