Battle of Fox’s Gap
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The Battle of Fox’s Gap was a Civil War engagement fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the larger Battle of South Mountain during the Maryland Campaign, where Union and Confederate forces clashed over a key mountain pass in Maryland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Fox’s Gap canonical | 1 |
| Battle of Turner’s Gap | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5553063 — 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 Fox’s Gap Context triple: [Maryland Campaign, includesEngagement, Battle of Fox’s Gap]
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Battle of Crampton’s Gap
The Battle of Crampton’s Gap was an American Civil War clash on September 14, 1862, in which Union forces seized a key South Mountain pass in Maryland, helping to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam.
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Battle of Tumbledown Mountain
The Battle of Tumbledown Mountain was a key night engagement during the 1982 Falklands War in which British forces captured strategic high ground from Argentine troops near Port Stanley.
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Battle of Matson’s Ford
The Battle of Matson’s Ford was a minor engagement of the American Revolutionary War in December 1777, in which British forces disrupted Continental Army movements near the Schuylkill River during the Philadelphia campaign.
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Battle of Wyse Fork
The Battle of Wyse Fork was a major American Civil War engagement in March 1865 near Kinston, North Carolina, where Union forces repelled a Confederate attempt to block their advance toward Goldsboro during the closing weeks of the war.
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Battle of Guard Hill
The Battle of Guard Hill was a minor American Civil War engagement in August 1864 near Front Royal, Virginia, in which Union cavalry clashed with Confederate forces during the Shenandoah Valley operations.
- 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 Fox’s Gap Target entity description: The Battle of Fox’s Gap was a Civil War engagement fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the larger Battle of South Mountain during the Maryland Campaign, where Union and Confederate forces clashed over a key mountain pass in Maryland.
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A.
Battle of Crampton’s Gap
The Battle of Crampton’s Gap was an American Civil War clash on September 14, 1862, in which Union forces seized a key South Mountain pass in Maryland, helping to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam.
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B.
Battle of Tumbledown Mountain
The Battle of Tumbledown Mountain was a key night engagement during the 1982 Falklands War in which British forces captured strategic high ground from Argentine troops near Port Stanley.
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C.
Battle of Matson’s Ford
The Battle of Matson’s Ford was a minor engagement of the American Revolutionary War in December 1777, in which British forces disrupted Continental Army movements near the Schuylkill River during the Philadelphia campaign.
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D.
Battle of Wyse Fork
The Battle of Wyse Fork was a major American Civil War engagement in March 1865 near Kinston, North Carolina, where Union forces repelled a Confederate attempt to block their advance toward Goldsboro during the closing weeks of the war.
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E.
Battle of Guard Hill
The Battle of Guard Hill was a minor American Civil War engagement in August 1864 near Front Royal, Virginia, in which Union cavalry clashed with Confederate forces during the Shenandoah Valley operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Fox’s Gap Description of subject: The Battle of Fox’s Gap was a Civil War engagement fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the larger Battle of South Mountain during the Maryland Campaign, where Union and Confederate forces clashed over a key mountain pass in Maryland.
Referenced by (2)
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