Shepherdstown Battlefield
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Shepherdstown Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in West Virginia that preserves and interprets the area where the Battle of Shepherdstown took place.
All labels observed (1)
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| Shepherdstown Battlefield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7566788 — 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: Shepherdstown Battlefield Context triple: [Battle of Shepherdstown, commemoratedBy, Shepherdstown Battlefield]
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A.
New Market Battlefield
New Market Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in New Market, Virginia, where Confederate forces, including cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, won a notable victory in 1864.
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B.
Brandywine Battlefield
Brandywine Battlefield is a preserved American Revolutionary War site in Pennsylvania where the pivotal 1777 Battle of Brandywine took place between British and American forces.
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C.
Chancellorsville Battlefield
Chancellorsville Battlefield is a major American Civil War site in Virginia where the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s most significant victories, took place.
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D.
North Point State Battlefield
North Point State Battlefield is a historic park in Maryland preserving the site of the 1814 Battle of North Point from the War of 1812.
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E.
South Mountain State Battlefield
South Mountain State Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in Maryland that preserves and interprets the battlegrounds of the 1862 Battle of South Mountain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shepherdstown Battlefield Target entity description: Shepherdstown Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in West Virginia that preserves and interprets the area where the Battle of Shepherdstown took place.
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A.
New Market Battlefield
New Market Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in New Market, Virginia, where Confederate forces, including cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, won a notable victory in 1864.
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B.
Brandywine Battlefield
Brandywine Battlefield is a preserved American Revolutionary War site in Pennsylvania where the pivotal 1777 Battle of Brandywine took place between British and American forces.
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C.
Chancellorsville Battlefield
Chancellorsville Battlefield is a major American Civil War site in Virginia where the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s most significant victories, took place.
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D.
North Point State Battlefield
North Point State Battlefield is a historic park in Maryland preserving the site of the 1814 Battle of North Point from the War of 1812.
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E.
South Mountain State Battlefield
South Mountain State Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in Maryland that preserves and interprets the battlegrounds of the 1862 Battle of South Mountain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battlefield
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historic district ⓘ |
| access | partially open to the public ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Army of Northern Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithBattle | Battle of Antietam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCampaign | Maryland Campaign of 1862 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
A. P. Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fitz John Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ George B. McClellan NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Battle of Shepherdstown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | partially preserved battlefield landscape ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | September 19–20, 1862 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Civil War-era road traces
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Potomac River ford sites ⓘ artillery positions ⓘ commemorative monuments ⓘ historic farmsteads ⓘ infantry positions ⓘ interpretive markers ⓘ wayside exhibits ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
Civil War battle history
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impact of the Maryland Campaign on the Civil War ⓘ military tactics of 1862 ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationRole | Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | site of the Battle of Shepherdstown ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
river bluffs
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rolling farmland ⓘ wooded areas ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark District candidate area
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National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| locatedIn | Jefferson County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Shepherdstown, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody | Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Confederate rearguard action after Antietam
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being the site of the last major engagement of the 1862 Maryland Campaign ⓘ heavy casualties on both Union and Confederate forces ⓘ |
| partOf | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Battle of Shepherdstown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
land-use change
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residential development ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education
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heritage tourism ⓘ historic preservation ⓘ historical interpretation ⓘ |
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Subject: Shepherdstown Battlefield Description of subject: Shepherdstown Battlefield is a historic Civil War site in West Virginia that preserves and interprets the area where the Battle of Shepherdstown took place.
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