Slocum’s division
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Slocum’s division was a Union Army infantry division commanded by Major General Henry W. Slocum that played a significant role in several key battles of the American Civil War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Slocum’s division canonical | 1 |
| William T. Sherman attacked Confederate right flank | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21968558 — 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: Slocum’s division Context triple: [Battle of Crampton’s Gap, UnionDivisionEngaged, Slocum’s division]
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A.
Lafayette’s division
Lafayette’s division was a Continental Army unit commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette that played a key role in the American victory at the Siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War.
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B.
Tyler’s Division
Tyler’s Division was a Union Army infantry division that took part in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War.
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C.
Jubal Early’s Division
Jubal Early’s Division was a Confederate infantry formation in the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Jubal A. Early and active in several major campaigns of the American Civil War.
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D.
Bushrod Johnson’s division
Bushrod Johnson’s division was a Confederate infantry formation in the Army of Northern Virginia that fought in numerous key engagements during the American Civil War.
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E.
Miles’s Division
Miles’s Division was a Union Army infantry division that participated in the First Battle of Bull Run during 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: Slocum’s division Target entity description: Slocum’s division was a Union Army infantry division commanded by Major General Henry W. Slocum that played a significant role in several key battles of the American Civil War.
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A.
Lafayette’s division
Lafayette’s division was a Continental Army unit commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette that played a key role in the American victory at the Siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War.
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B.
Tyler’s Division
Tyler’s Division was a Union Army infantry division that took part in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War.
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C.
Jubal Early’s Division
Jubal Early’s Division was a Confederate infantry formation in the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Jubal A. Early and active in several major campaigns of the American Civil War.
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D.
Bushrod Johnson’s division
Bushrod Johnson’s division was a Confederate infantry formation in the Army of Northern Virginia that fought in numerous key engagements during the American Civil War.
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E.
Miles’s Division
Miles’s Division was a Union Army infantry division that participated in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Slocum’s division