Battle of Hagerstown
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The Battle of Hagerstown was a minor engagement of the American Civil War fought in July 1863 in Maryland during the Confederate retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg.
All labels observed (2)
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| Battle of Hagerstown canonical | 1 |
| Skirmishes at Hagerstown | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20791627 — 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 Hagerstown Context triple: [Battle of Williamsport, alsoKnownAs, Battle of Hagerstown]
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Battle of Shepherdstown
The Battle of Shepherdstown was a minor but strategically important American Civil War engagement in September 1862, marking the Confederate rearguard action as Robert E. Lee’s army withdrew across the Potomac River after the Maryland Campaign.
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Battle of White Marsh
The Battle of White Marsh was a late-1777 engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which General George Washington’s Continental Army repelled British probing attacks near Philadelphia before going into winter quarters at Valley Forge.
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Battle of Cross Keys
The Battle of Cross Keys was an American Civil War engagement in June 1862 in Virginia, where Confederate forces under Richard S. Ewell repelled a Union attack as part of Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley operations.
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Battle of Heller's Corner
The Battle of Heller's Corner was a skirmish during General Josiah Harmar's 1790 campaign in the Northwest Indian War, involving clashes between U.S. forces and Native American warriors in the Ohio Country.
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Battle of Upperville
The Battle of Upperville was a June 1863 American Civil War cavalry engagement in Virginia, fought between Union and Confederate forces as part of the maneuvering that preceded the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 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 Hagerstown Target entity description: The Battle of Hagerstown was a minor engagement of the American Civil War fought in July 1863 in Maryland during the Confederate retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg.
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A.
Battle of Shepherdstown
The Battle of Shepherdstown was a minor but strategically important American Civil War engagement in September 1862, marking the Confederate rearguard action as Robert E. Lee’s army withdrew across the Potomac River after the Maryland Campaign.
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B.
Battle of White Marsh
The Battle of White Marsh was a late-1777 engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which General George Washington’s Continental Army repelled British probing attacks near Philadelphia before going into winter quarters at Valley Forge.
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C.
Battle of Cross Keys
The Battle of Cross Keys was an American Civil War engagement in June 1862 in Virginia, where Confederate forces under Richard S. Ewell repelled a Union attack as part of Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley operations.
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D.
Battle of Heller's Corner
The Battle of Heller's Corner was a skirmish during General Josiah Harmar's 1790 campaign in the Northwest Indian War, involving clashes between U.S. forces and Native American warriors in the Ohio Country.
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E.
Battle of Upperville
The Battle of Upperville was a June 1863 American Civil War cavalry engagement in Virginia, fought between Union and Confederate forces as part of the maneuvering that preceded the Battle of Gettysburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Battle of Hagerstown