Retreat from Gettysburg
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Retreat from Gettysburg refers to the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s withdrawal back to Virginia after its defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, marking a major turning point in the American Civil War.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20616742 — 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: Retreat from Gettysburg Context triple: [Lee's second invasion of the North, followedBy, Retreat from Gettysburg]
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Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
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Battle of Piedmont
The Battle of Piedmont was an American Civil War engagement in June 1864 in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, where Union forces under General David Hunter defeated Confederate troops, helping to open the Valley to further Union advances.
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C.
Battle of Appomattox Station
The Battle of Appomattox Station was a late–Civil War engagement in April 1865 in which Union forces captured Confederate supply trains near Appomattox, hastening General Robert E. Lee’s surrender.
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Battle of Appomattox Court House
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was the final major engagement of the American Civil War in Virginia, leading to General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
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E.
Bristoe Campaign
The Bristoe Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October 1863 in Virginia during the American Civil War, marked by Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s attempt to outflank Union forces under General George G. Meade following the Gettysburg Campaign.
- 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: Retreat from Gettysburg Target entity description: Retreat from Gettysburg refers to the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s withdrawal back to Virginia after its defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, marking a major turning point in the American Civil War.
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A.
Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
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B.
Battle of Piedmont
The Battle of Piedmont was an American Civil War engagement in June 1864 in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, where Union forces under General David Hunter defeated Confederate troops, helping to open the Valley to further Union advances.
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C.
Battle of Appomattox Station
The Battle of Appomattox Station was a late–Civil War engagement in April 1865 in which Union forces captured Confederate supply trains near Appomattox, hastening General Robert E. Lee’s surrender.
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D.
Battle of Appomattox Court House
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was the final major engagement of the American Civil War in Virginia, leading to General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
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E.
Bristoe Campaign
The Bristoe Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October 1863 in Virginia during the American Civil War, marked by Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s attempt to outflank Union forces under General George G. Meade following the Gettysburg Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
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