61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that fought in major battles of the American Civil War, particularly with the Army of the Potomac.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6866334 — 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: 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Context triple: [Francis Channing Barlow, commandedUnit, 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment]
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54th New York Infantry Regiment
The 54th New York Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that served in the American Civil War, notably as part of the XI Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
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B.
44th New York Infantry
The 44th New York Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its prominent role in the defense of key positions during major battles, including Gettysburg.
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C.
26th New York Cavalry
The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
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16th New York Cavalry Regiment
The 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army cavalry unit in the American Civil War, best known for including Sergeant Boston Corbett, who killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth.
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E.
26th Yankee Division
The 26th Yankee Division was a famed National Guard infantry division from New England that served with distinction in both World War I and World War II.
- 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: 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Target entity description: The 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that fought in major battles of the American Civil War, particularly with the Army of the Potomac.
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A.
54th New York Infantry Regiment
The 54th New York Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that served in the American Civil War, notably as part of the XI Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
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B.
44th New York Infantry
The 44th New York Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its prominent role in the defense of key positions during major battles, including Gettysburg.
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C.
26th New York Cavalry
The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
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D.
16th New York Cavalry Regiment
The 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army cavalry unit in the American Civil War, best known for including Sergeant Boston Corbett, who killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth.
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E.
26th Yankee Division
The 26th Yankee Division was a famed National Guard infantry division from New England that served with distinction in both World War I and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War military unit
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Union Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| branch |
Union Army
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United States Army ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| engagedIn |
Appomattox Campaign
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Battle of Antietam ⓘ Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ Siege of Petersburg ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 1860s ⓘ |
| militaryRole | infantry ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableFor | heavy combat service in major battles of the Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| partOf | Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| raisedIn | New York ⓘ |
| serviceBranchDuringConflict | Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Union Army ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Description of subject: The 61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union Army infantry unit from New York that fought in major battles of the American Civil War, particularly with the Army of the Potomac.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Union Brigadier General Francis Channing Barlow