Battle of Aldie
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The Battle of Aldie was a June 1863 American Civil War cavalry clash in Loudoun County, Virginia, fought between Union and Confederate forces as part of the lead-up to the Battle of Gettysburg.
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| Battle of Aldie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5270726 — 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: Battle of Aldie Context triple: [Gettysburg Campaign, majorEngagement, Battle of Aldie]
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A.
Battle of Alford
The Battle of Alford was a 1645 engagement in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in which Royalist forces under James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, defeated a Covenanter army in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Battle of Guard Hill
The Battle of Guard Hill was a minor American Civil War engagement in August 1864 near Front Royal, Virginia, in which Union cavalry clashed with Confederate forces during the Shenandoah Valley operations.
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Battle of Bloody Brook
The Battle of Bloody Brook was a 1675 ambush during King Philip’s War in which Native American forces decimated a colonial militia escorting a grain convoy near present-day South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
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D.
Battle of Callantsoog
The Battle of Callantsoog was a 1799 amphibious landing and engagement in North Holland during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which British forces successfully came ashore against Franco-Batavian defenders.
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Battle of Averasborough
The Battle of Averasborough was an 1865 American Civil War engagement in North Carolina in which Union forces under William T. Sherman clashed with Confederate troops attempting to slow their advance during the Carolinas Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Aldie Target entity description: The Battle of Aldie was a June 1863 American Civil War cavalry clash in Loudoun County, Virginia, fought between Union and Confederate forces as part of the lead-up to the Battle of Gettysburg.
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A.
Battle of Alford
The Battle of Alford was a 1645 engagement in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in which Royalist forces under James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, defeated a Covenanter army in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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B.
Battle of Guard Hill
The Battle of Guard Hill was a minor American Civil War engagement in August 1864 near Front Royal, Virginia, in which Union cavalry clashed with Confederate forces during the Shenandoah Valley operations.
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C.
Battle of Bloody Brook
The Battle of Bloody Brook was a 1675 ambush during King Philip’s War in which Native American forces decimated a colonial militia escorting a grain convoy near present-day South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
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D.
Battle of Callantsoog
The Battle of Callantsoog was a 1799 amphibious landing and engagement in North Holland during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which British forces successfully came ashore against Franco-Batavian defenders.
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E.
Battle of Averasborough
The Battle of Averasborough was an 1865 American Civil War engagement in North Carolina in which Union forces under William T. Sherman clashed with Confederate troops attempting to slow their advance during the Carolinas Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
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battle ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederacy
NERFINISHED
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Confederate States of America ⓘ Union ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaignRole |
part of Confederate cavalry screen during Gettysburg Campaign
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screening action for the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| casualtiesConfederateApproximate | about 120 ⓘ |
| casualtiesUnionApproximate | about 300 ⓘ |
| combatant |
Army of Northern Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderConfederate |
Fitzhugh Lee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas T. Munford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderUnion |
Alfred N. Duffié
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| date | June 17, 1863 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Middleburg
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Upperville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forceTypeConfederate | Confederate cavalry ⓘ |
| forceTypeUnion | Union cavalry ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aldie ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | cavalry engagements in Loudoun Valley in June 1863 ⓘ |
| location |
Aldie, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Loudoun County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| month | June ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
fought along the Ashby’s Gap Turnpike
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heavy dismounted cavalry fighting ⓘ |
| objectiveConfederate | delay and screen movements of Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| objectiveUnion | locate and break through Confederate cavalry screen ⓘ |
| partOf | Gettysburg Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Brandy Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Inconclusive
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tactically inconclusive ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| strategicContext | Lee's invasion of the North in 1863 ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement |
cavalry battle
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cavalry clash ⓘ |
| year | 1863 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Aldie Description of subject: The Battle of Aldie was a June 1863 American Civil War cavalry clash in Loudoun County, Virginia, fought between Union and Confederate forces as part of the lead-up to the Battle of Gettysburg.
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