Battle of Mansfield
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The Battle of Mansfield was a major American Civil War engagement in April 1864 in Louisiana, where Confederate forces halted the Union Red River Campaign.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Mansfield canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8535843 — 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 Mansfield Context triple: [Army of the Trans-Mississippi, engagedIn, Battle of Mansfield]
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Battle of Hunterstown
The Battle of Hunterstown was a minor cavalry engagement of the American Civil War fought on July 2, 1863, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, involving Union and Confederate horsemen in the broader context of the Gettysburg Campaign.
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Battle of Millstone
The Battle of Millstone was a minor but significant American Revolutionary War clash in early 1777 in New Jersey, where local militia successfully attacked and captured a British foraging party, contributing to the broader Patriot harassment campaign known as the Forage War.
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C.
Battle of Mount Harriet
The Battle of Mount Harriet was a key night assault during the 1982 Falklands War in which British forces captured a strategically important Argentine-held position overlooking Port Stanley.
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D.
Battle of Chappell House
The Battle of Chappell House, better known as the Battle of Peebles' Farm, was an 1864 engagement during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War in which Union forces sought to extend their siege lines around Petersburg, Virginia.
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E.
Battle of Quaker Hill
The Battle of Quaker Hill was a 1778 American Revolutionary War engagement on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, involving Continental, British, and Hessian forces during the failed allied Franco-American attempt to retake Newport.
- 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 Mansfield Target entity description: The Battle of Mansfield was a major American Civil War engagement in April 1864 in Louisiana, where Confederate forces halted the Union Red River Campaign.
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A.
Battle of Hunterstown
The Battle of Hunterstown was a minor cavalry engagement of the American Civil War fought on July 2, 1863, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, involving Union and Confederate horsemen in the broader context of the Gettysburg Campaign.
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B.
Battle of Millstone
The Battle of Millstone was a minor but significant American Revolutionary War clash in early 1777 in New Jersey, where local militia successfully attacked and captured a British foraging party, contributing to the broader Patriot harassment campaign known as the Forage War.
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C.
Battle of Mount Harriet
The Battle of Mount Harriet was a key night assault during the 1982 Falklands War in which British forces captured a strategically important Argentine-held position overlooking Port Stanley.
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D.
Battle of Chappell House
The Battle of Chappell House, better known as the Battle of Peebles' Farm, was an 1864 engagement during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War in which Union forces sought to extend their siege lines around Petersburg, Virginia.
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E.
Battle of Quaker Hill
The Battle of Quaker Hill was a 1778 American Revolutionary War engagement on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, involving Continental, British, and Hessian forces during the failed allied Franco-American attempt to retake Newport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
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battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Sabine Crossroads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRiver | Red River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaign | Red River Campaign of 1864 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaignObjectiveOpposed | Union Red River Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualtiesSide |
Confederate forces suffered moderate casualties
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Union forces suffered heavy casualties ⓘ |
| commanderConfederate |
John G. Walker
NERFINISHED
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Richard Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commanderUnion |
Nathaniel P. Banks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William B. Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandStructureConfederate | Trans-Mississippi Department under Edmund Kirby Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| date | April 8, 1864 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Pleasant Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| front | Western Theater (Trans-Mississippi) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedUnitConfederate | Walker's Texas Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedUnitUnion |
XIII Corps (Union Army)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
XIX Corps (Union Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
De Soto Parish, Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Mansfield, Louisiana ⓘ |
| militaryFront | Trans-Mississippi Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| month | April ⓘ |
| notableFeature | Confederate attack against overextended Union column ⓘ |
| objectiveConfederate | stop Union Red River advance ⓘ |
| objectiveUnion |
capture Shreveport, Louisiana
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secure control of Red River region ⓘ |
| partOf | Red River Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Union advance along the Red River in Louisiana ⓘ |
| primaryConfederateForceType |
artillery
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cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ |
| primaryUnionForceType |
cavalry
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infantry ⓘ |
| result | Confederate victory ⓘ |
| significance |
checked Union attempt to capture Shreveport
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contributed to failure of the Red River Campaign ⓘ major Confederate defensive success in western Louisiana ⓘ |
| state | Louisiana ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
forced Union retreat down the Red River
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halted Union advance toward Shreveport ⓘ |
| terrain | wooded area near Mansfield ⓘ |
| theater | Trans-Mississippi Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1864 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Mansfield Description of subject: The Battle of Mansfield was a major American Civil War engagement in April 1864 in Louisiana, where Confederate forces halted the Union Red River Campaign.
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