Battle of Upperville
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Upperville canonical | 4 |
| Battle of Brandy Station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5270728 — 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 Upperville Context triple: [Gettysburg Campaign, majorEngagement, Battle of Upperville]
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Battle of Front Royal
The Battle of Front Royal was an 1862 American Civil War engagement in Virginia where Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson achieved a key victory that helped drive Union troops from the Shenandoah Valley.
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Battle of Mechanicsville
The Battle of Mechanicsville was an 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, marking the opening clash of Robert E. Lee’s Seven Days Campaign against Union forces during the Peninsula Campaign.
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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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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 Heller's Corner
The Battle of Heller's Corner was a skirmish during General Josiah Harmar's 1790 campaign in the Northwest Indian War, involving clashes between U.S. forces and Native American warriors in the Ohio Country.
- 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 Upperville Target entity description: 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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A.
Battle of Front Royal
The Battle of Front Royal was an 1862 American Civil War engagement in Virginia where Confederate forces under Stonewall Jackson achieved a key victory that helped drive Union troops from the Shenandoah Valley.
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B.
Battle of Mechanicsville
The Battle of Mechanicsville was an 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, marking the opening clash of Robert E. Lee’s Seven Days Campaign against Union forces during the Peninsula Campaign.
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C.
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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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 Heller's Corner
The Battle of Heller's Corner was a skirmish during General Josiah Harmar's 1790 campaign in the Northwest Indian War, involving clashes between U.S. forces and Native American warriors in the Ohio Country.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Upperville Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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