Sinking of CSS Alabama

Target entity: Sinking of CSS Alabama
Context triple: [Battle of Cherbourg, alsoKnownAs, Sinking of CSS Alabama]

• A. Chesapeake–Leopard affair
  The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was an 1807 naval confrontation between the United States and Britain, in which a British warship attacked and boarded an American frigate, sharply escalating tensions that helped lead toward the War of 1812.
• B. Mississippi Squadron
  The Mississippi Squadron was a Union Navy formation during the American Civil War that conducted riverine operations to control the Mississippi River and its tributaries, supporting major campaigns in the Western Theater.
• C. Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon
  The Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon was a pivotal naval engagement of the War of 1812, remembered for the swift British victory and U.S. Captain James Lawrence’s dying command, “Don’t give up the ship.”
• D. Battle of Mobile Bay
  The Battle of Mobile Bay was a major American Civil War naval engagement in 1864, famous for Admiral David Farragut’s bold attack that sealed one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf ports.
• E. Capture of New Orleans
  The Capture of New Orleans was a pivotal 1862 Union naval and land operation during the American Civil War that seized the Confederacy’s largest city and key Gulf Coast port, dealing a major strategic and economic blow to the South.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Sinking of CSS Alabama
Target entity description: The Sinking of CSS Alabama refers to the 1864 naval battle off Cherbourg, France, in which the Union warship USS Kearsarge defeated and sank the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.

• A. Chesapeake–Leopard affair
  The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was an 1807 naval confrontation between the United States and Britain, in which a British warship attacked and boarded an American frigate, sharply escalating tensions that helped lead toward the War of 1812.
• B. Mississippi Squadron
  The Mississippi Squadron was a Union Navy formation during the American Civil War that conducted riverine operations to control the Mississippi River and its tributaries, supporting major campaigns in the Western Theater.
• C. Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon
  The Battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon was a pivotal naval engagement of the War of 1812, remembered for the swift British victory and U.S. Captain James Lawrence’s dying command, “Don’t give up the ship.”
• D. Battle of Mobile Bay
  The Battle of Mobile Bay was a major American Civil War naval engagement in 1864, famous for Admiral David Farragut’s bold attack that sealed one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf ports.
• E. Capture of New Orleans
  The Capture of New Orleans was a pivotal 1862 Union naval and land operation during the American Civil War that seized the Confederacy’s largest city and key Gulf Coast port, dealing a major strategic and economic blow to the South.
• F. None of above. chosen