Colonel DeWitt Clinton Baxter
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Colonel DeWitt Clinton Baxter was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in major battles such as Gettysburg.
All labels observed (1)
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| Colonel DeWitt Clinton Baxter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20415216 — 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: Colonel DeWitt Clinton Baxter Context triple: [72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, commander, Colonel DeWitt Clinton Baxter]
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A.
Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton
Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton was a Union Army officer and regimental leader from Michigan who served prominently during the American Civil War.
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B.
Colonel John W. McLane
Colonel John W. McLane was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
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D.
Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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E.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
- 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: Colonel DeWitt Clinton Baxter Target entity description: Colonel DeWitt Clinton Baxter was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in major battles such as Gettysburg.
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A.
Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton
Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton was a Union Army officer and regimental leader from Michigan who served prominently during the American Civil War.
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B.
Colonel John W. McLane
Colonel John W. McLane was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for leading the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry in key engagements such as the Battle of Gettysburg.
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C.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
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D.
Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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E.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.