16th New York Cavalry Regiment
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The 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army cavalry unit in the American Civil War, best known for including Sergeant Boston Corbett, who killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 16th New York Cavalry Regiment canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2664862 — 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: 16th New York Cavalry Regiment Context triple: [Boston Corbett, unit, 16th New York Cavalry Regiment]
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A.
26th New York Cavalry
The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
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B.
44th New York Infantry
The 44th New York Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its prominent role in the defense of key positions during major battles, including Gettysburg.
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C.
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry
The 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
1st Massachusetts Cavalry
The 1st Massachusetts Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment from Massachusetts that served prominently in the American Civil War, participating in numerous major campaigns and battles.
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E.
16th Michigan Infantry
The 16th Michigan Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
- 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: 16th New York Cavalry Regiment Target entity description: The 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army cavalry unit in the American Civil War, best known for including Sergeant Boston Corbett, who killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth.
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A.
26th New York Cavalry
The 26th New York Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment that served in the American Civil War, performing duties such as patrols, scouting, and security operations.
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B.
44th New York Infantry
The 44th New York Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its prominent role in the defense of key positions during major battles, including Gettysburg.
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C.
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry
The 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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D.
1st Massachusetts Cavalry
The 1st Massachusetts Cavalry was a Union mounted regiment from Massachusetts that served prominently in the American Civil War, participating in numerous major campaigns and battles.
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E.
16th Michigan Infantry
The 16th Michigan Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War military unit
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Union Army cavalry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| branch | Cavalry ⓘ |
| category |
New York Civil War regiments
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Union cavalry regiments of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
Operations in the defenses of Washington, D.C.
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Pursuit of Confederate partisan rangers ⓘ |
| hasRankAndFile |
Officers
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Privates ⓘ Sergeants ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| militaryFormation | Regiment ⓘ |
| notableAction | Participation in the capture and killing of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| notableFor | Including Sergeant Boston Corbett, killer of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| notableMember | Boston Corbett ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| region | New York ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | Pursuit of John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Volunteers ⓘ |
| serviceIn | Union Army of the Potomac defenses ⓘ |
| side | Union Army ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| type | Volunteer cavalry regiment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 16th New York Cavalry Regiment Description of subject: The 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army cavalry unit in the American Civil War, best known for including Sergeant Boston Corbett, who killed President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.