Battle of Fort Blakeley

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Fort Blakeley was one of the final major engagements of the American Civil War, in which Union forces captured a Confederate fortification in Alabama just days before the war’s end.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Fort Blakely	4
Battle of Fort Blakeley canonical	2
Fall of Mobile, Alabama	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12753998 — 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: Battle of Fort Blakeley
Context triple: [Army of the Gulf, notableEngagement, Battle of Fort Blakeley]

A. Battle of Fort Anderson
The Battle of Fort Anderson was an American Civil War engagement in February 1865 in North Carolina, where Union forces captured a key Confederate fortification along the Cape Fear River as part of the campaign to secure Wilmington.
B. Battle of Fort Harrison
The Battle of Fort Harrison was a key 1864 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Union forces captured a vital Confederate defensive fortification as part of the broader operations against the Confederate capital.
C. Second Battle of Fort McAllister
The Second Battle of Fort McAllister was a late-1864 American Civil War engagement in Georgia in which Union forces captured a Confederate coastal fortification, helping secure General William T. Sherman’s supply line at the end of his March to the Sea.
D. Battle of Fort Sanders
The Battle of Fort Sanders was a key Union defensive victory during the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War, where Union forces successfully repelled a Confederate assault on the fort in November 1863.
E. Battle of Savage’s Station
The Battle of Savage’s Station was an 1862 American Civil War engagement during the Peninsula Campaign in which Union forces retreating toward the James River clashed with pursuing Confederate troops in Henrico County, Virginia.
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: Battle of Fort Blakeley
Target entity description: The Battle of Fort Blakeley was one of the final major engagements of the American Civil War, in which Union forces captured a Confederate fortification in Alabama just days before the war’s end.

A. Battle of Fort Anderson
The Battle of Fort Anderson was an American Civil War engagement in February 1865 in North Carolina, where Union forces captured a key Confederate fortification along the Cape Fear River as part of the campaign to secure Wilmington.
B. Battle of Fort Harrison
The Battle of Fort Harrison was a key 1864 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Union forces captured a vital Confederate defensive fortification as part of the broader operations against the Confederate capital.
C. Second Battle of Fort McAllister
The Second Battle of Fort McAllister was a late-1864 American Civil War engagement in Georgia in which Union forces captured a Confederate coastal fortification, helping secure General William T. Sherman’s supply line at the end of his March to the Sea.
D. Battle of Fort Sanders
The Battle of Fort Sanders was a key Union defensive victory during the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War, where Union forces successfully repelled a Confederate assault on the fort in November 1863.
E. Battle of Savage’s Station
The Battle of Savage’s Station was an 1862 American Civil War engagement during the Peninsula Campaign in which Union forces retreating toward the James River clashed with pursuing Confederate troops in Henrico County, Virginia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Fort Blakely ⓘ linked to: Battle of Fort Blakeley
associatedWithRiver	Tensaw River ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) ⓘ linked to: United States of America
campaign	Mobile Campaign of 1865 ⓘ
captured	Fort Blakeley ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses	Confederate about 2,900 casualties ⓘ Union about 629 casualties ⓘ
commander	Edward Canby ⓘ linked to: Edward R. S. Canby Francis M. Cockrell ⓘ Frederick Steele ⓘ James C. Veatch ⓘ John P. Hawkins ⓘ L. Y. Dill ⓘ Randall L. Gibson ⓘ St. John R. Liddell ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	1865-04-09 ⓘ
endDate	1865-04-09 ⓘ
followedBy	occupation of Mobile ⓘ
fortificationType	earthwork fort ⓘ
hasPart	Union assault on Confederate earthworks ⓘ siege operations against Fort Blakeley ⓘ
involves	United States Colored Troops ⓘ
location	Baldwin County, Alabama ⓘ Fort Blakeley, Alabama ⓘ
near	Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
notableFor	large-scale assault on entrenched Confederate position ⓘ participation of African American troops in the final assaults of the war ⓘ
partOf	Mobile Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Spanish Fort ⓘ linked to: Battle of Spanish Fort
result	Union victory ⓘ
sideLost	Confederacy ⓘ linked to: Confederate States of America
sideWon	Union ⓘ
significance	helped secure Mobile Bay for the Union ⓘ one of the last major battles of the American Civil War ⓘ took place after General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
startDate	1865-04-02 ⓘ
strength	Confederate forces approximately 3,500 ⓘ Union forces approximately 16,000 ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timePeriod	April 1865 ⓘ

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