Battle of Fort Magruder
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The Battle of Fort Magruder, more widely known as the Battle of Williamsburg, was a major early engagement of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign in the American Civil War, fought as Union forces pursued the retreating Confederate army toward Richmond, Virginia.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14939958 — 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)
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Target entity: Battle of Fort Magruder Context triple: [Battle of Williamsburg, alsoKnownAs, Battle of Fort Magruder]
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Battle of Hatcher's Run
The Battle of Hatcher's Run was a late–Civil War engagement in February 1865 in which Union forces extended their lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, helping to cut Confederate supply routes and tighten the noose around Robert E. Lee’s army.
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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.
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Battle of Fair Oaks
The Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, that halted the Union advance during the Peninsula Campaign and led to Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
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Battle of Fort Blakeley
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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Battle of Drewry’s Bluff
The Battle of Drewry’s Bluff was an American Civil War engagement in May 1862 in which Confederate forces successfully blocked a Union naval advance on Richmond by defending fortified positions atop high bluffs on the James River.
- 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 Fort Magruder Target entity description: The Battle of Fort Magruder, more widely known as the Battle of Williamsburg, was a major early engagement of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign in the American Civil War, fought as Union forces pursued the retreating Confederate army toward Richmond, Virginia.
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A.
Battle of Hatcher's Run
The Battle of Hatcher's Run was a late–Civil War engagement in February 1865 in which Union forces extended their lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, helping to cut Confederate supply routes and tighten the noose around Robert E. Lee’s army.
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B.
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.
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C.
Battle of Fair Oaks
The Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, that halted the Union advance during the Peninsula Campaign and led to Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
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D.
Battle of Fort Blakeley
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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E.
Battle of Drewry’s Bluff
The Battle of Drewry’s Bluff was an American Civil War engagement in May 1862 in which Confederate forces successfully blocked a Union naval advance on Richmond by defending fortified positions atop high bluffs on the James River.
- F. None of above. chosen
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