Sheridan’s Ride
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"Sheridan’s Ride" is a famous American Civil War poem by Thomas Buchanan Read that celebrates General Philip Sheridan’s dramatic horseback dash to rally his troops at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip Sheridan’s poem-inspired legend “Sheridan’s Ride” | 1 |
| Sheridan’s Ride canonical | 1 |
| Sheridan’s Ride (painting by Thomas Buchanan Read) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2204119 — 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: Sheridan’s Ride Context triple: [Philip Sheridan, notableWork, Sheridan’s Ride]
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A.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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B.
Sherston’s Progress
Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
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C.
The Golden Stallion
The Golden Stallion is a 1949 Western film starring singing cowboy Roy Rogers and his famous horse Trigger, blending action, music, and adventure.
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D.
The Old Stagecoach
The Old Stagecoach is a celebrated 19th-century genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson, depicting children playfully transforming an abandoned stagecoach into an imaginative setting for their games.
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E.
Morgan's Riflemen
Morgan's Riflemen was an elite corps of American Revolutionary War sharpshooters renowned for their marksmanship and guerrilla tactics under the command of Daniel Morgan.
- 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: Sheridan’s Ride Target entity description: "Sheridan’s Ride" is a famous American Civil War poem by Thomas Buchanan Read that celebrates General Philip Sheridan’s dramatic horseback dash to rally his troops at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
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A.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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B.
Sherston’s Progress
Sherston’s Progress is the third volume of Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical Sherston trilogy, chronicling his World War I experiences and evolving disillusionment with the war.
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C.
The Golden Stallion
The Golden Stallion is a 1949 Western film starring singing cowboy Roy Rogers and his famous horse Trigger, blending action, music, and adventure.
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D.
The Old Stagecoach
The Old Stagecoach is a celebrated 19th-century genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson, depicting children playfully transforming an abandoned stagecoach into an imaginative setting for their games.
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E.
Morgan's Riflemen
Morgan's Riflemen was an elite corps of American Revolutionary War sharpshooters renowned for their marksmanship and guerrilla tactics under the command of Daniel Morgan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shenandoah Valley campaigns of the American Civil War
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surface form:
Shenandoah Valley Campaigns
Union Army ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Buchanan Read ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Union victory at Cedar Creek
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leadership of General Philip Sheridan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact | helped popularize the legend of Sheridan’s ride ⓘ |
| depictsConflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| describes |
Sheridan rallying retreating Union troops
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turning a near-defeat into a Union victory ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1864 ⓘ |
| genre |
patriotic poetry
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war poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Philip Sheridan
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Union soldiers ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationTradition | often illustrated with images of Sheridan on horseback ⓘ |
| hasNotableLine |
“Sheridan twenty miles away”
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“Up from the South at break of day” ⓘ |
| hasReception | became one of the best-known American Civil War poems ⓘ |
| historicalBasis |
Battle of Cedar Creek
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surface form:
Battle of Cedar Creek, fought October 19, 1864
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| inspiredBy | Philip Sheridan’s actual ride from Winchester on October 19, 1864 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Civil War literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Battle of Cedar Creek
ⓘ
Philip Sheridan ⓘ |
| meter | irregular meter ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | American newspaper ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| portrays | Union Army victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek ⓘ |
| portraysAnimal | Philip Sheridan’s horse ⓘ |
| portraysAsHero | Philip Sheridan ⓘ |
| portraysEvent | Philip Sheridan’s ride from Winchester to the battlefield of Cedar Creek ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Sheridan’s Ride
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sheridan’s Ride (painting by Thomas Buchanan Read)
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| rhymeScheme | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Cedar Creek, Virginia ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1864 ⓘ |
| theme |
heroism
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military leadership ⓘ morale and courage in battle ⓘ patriotism ⓘ |
| usedAs | Union propaganda piece during the American Civil War ⓘ |
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Subject: Sheridan’s Ride Description of subject: "Sheridan’s Ride" is a famous American Civil War poem by Thomas Buchanan Read that celebrates General Philip Sheridan’s dramatic horseback dash to rally his troops at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sheridan’s Ride (painting by Thomas Buchanan Read)
this entity surface form:
Philip Sheridan’s poem-inspired legend “Sheridan’s Ride”