Berryville Wagon Train Raid
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The Berryville Wagon Train Raid was a daring 1864 Civil War cavalry action in which Confederate partisan ranger John S. Mosby attacked and captured a Union supply wagon train near Berryville, Virginia.
All labels observed (1)
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| Berryville Wagon Train Raid canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22548401 — 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: Berryville Wagon Train Raid Context triple: [John S. Mosby, notableEngagement, Berryville Wagon Train Raid]
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A.
Quantrill's Raid
Quantrill's Raid was a brutal Confederate guerrilla attack led by William Quantrill in 1863, in which pro-slavery fighters massacred civilians and burned much of Lawrence, Kansas, during the American Civil War.
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B.
Johnsonville raid
The Johnsonville raid was a Confederate cavalry attack led by Nathan Bedford Forrest in November 1864 that destroyed Union supply depots and shipping along the Tennessee River during the American Civil War.
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C.
Morgan's Raid of 1863
Morgan's Raid of 1863 was a daring Confederate cavalry incursion led by General John H. Morgan that swept through several Northern states during the American Civil War, aiming to disrupt Union supply lines and spread alarm behind enemy lines.
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D.
Fort Robinson massacre
The Fort Robinson massacre was a violent 1879 U.S. Army attack and subsequent deaths of Northern Cheyenne people imprisoned at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, during their attempt to escape confinement and return to their homeland.
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E.
Holly Springs Raid
The Holly Springs Raid was a Confederate cavalry attack during the American Civil War in December 1862 that destroyed Union supply lines in Mississippi and forced General Ulysses S. Grant to abandon his first overland campaign against Vicksburg.
- 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: Berryville Wagon Train Raid Target entity description: The Berryville Wagon Train Raid was a daring 1864 Civil War cavalry action in which Confederate partisan ranger John S. Mosby attacked and captured a Union supply wagon train near Berryville, Virginia.
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A.
Quantrill's Raid
Quantrill's Raid was a brutal Confederate guerrilla attack led by William Quantrill in 1863, in which pro-slavery fighters massacred civilians and burned much of Lawrence, Kansas, during the American Civil War.
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B.
Johnsonville raid
The Johnsonville raid was a Confederate cavalry attack led by Nathan Bedford Forrest in November 1864 that destroyed Union supply depots and shipping along the Tennessee River during the American Civil War.
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C.
Morgan's Raid of 1863
Morgan's Raid of 1863 was a daring Confederate cavalry incursion led by General John H. Morgan that swept through several Northern states during the American Civil War, aiming to disrupt Union supply lines and spread alarm behind enemy lines.
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D.
Fort Robinson massacre
The Fort Robinson massacre was a violent 1879 U.S. Army attack and subsequent deaths of Northern Cheyenne people imprisoned at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, during their attempt to escape confinement and return to their homeland.
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E.
Holly Springs Raid
The Holly Springs Raid was a Confederate cavalry attack during the American Civil War in December 1862 that destroyed Union supply lines in Mississippi and forced General Ulysses S. Grant to abandon his first overland campaign against Vicksburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mosby