Andersonville National Historic Site

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United States National Historic Site United States National Park Service unit historic battlefield site

Andersonville National Historic Site is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the location of the notorious Civil War prisoner-of-war camp Camp Sumter and serving as a memorial to American prisoners of war.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Andersonville, Georgia	8
Andersonville National Historic Site canonical	7
Andersonville prison	5
Andersonville	4
Andersonville National Cemetery	2
Andersonville Prison	2
Camp Sumter military prison	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T980733 — 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: Andersonville National Historic Site
Context triple: [Sumter County, Georgia, contains, Andersonville National Historic Site]

A. American Civil War Museum
The American Civil War Museum is a history museum dedicated to interpreting the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War from multiple perspectives, including Union, Confederate, and African American experiences.
B. Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, Virginia is a historic village best known as the site where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
C. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is a U.S. National Military Park preserving key Civil War battlefields and commemorating the pivotal campaigns fought around Chickamauga, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
D. Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg National Military Park is a preserved Civil War battlefield and memorial site commemorating the pivotal 1863 Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
E. Antietam National Battlefield
Antietam National Battlefield is a U.S. National Park Service site in Maryland that preserves the location of the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest and most significant engagements of the American Civil War.
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: Andersonville National Historic Site
Target entity description: Andersonville National Historic Site is a U.S. National Park Service site preserving the location of the notorious Civil War prisoner-of-war camp Camp Sumter and serving as a memorial to American prisoners of war.

A. American Civil War Museum
The American Civil War Museum is a history museum dedicated to interpreting the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War from multiple perspectives, including Union, Confederate, and African American experiences.
B. Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, Virginia is a historic village best known as the site where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
C. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is a U.S. National Military Park preserving key Civil War battlefields and commemorating the pivotal campaigns fought around Chickamauga, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
D. Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg National Military Park is a preserved Civil War battlefield and memorial site commemorating the pivotal 1863 Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
E. Antietam National Battlefield
Antietam National Battlefield is a U.S. National Park Service site in Maryland that preserves the location of the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest and most significant engagements of the American Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States National Historic Site ⓘ United States National Park Service unit ⓘ historic battlefield site ⓘ
administeredBy	National Park Service ⓘ
area	approximately 514 acres ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	American Civil War ⓘ
associatedWithFacility	Camp Sumter military prison ⓘ linked to: Andersonville National Historic Site
category	Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia ⓘ Civil War site ⓘ Protected area of Sumter County, Georgia ⓘ
commemorates	American prisoners of war ⓘ missing in action service members ⓘ
contains	earthwork remains of Camp Sumter stockade ⓘ graves of Union soldiers ⓘ monuments and memorials to Union prisoners ⓘ
coordinatesType	geographic coordinates available ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
established	1970 ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governingBody	National Park Service ⓘ
hasCemeteryType	national cemetery ⓘ
hasPart	Andersonville National Cemetery ⓘ linked to: Andersonville National Historic Site Camp Sumter ⓘ National Prisoner of War Museum ⓘ
interpretiveFocus	experiences of American POWs in all wars ⓘ
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	American South ⓘ linked to: Southern United States Georgia ⓘ Sumter County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorialType	prisoner-of-war memorial ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
namedAfter	Andersonville, Georgia ⓘ linked to: Andersonville National Historic Site
nearestCity	Americus, Georgia ⓘ
NRHPType	National Historic Site ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
owner	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
preserves	site of Camp Sumter Civil War military prison ⓘ
primaryTheme	American Civil War ⓘ military history ⓘ prisoners of war ⓘ
publicAccess	day-use only ⓘ
region	Southeastern United States ⓘ linked to: Southern United States
significance	largest Confederate military prison during the American Civil War ⓘ symbol of suffering of prisoners of war ⓘ
state	Georgia ⓘ
visitorCenter	National Prisoner of War Museum ⓘ
website	https://www.nps.gov/ande/index.htm ⓘ

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