Fort Caswell
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Fort Caswell is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification in North Carolina that served as a key military defense site through multiple American conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Caswell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2618006 — 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 Caswell Context triple: [Third System of US seacoast defense, hasPart, Fort Caswell]
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A.
Fort McRee
Fort McRee was a 19th-century coastal defense fortification guarding the entrance to Pensacola Bay in Florida as part of the United States’ historic seacoast defense network.
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B.
Fort Anderson
Fort Anderson is a historic Civil War–era Confederate fortification and archaeological site located along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.
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C.
Fort C. F. Smith
Fort C. F. Smith was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Montana Territory that protected travelers along the Bozeman Trail and became a focal point of conflict during Red Cloud's War.
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D.
Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock is a historic former U.S. Army coastal defense installation located on Sandy Hook in New Jersey, now preserved as part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
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E.
Fort Patience
Fort Patience is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European trading and defensive network along the Gold Coast.
- 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 Caswell Target entity description: Fort Caswell is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification in North Carolina that served as a key military defense site through multiple American conflicts.
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A.
Fort McRee
Fort McRee was a 19th-century coastal defense fortification guarding the entrance to Pensacola Bay in Florida as part of the United States’ historic seacoast defense network.
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B.
Fort Anderson
Fort Anderson is a historic Civil War–era Confederate fortification and archaeological site located along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.
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C.
Fort C. F. Smith
Fort C. F. Smith was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Montana Territory that protected travelers along the Bozeman Trail and became a focal point of conflict during Red Cloud's War.
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D.
Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock is a historic former U.S. Army coastal defense installation located on Sandy Hook in New Jersey, now preserved as part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
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E.
Fort Patience
Fort Patience is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European trading and defensive network along the Gold Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal fortification
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former United States Army fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1826 ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Confederate States Army
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentUse |
conference center
ⓘ
religious retreat center ⓘ |
| endDate | post–World War II as active fort ⓘ |
| garrison |
Confederate artillery units
ⓘ
United States Army artillery units ⓘ |
| hasBuilding |
barracks
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coastal gun emplacements ⓘ officers’ quarters ⓘ parade ground ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
batteries for seacoast artillery
ⓘ
brick fortifications ⓘ earthworks ⓘ waterfront batteries ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
coastal defense
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harbor defense ⓘ military training facility ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
heritage tourism
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military history tourism ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic district (state level and local recognition) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
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North Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Atlantic Ocean
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Bald Head Island ⓘ Cape Fear River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Oak Island ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Richard Caswell
ⓘ
first governor of North Carolina ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Southport, North Carolina ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
North Carolina Baptist Convention
ⓘ
surface form:
Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
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| partOf |
Confederate coastal defenses
ⓘ
Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ
surface form:
Third System of US seacoast fortifications
defenses of the Cape Fear River ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Confederate seizure early in the American Civil War
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modernization during Endicott Period of US coastal defenses ⓘ reoccupation by Union forces late in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| startDate | 1826 ⓘ |
| usedUntil | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Caswell Description of subject: Fort Caswell is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification in North Carolina that served as a key military defense site through multiple American conflicts.
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