Battle of Fort Mims
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The Battle of Fort Mims was an 1813 attack during the Creek War in which Red Stick Creek warriors overran a frontier fort in present-day Alabama, resulting in one of the deadliest massacres of settlers in the American Southeast and galvanizing U.S. military response.
All labels observed (2)
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| Battle of Fort Mims canonical | 3 |
| Andrew Jackson’s Creek campaign | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18647283 — 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.
Target entity: Battle of Fort Mims Context triple: [Red Stick faction of the Creek, notableBattle, Battle of Fort Mims]
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Battle of Fort Blakeley
The Battle of Fort Blakeley was one of the final major engagements of the American Civil War, in which Union forces captured a Confederate fortification in Alabama just days before the war’s end.
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Battle of Fort Recovery
The Battle of Fort Recovery was a 1794 conflict in the Northwest Indian War in which U.S. forces successfully defended a frontier fort in present-day Ohio against a large Native American confederacy.
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Battle of Sailor Creek
The Battle of Sailor Creek was a major engagement of the American Civil War, fought on April 6, 1865 in Virginia, that resulted in a decisive Union victory and the capture of a large portion of Robert E. Lee’s army shortly before its surrender at Appomattox.
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Battle of Plum Point Bend
The Battle of Plum Point Bend was an 1862 American Civil War riverine engagement on the Mississippi River in which Confederate rams attacked and damaged Union ironclads near Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
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Battle of Southwest Creek
The Battle of Southwest Creek was an American Civil War engagement fought in March 1865 near Kinston, North Carolina, as Confederate forces attempted to slow Union General William T. Sherman's advance through the Carolinas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Fort Mims Target entity description: The Battle of Fort Mims was an 1813 attack during the Creek War in which Red Stick Creek warriors overran a frontier fort in present-day Alabama, resulting in one of the deadliest massacres of settlers in the American Southeast and galvanizing U.S. military response.
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A.
Battle of Fort Blakeley
The Battle of Fort Blakeley was one of the final major engagements of the American Civil War, in which Union forces captured a Confederate fortification in Alabama just days before the war’s end.
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B.
Battle of Fort Recovery
The Battle of Fort Recovery was a 1794 conflict in the Northwest Indian War in which U.S. forces successfully defended a frontier fort in present-day Ohio against a large Native American confederacy.
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C.
Battle of Sailor Creek
The Battle of Sailor Creek was a major engagement of the American Civil War, fought on April 6, 1865 in Virginia, that resulted in a decisive Union victory and the capture of a large portion of Robert E. Lee’s army shortly before its surrender at Appomattox.
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D.
Battle of Plum Point Bend
The Battle of Plum Point Bend was an 1862 American Civil War riverine engagement on the Mississippi River in which Confederate rams attacked and damaged Union ironclads near Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
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E.
Battle of Southwest Creek
The Battle of Southwest Creek was an American Civil War engagement fought in March 1865 near Kinston, North Carolina, as Confederate forces attempted to slow Union General William T. Sherman's advance through the Carolinas.
- F. None of above. chosen
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