Baxter Springs Massacre
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The Baxter Springs Massacre was an 1863 Civil War attack in which Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill ambushed and killed a large number of Union soldiers and civilians near Baxter Springs, Kansas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baxter Springs Massacre canonical | 1 |
| Baxter Springs Massacre of 1863 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6836411 — 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: Baxter Springs Massacre Context triple: [Baxter Springs, Kansas, knownFor, Baxter Springs Massacre]
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A.
Marais des Cygnes massacre
The Marais des Cygnes massacre was an 1858 attack in Kansas Territory in which pro-slavery militants executed a group of free-state men, becoming one of the most notorious episodes of violence in the Bleeding Kansas conflict.
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B.
Washita Massacre
The Washita Massacre was an 1868 U.S. Army attack led by George Armstrong Custer on a Southern Cheyenne village in present-day Oklahoma, resulting in the deaths of many Native American men, women, and children and becoming a symbol of the violence of the Indian Wars.
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C.
Pottawatomie massacre
The Pottawatomie massacre was an 1856 episode of anti-slavery violence in Kansas in which abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers, escalating tensions that helped lead to the American Civil War.
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D.
Coushatta Massacre
The Coushatta Massacre was an 1874 Reconstruction-era attack in Louisiana in which members of the White League murdered Republican officeholders and freedmen to undermine Black political rights and restore white supremacist control.
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E.
Johnson County War
The Johnson County War was a violent late-19th-century conflict in Wyoming between large cattle barons and smaller settlers and rustlers, emblematic of the lawlessness and power struggles of the American Wild West.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Baxter Springs Massacre Target entity description: The Baxter Springs Massacre was an 1863 Civil War attack in which Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill ambushed and killed a large number of Union soldiers and civilians near Baxter Springs, Kansas.
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A.
Marais des Cygnes massacre
The Marais des Cygnes massacre was an 1858 attack in Kansas Territory in which pro-slavery militants executed a group of free-state men, becoming one of the most notorious episodes of violence in the Bleeding Kansas conflict.
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B.
Washita Massacre
The Washita Massacre was an 1868 U.S. Army attack led by George Armstrong Custer on a Southern Cheyenne village in present-day Oklahoma, resulting in the deaths of many Native American men, women, and children and becoming a symbol of the violence of the Indian Wars.
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C.
Pottawatomie massacre
The Pottawatomie massacre was an 1856 episode of anti-slavery violence in Kansas in which abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers, escalating tensions that helped lead to the American Civil War.
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D.
Coushatta Massacre
The Coushatta Massacre was an 1874 Reconstruction-era attack in Louisiana in which members of the White League murdered Republican officeholders and freedmen to undermine Black political rights and restore white supremacist control.
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E.
Johnson County War
The Johnson County War was a violent late-19th-century conflict in Wyoming between large cattle barons and smaller settlers and rustlers, emblematic of the lawlessness and power struggles of the American Wild West.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War massacre
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| aftermath |
heightened security at Union posts in Kansas
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increased Union hostility toward Confederate guerrillas ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Baxter Springs Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
James G. Blunt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Clarke Quantrill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Baxter Springs, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate guerrillas
ⓘ
Union forces ⓘ |
| category |
Guerrilla warfare in the United States
ⓘ
Kansas in the American Civil War ⓘ Massacres of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| commander |
James G. Blunt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Clarke Quantrill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | October 6, 1863 ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Confederate guerrilla accounts
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Union military reports ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | historical markers near Baxter Springs, Kansas ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to Quantrill's notoriety
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example of guerrilla violence on the Kansas–Missouri border ⓘ |
| involvedForceType |
Union garrison troops
ⓘ
irregular Confederate cavalry ⓘ |
| killedConfederate | about 3–10 (estimates vary) ⓘ |
| killedUnion |
dozens of Union soldiers and civilians
ⓘ
over 80 ⓘ |
| location |
Cherokee County, Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Baxter Springs, Kansas ⓘ |
| near | Fort Scott, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAspect | killing of wounded and surrendering Union soldiers ⓘ |
| notableDeath | members of General Blunt's military band ⓘ |
| partOf | guerrilla warfare in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| perpetratorUnit | Quantrill's Raiders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Lawrence Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | border warfare in Kansas and Missouri ⓘ |
| result | Confederate victory ⓘ |
| strengthConfederate | approximately 400 men ⓘ |
| strengthUnion | approximately 100–150 soldiers and personnel ⓘ |
| target |
Union Army detachment at Baxter Springs
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Union civilians ⓘ Union military band and escort ⓘ |
| theater | Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
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Civil War era ⓘ |
| typeOfAttack | ambush ⓘ |
| year | 1863 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Baxter Springs Massacre Description of subject: The Baxter Springs Massacre was an 1863 Civil War attack in which Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill ambushed and killed a large number of Union soldiers and civilians near Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.