Confederate Mound
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Confederate Mound is a mass burial site and monument in Chicago commemorating Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confederate Mound canonical | 2 |
| Confederate Mound memorial | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5766074 — 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: Confederate Mound Context triple: [Oak Woods Cemetery, hasSection, Confederate Mound]
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A.
Town Creek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound is a significant archaeological site in North Carolina featuring a reconstructed Mississippian-era ceremonial center with platform mounds and associated village remains.
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B.
Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
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C.
Cornfield Mound
Cornfield Mound is an ancient Native American earthwork located within Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia, associated with the Mississippian culture.
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D.
Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound is a large prehistoric Adena burial mound and archaeological site located in present-day West Virginia, notable as one of the largest conical earthen mounds in North America.
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E.
Bottle Creek Mounds
Bottle Creek Mounds is a major Mississippian-period archaeological complex of earthen platform mounds located in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta of Alabama, significant for understanding the precontact cultures of the Southeastern Woodlands.
- 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: Confederate Mound Target entity description: Confederate Mound is a mass burial site and monument in Chicago commemorating Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war during the American Civil War.
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A.
Town Creek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound is a significant archaeological site in North Carolina featuring a reconstructed Mississippian-era ceremonial center with platform mounds and associated village remains.
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B.
Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds is a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Ohio River Valley, known for its large earthen platform mounds and role as a regional center of Mississippian culture.
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C.
Cornfield Mound
Cornfield Mound is an ancient Native American earthwork located within Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia, associated with the Mississippian culture.
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D.
Grave Creek Mound
Grave Creek Mound is a large prehistoric Adena burial mound and archaeological site located in present-day West Virginia, notable as one of the largest conical earthen mounds in North America.
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E.
Bottle Creek Mounds
Bottle Creek Mounds is a major Mississippian-period archaeological complex of earthen platform mounds located in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta of Alabama, significant for understanding the precontact cultures of the Southeastern Woodlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Civil War monument
ⓘ
cemetery monument ⓘ mass grave ⓘ |
| burialOf |
Confederate soldiers who died in Union prison camps
ⓘ
prisoners from Camp Douglas ⓘ prisoners from other Chicago-area Civil War camps ⓘ |
| category |
American Civil War cemeteries
ⓘ
Burials of Confederate military personnel ⓘ Cemeteries in Chicago ⓘ Confederate States of America monuments and memorials ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Chicago ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Confederate States Army soldiers
ⓘ
Confederate prisoners of war ⓘ |
| commemoratesConflict | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCoordinateLocation | 41.79°N, 87.60°W ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | post–Civil War commemoration of Confederate dead ⓘ |
| hasInscriptionLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMonumentType | soldier-on-pedestal monument ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Confederate soldier statue
ⓘ
central monument column ⓘ grave markers ⓘ inscribed plaques ⓘ |
| hasShape | mound ⓘ |
| hasUse |
burial site
ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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surface form:
U.S. National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception | late 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ Oak Woods Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Cook County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
National Cemetery Administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of Veterans Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
bronze
ⓘ
granite ⓘ |
| nearby |
Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Side of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Oak Woods Cemetery management ⓘ |
| partOf | Oak Woods Cemetery historic site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | reburial of Confederate prisoners of war ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
National Park Service documentation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
public controversy over Confederate symbols ⓘ scholarly works on Civil War prison camps ⓘ |
| topicOf | historical debates about Confederate memorials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Confederate Mound Description of subject: Confederate Mound is a mass burial site and monument in Chicago commemorating Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oak Woods Cemetery
this entity surface form:
Confederate Mound memorial