New Market Battlefield
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New Market Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in New Market, Virginia, where Confederate forces, including cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, won a notable victory in 1864.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Market Battlefield State Historical Park | 3 |
| New Market Battlefield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6376020 — 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: New Market Battlefield Context triple: [New Market, Virginia, knownFor, New Market Battlefield]
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A.
Lookout Mountain Battlefield
Lookout Mountain Battlefield is a historic Civil War site on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee, best known as the location of the 1863 “Battle Above the Clouds” during the Chattanooga Campaign.
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B.
North Point State Battlefield
North Point State Battlefield is a historic park in Maryland preserving the site of the 1814 Battle of North Point from the War of 1812.
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C.
Chancellorsville Battlefield
Chancellorsville Battlefield is a major American Civil War site in Virginia where the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s most significant victories, took place.
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D.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Cowpens National Battlefield is a U.S. National Park Service site in South Carolina that commemorates and preserves the Revolutionary War battlefield where American forces won a decisive victory over the British in 1781.
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E.
South Mountain State Battlefield
South Mountain State Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in Maryland that preserves and interprets the battlegrounds of the 1862 Battle of South Mountain.
- 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: New Market Battlefield Target entity description: New Market Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in New Market, Virginia, where Confederate forces, including cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, won a notable victory in 1864.
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A.
Lookout Mountain Battlefield
Lookout Mountain Battlefield is a historic Civil War site on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee, best known as the location of the 1863 “Battle Above the Clouds” during the Chattanooga Campaign.
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B.
North Point State Battlefield
North Point State Battlefield is a historic park in Maryland preserving the site of the 1814 Battle of North Point from the War of 1812.
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C.
Chancellorsville Battlefield
Chancellorsville Battlefield is a major American Civil War site in Virginia where the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s most significant victories, took place.
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D.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Cowpens National Battlefield is a U.S. National Park Service site in South Carolina that commemorates and preserves the Revolutionary War battlefield where American forces won a decisive victory over the British in 1781.
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E.
South Mountain State Battlefield
South Mountain State Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in Maryland that preserves and interprets the battlegrounds of the 1862 Battle of South Mountain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
ⓘ
American Civil War battlefield ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shenandoah Valley history
ⓘ
Virginia Military Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Civil War battlefield
ⓘ
protected area of Virginia ⓘ tourist attraction in Virginia ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Confederate General John C. Breckinridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Union General Franz Sigel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorates | VMI cadets who fought at the Battle of New Market ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | May 15, 1864 ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | historic battlefield ⓘ |
| hasEvent | annual commemorative reenactments ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
battlefield monuments
ⓘ
historic farm fields ⓘ walking trails ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | VMI cadet memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Confederate Army of the Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Union forces under Franz Sigel ⓘ Virginia Military Institute cadets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Virginia Museum of the Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Market Battlefield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Market Battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ New Market, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Shenandoah County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| near |
Interstate 81
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
town of New Market ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Confederate victory in 1864
ⓘ
participation of Virginia Military Institute cadets ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Virginia Military Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | site of one of the last major Confederate victories in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ |
| siteOf | Battle of New Market NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristActivity |
battlefield tours
ⓘ
museum visits ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education about the American Civil War
ⓘ
historical interpretation ⓘ |
| year | 1864 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Market Battlefield Description of subject: New Market Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in New Market, Virginia, where Confederate forces, including cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, won a notable victory in 1864.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
New Market, Virginia
subject surface form:
New Market, Virginia
this entity surface form:
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
subject surface form:
New Market, Virginia
this entity surface form:
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
this entity surface form:
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park