Battle of Memphis
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The Battle of Memphis was an 1862 American Civil War naval engagement on the Mississippi River in which Union forces captured the city of Memphis, securing a crucial strategic point in the Western theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Memphis canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5720927 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Memphis Context triple: [Mississippi Valley Theater, hasKeyEvent, Battle of Memphis]
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A.
Battle of Tupelo
The Battle of Tupelo was an American Civil War engagement in July 1864 in northern Mississippi, where Union forces successfully repelled Confederate attempts to disrupt General William T. Sherman’s supply lines.
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B.
Battle of Stones River
The Battle of Stones River was a major and fiercely contested American Civil War engagement fought near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in late 1862 and early 1863, noted for its high casualties and strategic boost to Union morale.
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C.
Battle of Nashville
The Battle of Nashville was a major American Civil War engagement in December 1864 in which Union forces decisively defeated the Confederate Army of Tennessee, effectively destroying it as a fighting force.
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D.
Battle of Pea Ridge
The Battle of Pea Ridge was a major American Civil War engagement in March 1862 in northwestern Arkansas that secured Union control of Missouri and the surrounding region.
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E.
Battle of Wauhatchie
The Battle of Wauhatchie was an 1863 nighttime engagement of the American Civil War in Tennessee, notable for securing the “Cracker Line” supply route to Union forces besieged at Chattanooga.
- 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 Memphis Target entity description: The Battle of Memphis was an 1862 American Civil War naval engagement on the Mississippi River in which Union forces captured the city of Memphis, securing a crucial strategic point in the Western theater.
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A.
Battle of Tupelo
The Battle of Tupelo was an American Civil War engagement in July 1864 in northern Mississippi, where Union forces successfully repelled Confederate attempts to disrupt General William T. Sherman’s supply lines.
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B.
Battle of Stones River
The Battle of Stones River was a major and fiercely contested American Civil War engagement fought near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in late 1862 and early 1863, noted for its high casualties and strategic boost to Union morale.
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C.
Battle of Nashville
The Battle of Nashville was a major American Civil War engagement in December 1864 in which Union forces decisively defeated the Confederate Army of Tennessee, effectively destroying it as a fighting force.
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D.
Battle of Pea Ridge
The Battle of Pea Ridge was a major American Civil War engagement in March 1862 in northwestern Arkansas that secured Union control of Missouri and the surrounding region.
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E.
Battle of Wauhatchie
The Battle of Wauhatchie was an 1863 nighttime engagement of the American Civil War in Tennessee, notable for securing the “Cracker Line” supply route to Union forces besieged at Chattanooga.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
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naval battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate River Defense Fleet
NERFINISHED
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Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties |
heavy losses in ships for Confederate forces
ⓘ
relatively light for Union forces ⓘ |
| combatant |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Andrew H. Foote
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Henry Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ James E. Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ M. Jeff Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| consequence |
Union control of Memphis
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further consolidation of Union control over the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | June 6, 1862 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Union occupation of Memphis ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Confederate River Defense Fleet rams
ⓘ
Mississippi River Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Memphis, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective | capture of Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ |
| observedBy | civilian spectators on the bluffs of Memphis ⓘ |
| outcome | destruction of most of the Confederate River Defense Fleet ⓘ |
| partOf | Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Island Number Ten campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Union victory ⓘ |
| shipInvolved |
CSS Colonel Lovell
NERFINISHED
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CSS General Beauregard NERFINISHED ⓘ CSS General Bragg NERFINISHED ⓘ CSS General Earl Van Dorn NERFINISHED ⓘ CSS General M. Jeff Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ CSS General Sterling Price NERFINISHED ⓘ CSS Little Rebel NERFINISHED ⓘ CSS Sumter NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Baron De Kalb NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Carondelet NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Louisville NERFINISHED ⓘ USS St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of a key point on the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| theater | Western Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceNear | riverfront of Memphis ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement | riverine naval engagement ⓘ |
| year | 1862 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Battle of Memphis Description of subject: The Battle of Memphis was an 1862 American Civil War naval engagement on the Mississippi River in which Union forces captured the city of Memphis, securing a crucial strategic point in the Western theater.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.