Battle of Sabine Pass
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The Battle of Sabine Pass was an 1863 American Civil War engagement in which a small Confederate force famously repelled a much larger Union naval invasion at the mouth of the Sabine River on the Texas–Louisiana border.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sabine Pass | 2 |
| Battle of Sabine Pass canonical | 1 |
| Confederate defenses of Sabine Pass | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16863380 — 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 Sabine Pass Context triple: [Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site, commemorates, Battle of Sabine Pass]
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Battle of Milliken’s Bend
The Battle of Milliken’s Bend was a June 1863 American Civil War engagement along the Mississippi River in which recently enlisted African American Union troops played a crucial and hard-fought role in repelling a Confederate attack near Vicksburg.
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Battle of Fort Recovery
The Battle of Fort Recovery was a 1794 conflict in the Northwest Indian War in which U.S. forces successfully defended a frontier fort in present-day Ohio against a large Native American confederacy.
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Battle of Pleasant Hill
The Battle of Pleasant Hill was a major 1864 American Civil War engagement in Louisiana that helped halt the Union Red River Campaign in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
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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 Plum Point Bend
The Battle of Plum Point Bend was an 1862 American Civil War riverine engagement on the Mississippi River in which Confederate rams attacked and damaged Union ironclads near Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
- 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 Sabine Pass Target entity description: The Battle of Sabine Pass was an 1863 American Civil War engagement in which a small Confederate force famously repelled a much larger Union naval invasion at the mouth of the Sabine River on the Texas–Louisiana border.
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A.
Battle of Milliken’s Bend
The Battle of Milliken’s Bend was a June 1863 American Civil War engagement along the Mississippi River in which recently enlisted African American Union troops played a crucial and hard-fought role in repelling a Confederate attack near Vicksburg.
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B.
Battle of Fort Recovery
The Battle of Fort Recovery was a 1794 conflict in the Northwest Indian War in which U.S. forces successfully defended a frontier fort in present-day Ohio against a large Native American confederacy.
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C.
Battle of Pleasant Hill
The Battle of Pleasant Hill was a major 1864 American Civil War engagement in Louisiana that helped halt the Union Red River Campaign in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
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D.
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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E.
Battle of Plum Point Bend
The Battle of Plum Point Bend was an 1862 American Civil War riverine engagement on the Mississippi River in which Confederate rams attacked and damaged Union ironclads near Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sabine Pass
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Confederate defenses of Sabine Pass
this entity surface form:
Sabine Pass