26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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The 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a predominantly German-American Union Army unit from Wisconsin that fought in major Civil War campaigns, including at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5686292 — 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: 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Context triple: [XI Corps (Union Army of the Potomac), notableUnit, 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment]
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24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from Wisconsin that fought in major Civil War battles and is noted for including future Medal of Honor recipient Arthur MacArthur Jr. among its ranks.
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B.
16th Michigan Infantry
The 16th Michigan Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
26th New York Cavalry
The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
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D.
106th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
The 106th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was a Union Army unit from Pennsylvania that fought in major Civil War battles, including at Gettysburg where it was present at the famed High Water Mark of the Confederacy.
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E.
44th New York Infantry
The 44th New York Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its prominent role in the defense of key positions during major battles, including Gettysburg.
- 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: 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Target entity description: The 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a predominantly German-American Union Army unit from Wisconsin that fought in major Civil War campaigns, including at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga.
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A.
24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from Wisconsin that fought in major Civil War battles and is noted for including future Medal of Honor recipient Arthur MacArthur Jr. among its ranks.
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B.
16th Michigan Infantry
The 16th Michigan Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
26th New York Cavalry
The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
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D.
106th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
The 106th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was a Union Army unit from Pennsylvania that fought in major Civil War battles, including at Gettysburg where it was present at the famed High Water Mark of the Confederacy.
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E.
44th New York Infantry
The 44th New York Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its prominent role in the defense of key positions during major battles, including Gettysburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War military unit
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Union Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armyCorpsAssignment |
XI Corps
NERFINISHED
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XX Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| ethnicComposition | predominantly German-American ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
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German ⓘ |
| militaryTheater |
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | high proportion of German-speaking soldiers ⓘ |
| organizedAt | Milwaukee, Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedIn | Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Atlanta campaign
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Chattanooga NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Carolinas campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Chancellorsville campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Chattanooga campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Gettysburg campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ March to the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedBy | State of Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBegan | 1862 ⓘ |
| serviceEnded | 1865 ⓘ |
| side | Union ⓘ |
| state | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | volunteer infantry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Description of subject: The 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a predominantly German-American Union Army unit from Wisconsin that fought in major Civil War campaigns, including at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.