Battle of Decatur (in some contemporary accounts)
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The Battle of Decatur is an alternative contemporary name sometimes used for the American Civil War’s Battle of Atlanta, a major 1864 Union–Confederate engagement in Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign.
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| Battle of Decatur (in some contemporary accounts) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21715180 — 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)
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Target entity: Battle of Decatur (in some contemporary accounts) Context triple: [Battle of Atlanta, alsoKnownAs, Battle of Decatur (in some contemporary accounts)]
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Battle of Fort Wayne
The Battle of Fort Wayne was an 1862 American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory in which Union forces drove Confederate troops from a key outpost near the Arkansas–Indian Territory border.
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Battle of Williams Station
The Battle of Williams Station was a key 1860 engagement in Nevada’s Paiute War between U.S. volunteer forces and Northern Paiute warriors along the Carson River.
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Battle of Fort Harrison
The Battle of Fort Harrison was a key 1864 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Union forces captured a vital Confederate defensive fortification as part of the broader operations against the Confederate capital.
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Battle of Elkhorn Tavern
The Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, also known as the Battle of Pea Ridge, was a major American Civil War engagement in March 1862 in Arkansas that secured Union control of Missouri and much of the Trans-Mississippi region.
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Battle of Fort Massachusetts
The Battle of Fort Massachusetts was a minor American Civil War engagement in July 1864, part of Confederate General Jubal Early’s attack on Washington, D.C., in which Union forces successfully repelled an assault on the capital’s defenses.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Decatur (in some contemporary accounts) Target entity description: The Battle of Decatur is an alternative contemporary name sometimes used for the American Civil War’s Battle of Atlanta, a major 1864 Union–Confederate engagement in Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign.
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A.
Battle of Fort Wayne
The Battle of Fort Wayne was an 1862 American Civil War engagement in Indian Territory in which Union forces drove Confederate troops from a key outpost near the Arkansas–Indian Territory border.
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B.
Battle of Williams Station
The Battle of Williams Station was a key 1860 engagement in Nevada’s Paiute War between U.S. volunteer forces and Northern Paiute warriors along the Carson River.
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C.
Battle of Fort Harrison
The Battle of Fort Harrison was a key 1864 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Union forces captured a vital Confederate defensive fortification as part of the broader operations against the Confederate capital.
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D.
Battle of Elkhorn Tavern
The Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, also known as the Battle of Pea Ridge, was a major American Civil War engagement in March 1862 in Arkansas that secured Union control of Missouri and much of the Trans-Mississippi region.
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E.
Battle of Fort Massachusetts
The Battle of Fort Massachusetts was a minor American Civil War engagement in July 1864, part of Confederate General Jubal Early’s attack on Washington, D.C., in which Union forces successfully repelled an assault on the capital’s defenses.
- F. None of above. chosen
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