Battle of Jonesborough
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The Battle of Jonesborough was a late-August 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, whose Union victory forced the Confederates to abandon and ultimately led to the fall of Atlanta.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Jonesboro | 2 |
| Battle of Jonesborough canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2196434 — 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.
Target entity: Battle of Jonesborough Context triple: [Atlanta Campaign, notableBattle, Battle of Jonesborough]
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Battle of Eutaw Springs
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was a major 1781 engagement of the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina, where Continental forces under General Nathanael Greene fought British troops in one of the conflict’s last large battles in the Southern theater.
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Battle of Suwannee River
The Battle of Suwannee River was a military engagement during the First Seminole War in which U.S. forces attacked Seminole and Black Seminole communities along the Suwannee River in Spanish Florida.
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Battle of Ezra Church
The Battle of Ezra Church was an 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during General William T. Sherman’s drive to capture the city.
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Battle of Resaca
The Battle of Resaca was a major 1864 engagement in the American Civil War’s Western Theater, where Union forces under William T. Sherman clashed with Confederate troops led by Joseph E. Johnston in northern Georgia during the drive toward Atlanta.
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Battle of Pickett’s Mill
The Battle of Pickett’s Mill was a bloody but often overlooked 1864 Civil War engagement in Georgia, where Confederate forces repelled a Union assault during the Atlanta Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Jonesborough Target entity description: The Battle of Jonesborough was a late-August 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, whose Union victory forced the Confederates to abandon and ultimately led to the fall of Atlanta.
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A.
Battle of Eutaw Springs
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was a major 1781 engagement of the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina, where Continental forces under General Nathanael Greene fought British troops in one of the conflict’s last large battles in the Southern theater.
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B.
Battle of Suwannee River
The Battle of Suwannee River was a military engagement during the First Seminole War in which U.S. forces attacked Seminole and Black Seminole communities along the Suwannee River in Spanish Florida.
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C.
Battle of Ezra Church
The Battle of Ezra Church was an 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during General William T. Sherman’s drive to capture the city.
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Battle of Resaca
The Battle of Resaca was a major 1864 engagement in the American Civil War’s Western Theater, where Union forces under William T. Sherman clashed with Confederate troops led by Joseph E. Johnston in northern Georgia during the drive toward Atlanta.
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E.
Battle of Pickett’s Mill
The Battle of Pickett’s Mill was a bloody but often overlooked 1864 Civil War engagement in Georgia, where Confederate forces repelled a Union assault during the Atlanta Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
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battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Jonesborough
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surface form:
Battle of Jonesboro
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| associatedWith |
Army of the Cumberland
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Army of the Ohio ⓘ Army of the Tennessee ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ fall of Atlanta ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| campaign |
Atlanta Campaign
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surface form:
Atlanta campaign
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| cause | Union attempt to sever Confederate supply lines into Atlanta ⓘ |
| combatant |
Army of Tennessee
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surface form:
Confederate Army of Tennessee
Union Army ⓘ |
| commander |
George H. Thomas
ⓘ
John Schofield ⓘ
surface form:
John M. Schofield
Oliver Otis Howard ⓘ
surface form:
Oliver O. Howard
Patrick Cleburne ⓘ
surface form:
Patrick R. Cleburne
Stephen D. Lee ⓘ William J. Hardee ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
surface form:
William T. Sherman
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| commanderOfConfederateCorps | William J. Hardee ⓘ |
| commanderOfUnionRightWing |
Oliver Otis Howard
ⓘ
surface form:
Oliver O. Howard
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| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| date | 1864-08-31 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1864-09-01 ⓘ |
| followedBy | occupation of Atlanta by Union forces ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Civil War era ⓘ |
| location |
Clayton County, Georgia
NERFINISHED
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Jonesboro, Georgia ⓘ
surface form:
Jonesborough, Georgia
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| notableFor | decisive Union success in Atlanta campaign ⓘ |
| objective | cut Confederate Macon & Western Railroad ⓘ |
| outcome | Confederate defeat south of Atlanta ⓘ |
| partOf |
Atlanta Campaign
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surface form:
Atlanta campaign
Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Sherman’s Atlanta operations
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| precededBy | Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ |
| railway | Macon and Western Railroad ⓘ |
| result | Union victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1864-08-31 ⓘ |
| state | Georgia ⓘ |
| strategicConsequence |
forced Confederate evacuation of Atlanta
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led to fall of Atlanta ⓘ |
| theater | Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| year | 1864 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Jonesborough Description of subject: The Battle of Jonesborough was a late-August 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, whose Union victory forced the Confederates to abandon and ultimately led to the fall of Atlanta.
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