Fall of Richmond
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The Fall of Richmond was the April 1865 capture of the Confederate capital by Union forces, signaling the imminent end of the American Civil War.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fall of Richmond canonical | 3 |
| Burning of Richmond | 1 |
| Capture of Richmond | 1 |
| Confederate evacuation of Richmond | 1 |
| fall of Richmond | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8595331 — 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: Fall of Richmond Context triple: [Battle of Five Forks, followedBy, Fall of Richmond]
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A.
Battle of High Bridge
The Battle of High Bridge was a late Civil War engagement in April 1865 in Virginia, where Union forces sought to prevent Confederate troops from destroying a key railroad bridge during Robert E. Lee’s retreat toward Appomattox.
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B.
Camp Jackson Affair
The Camp Jackson Affair was an 1861 Civil War–era confrontation in St. Louis where Union forces clashed with pro-Confederate Missouri militia, sparking deadly riots and intensifying sectional tensions in the border state.
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C.
Dade’s Battle
Dade’s Battle was an 1835 ambush in Florida during the Second Seminole War, in which Seminole warriors nearly annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, helping ignite the broader conflict.
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D.
Battle of Trevilian Station
The Battle of Trevilian Station was a major American Civil War cavalry engagement in June 1864 in Virginia, where Union forces under Philip Sheridan clashed with Confederate cavalry in one of the war’s largest all-cavalry battles.
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E.
Battle of Hatcher's Run
The Battle of Hatcher's Run was a late–Civil War engagement in February 1865 in which Union forces extended their lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, helping to cut Confederate supply routes and tighten the noose around Robert E. Lee’s army.
- 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: Fall of Richmond Target entity description: The Fall of Richmond was the April 1865 capture of the Confederate capital by Union forces, signaling the imminent end of the American Civil War.
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A.
Battle of High Bridge
The Battle of High Bridge was a late Civil War engagement in April 1865 in Virginia, where Union forces sought to prevent Confederate troops from destroying a key railroad bridge during Robert E. Lee’s retreat toward Appomattox.
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B.
Camp Jackson Affair
The Camp Jackson Affair was an 1861 Civil War–era confrontation in St. Louis where Union forces clashed with pro-Confederate Missouri militia, sparking deadly riots and intensifying sectional tensions in the border state.
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C.
Dade’s Battle
Dade’s Battle was an 1835 ambush in Florida during the Second Seminole War, in which Seminole warriors nearly annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, helping ignite the broader conflict.
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D.
Battle of Trevilian Station
The Battle of Trevilian Station was a major American Civil War cavalry engagement in June 1864 in Virginia, where Union forces under Philip Sheridan clashed with Confederate cavalry in one of the war’s largest all-cavalry battles.
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E.
Battle of Hatcher's Run
The Battle of Hatcher's Run was a late–Civil War engagement in February 1865 in which Union forces extended their lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, helping to cut Confederate supply routes and tighten the noose around Robert E. Lee’s army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in the American Civil War
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military campaign ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Capture of Richmond
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linked to:
Fall of Richmond
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| associatedWith |
Abraham Lincoln
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visit of Abraham Lincoln to Richmond after its capture ⓘ |
| causedBy |
Union breakthrough at Petersburg
ⓘ
extended Union siege operations around Petersburg and Richmond ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Edward O. C. Ord
ⓘ
George G. Meade ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| country |
United States (Union forces)
ⓘ
linked to:
Union Army
|
| followedBy |
Appomattox Campaign
ⓘ
Surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Appomattox Court House
|
| hasCasualties |
Confederate forces
ⓘ
Union forces ⓘ |
| hasDate | 1865-04-02 ⓘ |
| hasDateRange | 1865-04-02/1865-04-03 ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Army of Northern Virginia
ⓘ
Army of the James ⓘ Army of the Potomac ⓘ Confederate States Army ⓘ Union Army ⓘ |
| hasResult | Union victory ⓘ |
| involves |
African American Union soldiers entering the city
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Union troops entering Richmond ⓘ evacuation of Richmond by Confederate forces ⓘ |
| locationType | urban combat ⓘ |
| opponentCountry | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| opposedByCommander |
Jefferson Davis
ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| partOf | American Civil War ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Siege of Petersburg
ⓘ
Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
burning and widespread fires in Richmond
ⓘ
capture of Confederate capital ⓘ collapse of Confederate civil authority in its capital ⓘ evacuation of Confederate government from Richmond ⓘ |
| significance |
boosted Northern morale
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deprived Confederacy of its capital ⓘ major psychological blow to the Confederacy ⓘ signaled imminent end of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
cutting Confederate supply and communication lines
ⓘ
seizure of Confederate capital ⓘ |
| temporalContext | final weeks of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| year | 1865 ⓘ |
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: Fall of Richmond Description of subject: The Fall of Richmond was the April 1865 capture of the Confederate capital by Union forces, signaling the imminent end of the American Civil War.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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