Confederate Prison site in Salisbury
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The Confederate Prison site in Salisbury is a historic location in Salisbury, North Carolina, where a major Civil War-era Confederate military prison once operated.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Confederate Prison site in Salisbury canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1189476 — 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: Confederate Prison site in Salisbury Context triple: [Salisbury, North Carolina, hasHistoricSite, Confederate Prison site in Salisbury]
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A.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Andersonville National Historic Site is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the location of the notorious Civil War prisoner-of-war camp Camp Sumter and serving as a memorial to American prisoners of war.
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B.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, Virginia is a historic village best known as the site where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
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C.
Guinea Station, Virginia
Guinea Station, Virginia is a small historic community best known as the place where Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died during the American Civil War.
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D.
North Point State Battlefield
North Point State Battlefield is a historic park in Maryland preserving the site of the 1814 Battle of North Point from the War of 1812.
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E.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the Revolutionary War battlefield of the 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse and related historic landscapes and monuments.
- 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: Confederate Prison site in Salisbury Target entity description: The Confederate Prison site in Salisbury is a historic location in Salisbury, North Carolina, where a major Civil War-era Confederate military prison once operated.
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A.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Andersonville National Historic Site is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the location of the notorious Civil War prisoner-of-war camp Camp Sumter and serving as a memorial to American prisoners of war.
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B.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, Virginia is a historic village best known as the site where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
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C.
Guinea Station, Virginia
Guinea Station, Virginia is a small historic community best known as the place where Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died during the American Civil War.
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D.
North Point State Battlefield
North Point State Battlefield is a historic park in Maryland preserving the site of the 1814 Battle of North Point from the War of 1812.
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E.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the Revolutionary War battlefield of the 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse and related historic landscapes and monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War site
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former military prison site ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Salisbury National Cemetery ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Confederate States Army
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surface form:
Confederate Army
Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse |
cemetery and memorial grounds
ⓘ
commemorative site ⓘ |
| endDate | 1865 ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
Salisbury National Cemetery monuments
ⓘ
monuments to Union prisoners of war ⓘ |
| hasPart | Salisbury National Cemetery ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
U.S. Civil War historic site
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Carolina
ⓘ
Rowan County, North Carolina ⓘ Salisbury, North Carolina ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableFor |
harsh prison conditions
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large number of Union prisoners held ⓘ role in Civil War prisoner-of-war history ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| partOf | Civil War prison system of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Union cavalry raid on Salisbury in April 1865
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imprisonment of Union soldiers ⓘ overcrowding and high mortality among prisoners ⓘ |
| startDate | 1861 ⓘ |
| usedAs | Confederate military prison ⓘ |
| usedDuring | American Civil War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Confederate Prison site in Salisbury Description of subject: The Confederate Prison site in Salisbury is a historic location in Salisbury, North Carolina, where a major Civil War-era Confederate military prison once operated.
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