St. Albans Raid
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The St. Albans Raid was a Confederate cavalry incursion from Canada into the Union town of St. Albans, Vermont, in October 1864, considered the northernmost land action of the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
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| St. Albans Raid canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12497091 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Albans Raid Context triple: [St. Albans, Vermont, knownFor, St. Albans Raid]
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A.
Danbury Raid
The Danbury Raid was a 1777 British expedition during the American Revolutionary War that targeted and destroyed Continental Army supplies in Danbury, Connecticut, prompting subsequent clashes with American forces.
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B.
Pigeon Hill raid
The Pigeon Hill raid was a minor 1866 incursion by Irish-American Fenian militants from the United States into Canada East (Quebec), intended to pressure Britain over Irish independence as part of the broader Fenian Raids.
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C.
Newburgh Conspiracy
The Newburgh Conspiracy was a 1783 plot by discontented Continental Army officers, frustrated over unpaid wages and pensions, that threatened a potential military challenge to civilian authority near the end of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Cherry Valley raid
The Cherry Valley raid was a brutal 1778 attack during the American Revolutionary War in which Loyalist and Iroquois forces massacred settlers in Cherry Valley, New York.
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E.
Charter Oak incident
The Charter Oak incident was a 1687 confrontation in which Connecticut colonists hid their royal charter in a hollow oak tree to prevent its confiscation by the English governor, becoming a symbol of colonial resistance and self-governance.
- 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: St. Albans Raid Target entity description: The St. Albans Raid was a Confederate cavalry incursion from Canada into the Union town of St. Albans, Vermont, in October 1864, considered the northernmost land action of the American Civil War.
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A.
Danbury Raid
The Danbury Raid was a 1777 British expedition during the American Revolutionary War that targeted and destroyed Continental Army supplies in Danbury, Connecticut, prompting subsequent clashes with American forces.
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B.
Pigeon Hill raid
The Pigeon Hill raid was a minor 1866 incursion by Irish-American Fenian militants from the United States into Canada East (Quebec), intended to pressure Britain over Irish independence as part of the broader Fenian Raids.
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C.
Newburgh Conspiracy
The Newburgh Conspiracy was a 1783 plot by discontented Continental Army officers, frustrated over unpaid wages and pensions, that threatened a potential military challenge to civilian authority near the end of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Cherry Valley raid
The Cherry Valley raid was a brutal 1778 attack during the American Revolutionary War in which Loyalist and Iroquois forces massacred settlers in Cherry Valley, New York.
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E.
Charter Oak incident
The Charter Oak incident was a 1687 confrontation in which Connecticut colonists hid their royal charter in a hollow oak tree to prevent its confiscation by the English governor, becoming a symbol of colonial resistance and self-governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.