Assault on Fort Wagner
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The Assault on Fort Wagner was a notable 1863 American Civil War battle in which the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army, led a courageous but costly attack on a Confederate fort in South Carolina.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Second Battle of Fort Wagner | 4 |
| First Battle of Fort Wagner | 3 |
| Battle of Fort Wagner | 2 |
| Assault on Fort Wagner canonical | 1 |
| Confederate garrison of Fort Wagner | 1 |
| Siege of Fort Wagner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2789606 — 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: Assault on Fort Wagner Context triple: [Lewis Henry Douglass, participantIn, Assault on Fort Wagner]
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A.
Battle of the Crater
The Battle of the Crater was a notable and disastrous 1864 Union assault during the American Civil War, in which an underground mine explosion before Petersburg, Virginia, led to heavy Union casualties and a failed breakthrough.
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B.
Pickett’s Charge
Pickett’s Charge was a massive, ill-fated Confederate infantry assault on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg that marked a turning point against the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
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Battle of Peachtree Creek
The Battle of Peachtree Creek was a major 1864 Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during General William T. Sherman’s campaign to capture the city.
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Overland Campaign
The Overland Campaign was a major series of brutal Civil War battles in Virginia in 1864, pitting Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in a relentless war of attrition.
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Battle of Hatcher's Run
The Battle of Hatcher's Run was a late–Civil War engagement in February 1865 in which Union forces extended their lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, helping to cut Confederate supply routes and tighten the noose around Robert E. Lee’s army.
- 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: Assault on Fort Wagner Target entity description: The Assault on Fort Wagner was a notable 1863 American Civil War battle in which the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army, led a courageous but costly attack on a Confederate fort in South Carolina.
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A.
Battle of the Crater
The Battle of the Crater was a notable and disastrous 1864 Union assault during the American Civil War, in which an underground mine explosion before Petersburg, Virginia, led to heavy Union casualties and a failed breakthrough.
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B.
Pickett’s Charge
Pickett’s Charge was a massive, ill-fated Confederate infantry assault on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg that marked a turning point against the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
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C.
Battle of Peachtree Creek
The Battle of Peachtree Creek was a major 1864 Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during General William T. Sherman’s campaign to capture the city.
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D.
Overland Campaign
The Overland Campaign was a major series of brutal Civil War battles in Virginia in 1864, pitting Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in a relentless war of attrition.
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E.
Battle of Hatcher's Run
The Battle of Hatcher's Run was a late–Civil War engagement in February 1865 in which Union forces extended their lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, helping to cut Confederate supply routes and tighten the noose around Robert E. Lee’s army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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Subject: Assault on Fort Wagner Description of subject: The Assault on Fort Wagner was a notable 1863 American Civil War battle in which the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army, led a courageous but costly attack on a Confederate fort in South Carolina.
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