Union Army campaigns

All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Union Army operations in the American Civil War	2
Union Army campaigns canonical	1
Union Army campaigns in the American Civil War	1
Union Army operations in the Southwest	1
Union army lived off the land	1
Union campaign in the Western Theater	1
Union offensives in the Western Theater	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2204156 — 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: Union Army campaigns
Context triple: [Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, mainSubject, Union Army campaigns]

A. Western Theater of the American Civil War
The Western Theater of the American Civil War was the major military region west of the Appalachian Mountains where Union and Confederate forces fought pivotal campaigns for control of the Mississippi River and the heartland states.
B. Gettysburg Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign was a major 1863 Confederate offensive into Union territory during the American Civil War that culminated in the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg.
C. Valley Campaigns of 1864
The Valley Campaigns of 1864 were a series of American Civil War military operations in Virginia in which Union forces under Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate armies, crippling the South’s use of the Shenandoah Valley as a strategic resource and invasion route.
D. Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War was the primary region of conflict in the eastern United States, encompassing major campaigns and battles between Union and Confederate forces in and around Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
E. Valley Campaign of 1862
The Valley Campaign of 1862 was Confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s famed Civil War offensive in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, noted for its rapid maneuvers and strategic impact far beyond its small scale.
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: Union Army campaigns
Target entity description: Union Army campaigns were the major military operations conducted by the United States forces during the American Civil War to defeat the Confederacy and restore the Union.

A. Western Theater of the American Civil War
The Western Theater of the American Civil War was the major military region west of the Appalachian Mountains where Union and Confederate forces fought pivotal campaigns for control of the Mississippi River and the heartland states.
B. Gettysburg Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign was a major 1863 Confederate offensive into Union territory during the American Civil War that culminated in the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg.
C. Valley Campaigns of 1864
The Valley Campaigns of 1864 were a series of American Civil War military operations in Virginia in which Union forces under Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate armies, crippling the South’s use of the Shenandoah Valley as a strategic resource and invasion route.
D. Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War was the primary region of conflict in the eastern United States, encompassing major campaigns and battles between Union and Confederate forces in and around Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
E. Valley Campaign of 1862
The Valley Campaign of 1862 was Confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s famed Civil War offensive in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, noted for its rapid maneuvers and strategic impact far beyond its small scale.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War military operation ⓘ military campaign series ⓘ
belligerent	Union ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
endTime	1865 ⓘ
hasPart	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ Atlanta Campaign ⓘ Bermuda Hundred Campaign ⓘ Bristoe Campaign ⓘ Carolinas Campaign ⓘ Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ First Bull Run Campaign ⓘ linked to: Manassas Campaign Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Campaign ⓘ linked to: Fort Donelson campaign Franklin–Nashville Campaign ⓘ linked to: Nashville Campaign Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ Knoxville Campaign ⓘ Maryland Campaign ⓘ Meridian Campaign ⓘ Mine Run Campaign ⓘ Missouri Campaigns of 1861–1864 ⓘ linked to: Price’s Missouri Expedition New Mexico Campaign ⓘ linked to: Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory Operations against Fort Fisher ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ Peninsula Campaign ⓘ Port Royal Expedition ⓘ Red River Campaign ⓘ linked to: Red River campaign Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ Second Bull Run Campaign ⓘ linked to: Second Battle of Bull Run Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ Shiloh and Corinth Campaign ⓘ Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ Valley Campaigns of 1864 ⓘ Vicksburg Campaign ⓘ linked to: Siege of Vicksburg
location	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
notableCommander	Don Carlos Buell ⓘ George B. McClellan ⓘ linked to: George McClellan George G. Meade ⓘ Henry W. Halleck ⓘ Nathaniel P. Banks ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
objective	defeat the Confederacy ⓘ restore the Union ⓘ
opposedBy	Confederate States of America ⓘ
partOf	Union war effort in the American Civil War ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startTime	1861 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited