Battle of Okolona
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The Battle of Okolona was an 1864 American Civil War cavalry clash in Mississippi in which Confederate forces under Nathan Bedford Forrest repelled a Union raid, securing Confederate control of the region.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21879116 — 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 Okolona Context triple: [Forrest's Cavalry Corps, engagement, Battle of Okolona]
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Battle of Tohopeka
The Battle of Tohopeka, also known as the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, was an 1814 engagement in the Creek War where Andrew Jackson’s forces decisively defeated the Red Stick Creek, effectively ending their resistance in the southeastern United States.
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Battle of Bloody Run
The Battle of Bloody Run was a 1763 clash near Fort Detroit during Pontiac’s War, where Native American forces ambushed and inflicted heavy casualties on a British detachment.
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Battle of Birch Coulee
The Battle of Birch Coulee was a key 1862 engagement in Minnesota during the U.S.–Dakota War, noted as one of the deadliest and most hard-fought attacks on U.S. troops by Dakota forces.
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Battle of Wahoo Swamp
The Battle of Wahoo Swamp was a major 1836 engagement in Florida between U.S. forces and Seminole warriors that highlighted the difficulty of suppressing Native resistance during the Second Seminole War.
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Battle of Burnt Corn
The Battle of Burnt Corn was an 1813 skirmish in present-day Alabama between U.S. frontier militia and the Red Stick faction of the Creek that helped ignite the wider Creek 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: Battle of Okolona Target entity description: The Battle of Okolona was an 1864 American Civil War cavalry clash in Mississippi in which Confederate forces under Nathan Bedford Forrest repelled a Union raid, securing Confederate control of the region.
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A.
Battle of Tohopeka
The Battle of Tohopeka, also known as the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, was an 1814 engagement in the Creek War where Andrew Jackson’s forces decisively defeated the Red Stick Creek, effectively ending their resistance in the southeastern United States.
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B.
Battle of Bloody Run
The Battle of Bloody Run was a 1763 clash near Fort Detroit during Pontiac’s War, where Native American forces ambushed and inflicted heavy casualties on a British detachment.
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C.
Battle of Birch Coulee
The Battle of Birch Coulee was a key 1862 engagement in Minnesota during the U.S.–Dakota War, noted as one of the deadliest and most hard-fought attacks on U.S. troops by Dakota forces.
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D.
Battle of Wahoo Swamp
The Battle of Wahoo Swamp was a major 1836 engagement in Florida between U.S. forces and Seminole warriors that highlighted the difficulty of suppressing Native resistance during the Second Seminole War.
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E.
Battle of Burnt Corn
The Battle of Burnt Corn was an 1813 skirmish in present-day Alabama between U.S. frontier militia and the Red Stick faction of the Creek that helped ignite the wider Creek War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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