Battle of Port Hudson

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battle siege

The Battle of Port Hudson was a major American Civil War siege in Louisiana where Union forces sought to secure control of the Mississippi River by capturing a key Confederate stronghold.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Port Hudson	6
Battle of Port Hudson canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T655621 — 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: Battle of Port Hudson
Context triple: [George Dewey, participatedIn, Battle of Port Hudson]

A. Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
B. Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
C. Battle of the Thames
The Battle of the Thames was a decisive 1813 American victory in the War of 1812 in which U.S. forces defeated British and Native American troops in Ontario, resulting in the death of Shawnee leader Tecumseh and the collapse of his confederacy.
D. Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812, where forces led by Andrew Jackson repelled a much larger British army and boosted U.S. national pride.
E. Battle of Eutaw Springs
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was a major 1781 engagement of the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina, where Continental forces under General Nathanael Greene fought British troops in one of the conflict’s last large battles in the Southern theater.
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: Battle of Port Hudson
Target entity description: The Battle of Port Hudson was a major American Civil War siege in Louisiana where Union forces sought to secure control of the Mississippi River by capturing a key Confederate stronghold.

A. Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
B. Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
C. Battle of the Thames
The Battle of the Thames was a decisive 1813 American victory in the War of 1812 in which U.S. forces defeated British and Native American troops in Ontario, resulting in the death of Shawnee leader Tecumseh and the collapse of his confederacy.
D. Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812, where forces led by Andrew Jackson repelled a much larger British army and boosted U.S. national pride.
E. Battle of Fair Oaks
The Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, that halted the Union advance during the Peninsula Campaign and led to Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ siege ⓘ
aftermath	Confederate loss of last major stronghold on the Mississippi River ⓘ increased Union ability to move troops and supplies along the Mississippi River ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Port Hudson ⓘ surface form: Siege of Port Hudson
attackerStrength	approximately 30,000 Union troops at peak of siege ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
campaign	Battle of Port Hudson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siege of Port Hudson Vicksburg Campaign context ⓘ
casualtiesConfederate	over 6,000 including prisoners at surrender ⓘ
casualtiesUnion	several thousand killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
causeOf	Union control of entire Mississippi River ⓘ
commander	Christopher C. Augur ⓘ Cuvier Grover ⓘ Franklin Gardner ⓘ Halbert E. Paine NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathaniel P. Banks ⓘ Richard Arnold ⓘ Thomas W. Sherman ⓘ William Dwight Jr. ⓘ William N. R. Beall ⓘ William R. Miles ⓘ
conflictOf	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1863-07-09 ⓘ
fortifications	extensive Confederate earthworks and artillery positions ⓘ
garrisonStrength	approximately 7,500 Confederate troops at start of siege ⓘ
location	Port Hudson, Louisiana ⓘ
notableAspect	heavy casualties from frontal assaults on fortified positions ⓘ significant participation of African American Union troops ⓘ
notableEvent	Union assaults on June 14, 1863 ⓘ Union assaults on May 27, 1863 ⓘ one of the longest sieges in American military history ⓘ surrender of Confederate garrison on 1863-07-09 ⓘ
objective	Union attempt to capture Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson ⓘ Union effort to secure control of the Mississippi River ⓘ
partOf	Union campaign for control of the Mississippi River ⓘ
presentDaySite	Port Hudson State Historic Site ⓘ
relatedEvent	Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ surface form: Fall of Vicksburg on 1863-07-04 Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
river	Mississippi River ⓘ
startDate	1863-05-22 ⓘ
state	Louisiana ⓘ
strategicImportance	Control of navigation on the Mississippi River ⓘ Isolation of the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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