Red River campaign

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Union military operation military campaign

The Red River campaign was a major but ultimately unsuccessful Union military expedition during the American Civil War aimed at gaining control of western Louisiana and the Red River region.

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Label	Occurrences
Red River Campaign	10
Red River campaign canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5720930 — 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: Red River campaign
Context triple: [Mississippi Valley Theater, hasKeyEvent, Red River campaign]

A. Wilson's Raid
Wilson's Raid was a major Union cavalry campaign in the final months of the American Civil War that swept through Alabama and Georgia, destroying Confederate infrastructure and war-making capacity.
B. Richmond–Petersburg Campaign
The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a prolonged series of American Civil War battles in 1864–1865 in which Union forces sought to cut off and capture the Confederate strongholds of Richmond and Petersburg, leading directly to the collapse of the Confederacy.
C. Maryland Campaign
The Maryland Campaign was Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first major invasion of the North during the American Civil War in 1862, culminating in the Battle of Antietam.
D. Peninsula Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign was a major Union offensive in the American Civil War in 1862, in which Union forces attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond by advancing up the Virginia Peninsula.
E. Chesapeake campaign
The Chesapeake campaign was a series of British military operations along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast during the War of 1812, culminating in major actions such as the burning of Washington and the defense of Baltimore.
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: Red River campaign
Target entity description: The Red River campaign was a major but ultimately unsuccessful Union military expedition during the American Civil War aimed at gaining control of western Louisiana and the Red River region.

A. Wilson's Raid
Wilson's Raid was a major Union cavalry campaign in the final months of the American Civil War that swept through Alabama and Georgia, destroying Confederate infrastructure and war-making capacity.
B. Richmond–Petersburg Campaign
The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a prolonged series of American Civil War battles in 1864–1865 in which Union forces sought to cut off and capture the Confederate strongholds of Richmond and Petersburg, leading directly to the collapse of the Confederacy.
C. Maryland Campaign
The Maryland Campaign was Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first major invasion of the North during the American Civil War in 1862, culminating in the Battle of Antietam.
D. Peninsula Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign was a major Union offensive in the American Civil War in 1862, in which Union forces attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond by advancing up the Virginia Peninsula.
E. Chesapeake campaign
The Chesapeake campaign was a series of British military operations along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast during the War of 1812, culminating in major actions such as the burning of Washington and the defense of Baltimore.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union military operation ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Red River Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle	Battle of Blair's Landing NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fort De Russy (1864) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Henderson's Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Monett's Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Pleasant Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Sabine Cross Roads NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Yellow Bayou NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	thousands ⓘ
characteristic	Union logistical difficulties ⓘ coordination problems between army and navy ⓘ low water levels on Red River ⓘ
commander	David Dixon Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Kirby Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathaniel P. Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1864-05-22 ⓘ
engineer	Joseph Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	continued Confederate presence in the Trans-Mississippi ⓘ failure to secure Union control of western Louisiana ⓘ political embarrassment for Nathaniel P. Banks ⓘ
location	Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River (Louisiana–Texas) NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ western Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	construction of Bailey's Dam ⓘ
objective	Union control of the Red River region ⓘ capture of Shreveport ⓘ invasion of eastern Texas ⓘ
opposedBy	Jefferson Davis administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Trans-Mississippi Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ
plannedBy	Henry W. Halleck NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Confederate victory ⓘ Union withdrawal ⓘ
sponsor	Abraham Lincoln administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	1864-03-10 ⓘ
supportedBy	Mississippi Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	Western Theater (broad sense) NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	April 1864 ⓘ March 1864 ⓘ May 1864 ⓘ

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