Fetterman Fight
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The Fetterman Fight was an 1866 battle near Fort Phil Kearny in which Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, marking one of the worst military defeats for the United States on the Great Plains prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fetterman Fight canonical | 5 |
| Fetterman Massacre | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2242990 — 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: Fetterman Fight Context triple: [Red Cloud's War, notableEvent, Fetterman Fight]
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A.
Cibecue Creek battle
The Cibecue Creek battle was an 1881 clash in Arizona Territory between U.S. Army forces and White Mountain Apache that marked a major turning point in the Apache Wars by intensifying resistance and mistrust on both sides.
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Battle of Fort Ridgely
The Battle of Fort Ridgely was a key 1862 clash in Minnesota during the U.S.–Dakota War, in which Dakota forces attacked a U.S. Army fort but were ultimately repelled, helping to secure settler strongholds in the region.
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Sand Creek
Sand Creek is a smaller stream in Michigan that feeds into the Muskegon River within its watershed.
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D.
Sand Creek
Sand Creek is a watercourse located within Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, flowing near the base of the park’s towering dune fields.
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E.
Gunpowder River Bridge
The Gunpowder River Bridge is a historic railroad bridge in Maryland that carried the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad across the Gunpowder River, playing a key role in early rail travel along the Northeast Corridor.
- 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: Fetterman Fight Target entity description: The Fetterman Fight was an 1866 battle near Fort Phil Kearny in which Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, marking one of the worst military defeats for the United States on the Great Plains prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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A.
Cibecue Creek battle
The Cibecue Creek battle was an 1881 clash in Arizona Territory between U.S. Army forces and White Mountain Apache that marked a major turning point in the Apache Wars by intensifying resistance and mistrust on both sides.
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B.
Battle of Fort Ridgely
The Battle of Fort Ridgely was a key 1862 clash in Minnesota during the U.S.–Dakota War, in which Dakota forces attacked a U.S. Army fort but were ultimately repelled, helping to secure settler strongholds in the region.
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C.
Sand Creek
Sand Creek is a smaller stream in Michigan that feeds into the Muskegon River within its watershed.
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D.
Sand Creek
Sand Creek is a watercourse located within Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, flowing near the base of the park’s towering dune fields.
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E.
Gunpowder River Bridge
The Gunpowder River Bridge is a historic railroad bridge in Maryland that carried the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad across the Gunpowder River, playing a key role in early rail travel along the Northeast Corridor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| aftermath |
contributed to later U.S. decision to abandon forts along the Bozeman Trail
ⓘ
increased criticism of U.S. Army leadership on the Bozeman Trail ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of the Hundred in the Hand
ⓘ
Fetterman Massacre ⓘ
linked to:
Fetterman Fight
|
| belligerent |
Arapaho
ⓘ
Cheyenne ⓘ Lakota ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cause | Native resistance to U.S. forts along the Bozeman Trail ⓘ |
| combatant |
Arapaho
ⓘ
Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to:
Sioux people
Northern Cheyenne ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Cheyenne
United States Army ⓘ |
| commander | Captain William J. Fetterman ⓘ |
| conflict | Red Cloud's War ⓘ |
| conflictType | U.S.–Native American conflict ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| date | December 21, 1866 ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the worst U.S. military defeats on the Great Plains prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
| location |
Powder River Country
ⓘ
Wyoming Territory ⓘ near Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Captain William J. Fetterman ⓘ |
| NativeNationsInvolved |
Arapaho
ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ Northern Cheyenne ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Crazy Horse
ⓘ
Red Cloud ⓘ |
| outcome | annihilation of U.S. Army detachment ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indian Wars
ⓘ
linked to:
United States–Native American wars
Red Cloud's War ⓘ |
| precededBy | establishment of Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bozeman Trail
ⓘ
Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ |
| result | Native American victory ⓘ |
| significance | demonstrated effectiveness of Native American tactics against U.S. Army columns ⓘ |
| theater | Great Plains ⓘ |
| UScasualties | all soldiers in the detachment killed ⓘ |
| year | 1866 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fetterman Fight Description of subject: The Fetterman Fight was an 1866 battle near Fort Phil Kearny in which Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors annihilated a U.S. Army detachment, marking one of the worst military defeats for the United States on the Great Plains prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Fetterman Fight