The Killer Angels
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The Killer Angels is Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning historical novel about the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Killer Angels canonical | 1 |
| novel "The Killer Angels" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4726396 — 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: The Killer Angels Context triple: [Lewis Armistead, featuredIn, The Killer Angels]
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A.
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray is a 1982 American television miniseries that dramatizes the American Civil War through the intertwined lives of two families on opposing sides of the conflict.
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B.
War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance is a historical miniseries (and novel) that continues the World War II saga begun in The Winds of War, depicting the global conflict and the Holocaust through the experiences of an American family.
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C.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 American Civil War novel by Stephen Crane that follows a young Union soldier’s psychological struggle with fear, courage, and self-identity in battle.
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D.
From Manassas to Appomattox
From Manassas to Appomattox is the memoir of Confederate General James Longstreet, recounting his experiences and perspectives on major campaigns of the American Civil War.
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E.
Men of Honor
Men of Honor is a 2000 biographical drama film about the struggles and achievements of Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first Black master diver.
- 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: The Killer Angels Target entity description: The Killer Angels is Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning historical novel about the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
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A.
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray is a 1982 American television miniseries that dramatizes the American Civil War through the intertwined lives of two families on opposing sides of the conflict.
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B.
War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance is a historical miniseries (and novel) that continues the World War II saga begun in The Winds of War, depicting the global conflict and the Holocaust through the experiences of an American family.
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C.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 American Civil War novel by Stephen Crane that follows a young Union soldier’s psychological struggle with fear, courage, and self-identity in battle.
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D.
From Manassas to Appomattox
From Manassas to Appomattox is the memoir of Confederate General James Longstreet, recounting his experiences and perspectives on major campaigns of the American Civil War.
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E.
Men of Honor
Men of Honor is a 2000 biographical drama film about the struggles and achievements of Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first Black master diver.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American novel
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historical novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | film "Gettysburg" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Michael Shaara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| centralEvent | Pickett's Charge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtistFirstEdition | Don Ivan Punchatz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
duty
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honor ⓘ leadership ⓘ morality ⓘ the nature of war ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
George Pickett
NERFINISHED
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James Longstreet NERFINISHED ⓘ John Buford NERFINISHED ⓘ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Ronald F. Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Union Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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military fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-345-34810-4 ⓘ |
| inspired |
Jeff Shaara's novel "Gods and Generals"
NERFINISHED
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Jeff Shaara's novel "The Last Full Measure" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple third-person limited viewpoints ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed character studies of Civil War officers
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dramatic depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountFirstEdition | 355 ⓘ |
| partOf | unofficial Civil War trilogy with "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure" ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| publisher | David McKay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInBattle | Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInConflict | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeSettingEnd | July 3, 1863 ⓘ |
| timeSettingStart | June 30, 1863 ⓘ |
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Subject: The Killer Angels Description of subject: The Killer Angels is Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning historical novel about the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
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this entity surface form:
novel "The Killer Angels"