The Legend of Custer
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The Legend of Custer is a 1960s American Western television series dramatizing the life and exploits of U.S. cavalry officer George Armstrong Custer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Custer (1967 TV series) | 1 |
| The Legend of Custer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392519 — 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: The Legend of Custer Context triple: [Slim Pickens, notableWork, The Legend of Custer]
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A.
Killing Custer
Killing Custer is a historical nonfiction book by Native American author James Welch that reexamines the Battle of the Little Bighorn from Indigenous perspectives and critiques traditional U.S. historical narratives.
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B.
Custer’s Last Stand (as historical event)
Custer’s Last Stand is the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, where Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his troops were overwhelmingly defeated and killed by a coalition of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors.
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C.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
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D.
Blood and Thunder
Blood and Thunder is a historical narrative by Hampton Sides that chronicles the American conquest of the West through the life and times of frontiersman Kit Carson.
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E.
100 Rifles
100 Rifles is a 1969 Western adventure film known for starring Jim Brown alongside Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds in a story set during the Mexican Revolution.
- 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: The Legend of Custer Target entity description: The Legend of Custer is a 1960s American Western television series dramatizing the life and exploits of U.S. cavalry officer George Armstrong Custer.
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A.
Killing Custer
Killing Custer is a historical nonfiction book by Native American author James Welch that reexamines the Battle of the Little Bighorn from Indigenous perspectives and critiques traditional U.S. historical narratives.
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B.
Custer’s Last Stand (as historical event)
Custer’s Last Stand is the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, where Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his troops were overwhelmingly defeated and killed by a coalition of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors.
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C.
Red Cloud's War
Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict from 1866 to 1868 in which Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud successfully resisted U.S. military expansion along the Bozeman Trail in present-day Wyoming and Montana.
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D.
Blood and Thunder
Blood and Thunder is a historical narrative by Hampton Sides that chronicles the American conquest of the West through the life and times of frontiersman Kit Carson.
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E.
100 Rifles
100 Rifles is a 1969 Western adventure film known for starring Jim Brown alongside Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds in a story set during the Mexican Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | George Armstrong Custer ⓘ |
| countryOfBroadcast |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts |
American Old West
ⓘ
linked to:
Old West
U.S. Cavalry ⓘ
linked to:
United States Cavalry
|
| fictionalizationOf | historical events involving George Armstrong Custer ⓘ |
| format | dramatized series ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
19th-century United States
ⓘ
American frontier ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Indian Wars
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American wars
U.S. military history ⓘ |
| isAbout |
George Armstrong Custer
ⓘ
U.S. Cavalry campaigns ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | George Armstrong Custer ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
life of George Armstrong Custer
ⓘ
military exploits of George Armstrong Custer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | American television ⓘ |
| portrays |
George Armstrong Custer
ⓘ
Native American tribes ⓘ U.S. Army officers ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| startTime | 1960s ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| timeInFiction | 19th century ⓘ |
| workType | scripted television program ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Legend of Custer Description of subject: The Legend of Custer is a 1960s American Western television series dramatizing the life and exploits of U.S. cavalry officer George Armstrong Custer.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Legend of Custer