Battle of Burkittsville
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The Battle of Burkittsville was an 1862 American Civil War engagement in Maryland, fought as part of the Maryland Campaign for control of the passes through South Mountain.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21968567 — 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 Burkittsville Context triple: [Battle of Crampton’s Gap, alsoKnownAs, Battle of Burkittsville]
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Battle of Hagerstown
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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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 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.
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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 Marks' Mills
The Battle of Marks' Mills was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Arkansas, where Confederate forces ambushed and decisively defeated a Union supply column during the Red River Campaign.
- 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 Burkittsville Target entity description: The Battle of Burkittsville was an 1862 American Civil War engagement in Maryland, fought as part of the Maryland Campaign for control of the passes through South Mountain.
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A.
Battle of Hagerstown
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Battle of Marks' Mills
The Battle of Marks' Mills was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Arkansas, where Confederate forces ambushed and decisively defeated a Union supply column during the Red River Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.