Action at White Oak Swamp
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Action at White Oak Swamp was a minor engagement of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign during the American Civil War, occurring as Union forces retreated toward the James River during the Seven Days Battles.
All labels observed (1)
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| Action at White Oak Swamp canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10659705 — 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)
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Target entity: Action at White Oak Swamp Context triple: [Battle of White Oak Swamp, alsoKnownAs, Action at White Oak Swamp]
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A.
Battle near Lake Monroe
The Battle near Lake Monroe was a skirmish during the Second Seminole War in Florida, involving U.S. forces and Seminole warriors near the site of present-day Sanford.
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B.
Holly Springs Raid
The Holly Springs Raid was a Confederate cavalry attack during the American Civil War in December 1862 that destroyed Union supply lines in Mississippi and forced General Ulysses S. Grant to abandon his first overland campaign against Vicksburg.
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C.
Operation Drumbeat
Operation Drumbeat was a German U-boat campaign in early 1942 that targeted Allied shipping along the East Coast of the United States during World War II.
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D.
Operation Baytown
Operation Baytown was an Allied World War II amphibious landing in southern Italy that marked the beginning of the mainland Italian campaign.
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E.
Combahee River Raid
The Combahee River Raid was an 1863 Civil War military operation in South Carolina, led in part by Harriet Tubman, that freed more than 700 enslaved people from plantations along the Combahee River.
- 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: Action at White Oak Swamp Target entity description: Action at White Oak Swamp was a minor engagement of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign during the American Civil War, occurring as Union forces retreated toward the James River during the Seven Days Battles.
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A.
Battle near Lake Monroe
The Battle near Lake Monroe was a skirmish during the Second Seminole War in Florida, involving U.S. forces and Seminole warriors near the site of present-day Sanford.
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B.
Holly Springs Raid
The Holly Springs Raid was a Confederate cavalry attack during the American Civil War in December 1862 that destroyed Union supply lines in Mississippi and forced General Ulysses S. Grant to abandon his first overland campaign against Vicksburg.
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C.
Operation Drumbeat
Operation Drumbeat was a German U-boat campaign in early 1942 that targeted Allied shipping along the East Coast of the United States during World War II.
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D.
Operation Baytown
Operation Baytown was an Allied World War II amphibious landing in southern Italy that marked the beginning of the mainland Italian campaign.
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E.
Combahee River Raid
The Combahee River Raid was an 1863 Civil War military operation in South Carolina, led in part by Harriet Tubman, that freed more than 700 enslaved people from plantations along the Combahee River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
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engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of White Oak Swamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
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United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaign | Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatant |
Confederate Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William B. Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ConfederateCasualties | approximately 500 ⓘ |
| ConfederateCommander | Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ConfederateCorpsInvolved | Jackson's command ⓘ |
| ConfederateStrength | approximately 25,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1862-06-30 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Malvern Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| front | Peninsula front ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Henrico County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ White Oak Swamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | destroyed bridge over White Oak Swamp Creek ⓘ |
| objective | delay Confederate pursuit of Union retreat ⓘ |
| operation | Seven Days Battles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Operations against Richmond in 1862
ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Days Battles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Gaines' Mill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | protect Union line of retreat to the James River ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Battle of Glendale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Inconclusive
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tactical stalemate ⓘ |
| river | White Oak Swamp Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| simultaneousWith | Battle of Glendale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| strategicContext | Union retreat toward the James River ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement |
artillery duel
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rear-guard action ⓘ |
| UnionArmyCorpsInvolved | VI Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UnionCasualties | approximately 300 ⓘ |
| UnionCommander | William B. Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UnionStrength | approximately 20,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| year | 1862 ⓘ |
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Subject: Action at White Oak Swamp Description of subject: Action at White Oak Swamp was a minor engagement of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign during the American Civil War, occurring as Union forces retreated toward the James River during the Seven Days Battles.
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