Battle of Wahoo Swamp
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The Battle of Wahoo Swamp was a major 1836 engagement in Florida between U.S. forces and Seminole warriors that highlighted the difficulty of suppressing Native resistance during the Second Seminole War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Wahoo Swamp canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1789799 — 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: Battle of Wahoo Swamp Context triple: [Second Seminole War, significantEvent, Battle of Wahoo Swamp]
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A.
Battle of Alligator Creek
The Battle of Alligator Creek was an early World War II clash during the Guadalcanal Campaign in which U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault, helping secure their foothold on the island.
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B.
Battle of Fort Nelson
The Battle of Fort Nelson was a late 17th-century conflict in Hudson Bay in which French forces under Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville captured an English trading post, asserting French influence over the fur trade in the region.
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C.
Battle of Fishing Creek
The Battle of Fishing Creek was a 1780 American Revolutionary War engagement in South Carolina in which British forces under Banastre Tarleton surprised and defeated Patriot militia led by Thomas Sumter.
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D.
Battle of Amelia Springs
The Battle of Amelia Springs was a minor but strategically significant cavalry engagement during the closing days of the American Civil War, occurring as Confederate forces retreated toward Appomattox in April 1865.
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E.
Battle of Bloody Marsh
The Battle of Bloody Marsh was a 1742 clash on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in which British colonial forces repelled a Spanish invasion, helping secure British control of the colony during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
- 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: Battle of Wahoo Swamp Target entity description: The Battle of Wahoo Swamp was a major 1836 engagement in Florida between U.S. forces and Seminole warriors that highlighted the difficulty of suppressing Native resistance during the Second Seminole War.
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A.
Battle of Alligator Creek
The Battle of Alligator Creek was an early World War II clash during the Guadalcanal Campaign in which U.S. Marines repelled a major Japanese assault, helping secure their foothold on the island.
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B.
Battle of Fort Nelson
The Battle of Fort Nelson was a late 17th-century conflict in Hudson Bay in which French forces under Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville captured an English trading post, asserting French influence over the fur trade in the region.
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C.
Battle of Fishing Creek
The Battle of Fishing Creek was a 1780 American Revolutionary War engagement in South Carolina in which British forces under Banastre Tarleton surprised and defeated Patriot militia led by Thomas Sumter.
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D.
Battle of Amelia Springs
The Battle of Amelia Springs was a minor but strategically significant cavalry engagement during the closing days of the American Civil War, occurring as Confederate forces retreated toward Appomattox in April 1865.
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E.
Battle of Bloody Marsh
The Battle of Bloody Marsh was a 1742 clash on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in which British colonial forces repelled a Spanish invasion, helping secure British control of the colony during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Black Seminoles
ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| cause | U.S. policy of removing Seminoles from Florida ⓘ |
| combatant |
Seminole
ⓘ
surface form:
Seminole warriors
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. forces
|
| conflict | Second Seminole War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1836 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued Seminole resistance ⓘ |
| hasPart | series of engagements in swamp and hammock terrain ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Jacksonian era ⓘ |
| involves |
Native American resistance to U.S. expansion
ⓘ
irregular warfare in swampy terrain ⓘ |
| location |
Florida
ⓘ
Wahoo Swamp ⓘ |
| notableFor |
U.S. difficulties operating in swamp terrain
ⓘ
demonstrating difficulty of suppressing Seminole resistance ⓘ |
| opponent | Native American resistance ⓘ |
| partOf |
Second Seminole War
ⓘ
U.S. campaign to remove Seminoles from Florida ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indian Removal policy of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian removal in the United States
Seminole Wars ⓘ |
| result |
Seminole forces withdrew
ⓘ
inconclusive ⓘ |
| theater | Florida frontier ⓘ |
| year | 1836 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Wahoo Swamp Description of subject: The Battle of Wahoo Swamp was a major 1836 engagement in Florida between U.S. forces and Seminole warriors that highlighted the difficulty of suppressing Native resistance during the Second Seminole War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dade Massacre