16th Michigan Infantry monument
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The 16th Michigan Infantry monument is a Civil War memorial on Little Round Top at Gettysburg honoring the Union regiment’s role in defending the hill during the battle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 16th Michigan Infantry monument canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T982543 — 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: 16th Michigan Infantry monument Context triple: [Little Round Top, hasMonument, 16th Michigan Infantry monument]
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A.
Confederate Soldiers Monument
The Confederate Soldiers Monument is a commemorative statue complex honoring Confederate military personnel, located on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
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B.
Civil War Unknowns Monument
The Civil War Unknowns Monument is a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery honoring unidentified Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War.
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C.
Battle of Bad Axe Monument
The Battle of Bad Axe Monument is a commemorative structure in Wisconsin honoring those involved in the 1832 Battle of Bad Axe, the final engagement of the Black Hawk War.
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D.
Trenton Battle Monument
The Trenton Battle Monument is a historic obelisk in Trenton, New Jersey, honoring George Washington’s pivotal Revolutionary War victory that helped turn the tide of the American Revolution.
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E.
Stonewall Jackson Monument
The Stonewall Jackson Monument is a commemorative statue honoring Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, located on the Manassas National Battlefield in 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: 16th Michigan Infantry monument Target entity description: The 16th Michigan Infantry monument is a Civil War memorial on Little Round Top at Gettysburg honoring the Union regiment’s role in defending the hill during the battle.
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A.
Confederate Soldiers Monument
The Confederate Soldiers Monument is a commemorative statue complex honoring Confederate military personnel, located on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
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B.
Civil War Unknowns Monument
The Civil War Unknowns Monument is a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery honoring unidentified Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War.
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C.
Battle of Bad Axe Monument
The Battle of Bad Axe Monument is a commemorative structure in Wisconsin honoring those involved in the 1832 Battle of Bad Axe, the final engagement of the Black Hawk War.
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D.
Trenton Battle Monument
The Trenton Battle Monument is a historic obelisk in Trenton, New Jersey, honoring George Washington’s pivotal Revolutionary War victory that helped turn the tide of the American Revolution.
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E.
Stonewall Jackson Monument
The Stonewall Jackson Monument is a commemorative statue honoring Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, located on the Manassas National Battlefield in Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Civil War monument
ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ war memorial ⓘ |
| category |
American Civil War military monuments and memorials
ⓘ
Monuments and memorials at Gettysburg ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| commemorates |
16th Michigan Infantry
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surface form:
16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
|
| commemoratesBattle | Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| commemoratesConflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dedicatedTo |
16th Michigan Infantry casualties at Gettysburg
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Union Army soldiers ⓘ |
| genre | regimental monument ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bronze plaque
ⓘ
corps badge symbol ⓘ regimental inscription ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | contributing structure to Gettysburg National Military Park historic district ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
20th Maine Infantry monument
ⓘ
44th New York Infantry monument ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Union defensive line on Little Round Top ⓘ |
| location |
Gettysburg National Military Park
ⓘ
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Little Round Top ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
bronze
ⓘ
granite ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
Union Army monuments at Gettysburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Gettysburg Battlefield monuments
|
| subjectOf |
Civil War battlefield tours
ⓘ
Gettysburg guidebooks ⓘ |
| theme |
commemoration of sacrifice
ⓘ
military history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 16th Michigan Infantry monument Description of subject: The 16th Michigan Infantry monument is a Civil War memorial on Little Round Top at Gettysburg honoring the Union regiment’s role in defending the hill during the battle.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Little Round Top