Five-Day Battle in Lincoln
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The Five-Day Battle in Lincoln was the climactic 1878 gunfight-filled siege in Lincoln, New Mexico, that marked the violent peak of the Lincoln County War and prominently involved figures like Billy the Kid.
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| Five-Day Battle in Lincoln canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Five-Day Battle in Lincoln Context triple: [Lincoln County War, notableEvent, Five-Day Battle in Lincoln]
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Second Battle of Lincoln
The Second Battle of Lincoln was a key 1217 clash during the First Barons' War in which royalist forces defeated rebels and their French allies, helping to secure the young King Henry III’s reign.
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B.
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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Battle of Arlington
The Battle of Arlington, also known as the Battle of Menotomy, was a fierce skirmish during the opening day of the American Revolutionary War in which colonial militia clashed with British troops retreating from Concord through present-day Arlington, Massachusetts.
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D.
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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Battle of Ball's Bluff
The Battle of Ball's Bluff was an early and disastrous Union defeat in the American Civil War, fought in October 1861 along the Potomac River in Virginia, which led to political upheaval in Washington and the creation of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.
- 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: Five-Day Battle in Lincoln Target entity description: The Five-Day Battle in Lincoln was the climactic 1878 gunfight-filled siege in Lincoln, New Mexico, that marked the violent peak of the Lincoln County War and prominently involved figures like Billy the Kid.
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A.
Second Battle of Lincoln
The Second Battle of Lincoln was a key 1217 clash during the First Barons' War in which royalist forces defeated rebels and their French allies, helping to secure the young King Henry III’s reign.
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B.
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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C.
Battle of Arlington
The Battle of Arlington, also known as the Battle of Menotomy, was a fierce skirmish during the opening day of the American Revolutionary War in which colonial militia clashed with British troops retreating from Concord through present-day Arlington, Massachusetts.
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D.
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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E.
Battle of Ball's Bluff
The Battle of Ball's Bluff was an early and disastrous Union defeat in the American Civil War, fought in October 1861 along the Potomac River in Virginia, which led to political upheaval in Washington and the creation of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in the Lincoln County War
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gun battle ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Billy the Kid became a more widely known outlaw figure
NERFINISHED
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Regulators faction effectively broken as a major force ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Lincoln
NERFINISHED
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Five-Day Battle of Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | multiple killed and wounded on both sides ⓘ |
| cause | commercial and political rivalry in Lincoln County ⓘ |
| centerOfFighting | McSween house in Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatant |
Murphy-Dolan faction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Regulators faction NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Rivers Warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Army detachment from Fort Stanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Lincoln County War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| duration | five days ⓘ |
| endDate | 1878-07-19 ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
accounts of the Lincoln County War
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histories of Billy the Kid ⓘ |
| followedBy | scattered reprisals and manhunts in New Mexico Territory ⓘ |
| hasPart | gunfights in Lincoln, New Mexico ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Reconstruction-era New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Lincoln, New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableDeath | Alexander McSween NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
Alexander McSween
NERFINISHED
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Billy the Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ Buckshot Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Doc Scurlock NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ George Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ John Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jose Chavez y Chavez NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheriff George Peppin NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan McSween NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom O’Folliard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier skirmishes of the Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| relatedTo | murder of John Tunstall ⓘ |
| result | end of large-scale organized fighting in the Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| significance | climactic battle of the Lincoln County War ⓘ |
| startDate | 1878-07-15 ⓘ |
| tacticUsed |
siege of buildings held by the Regulators
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use of a howitzer by Murphy-Dolan forces ⓘ |
| year | 1878 ⓘ |
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