Wilson’s Creek, Missouri

E310562

American Civil War battlefield historic site

Wilson’s Creek, Missouri is a historic Civil War battlefield site in southwestern Missouri, best known as the location of the 1861 Battle of Wilson’s Creek.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Wilson’s Creek	4
Wilson's Creek	2
Wilson’s Creek, Missouri canonical	2
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2926017 — 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: Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
Context triple: [Nathaniel Lyon, deathPlace, Wilson’s Creek, Missouri]

A. Perryville, Kentucky
Perryville, Kentucky is a small historic town best known as the site of the pivotal Civil War Battle of Perryville.
B. Fort Larned
Fort Larned is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army post in Kansas that protected commerce and travel along the Santa Fe Trail.
C. Fort Sumner
Fort Sumner is a small village in eastern New Mexico best known for its historic military fort and as the place where outlaw Billy the Kid was killed and buried.
D. 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.
E. Perryville
Perryville is a small, remote village in southwestern Alaska, known for its Alutiiq community and location near the Alaska Peninsula’s rugged coastline and volcanic landscape.
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: Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
Target entity description: Wilson’s Creek, Missouri is a historic Civil War battlefield site in southwestern Missouri, best known as the location of the 1861 Battle of Wilson’s Creek.

A. Perryville, Kentucky
Perryville, Kentucky is a small historic town best known as the site of the pivotal Civil War Battle of Perryville.
B. Fort Larned
Fort Larned is a historic 19th-century U.S. Army post in Kansas that protected commerce and travel along the Santa Fe Trail.
C. Fort Sumner
Fort Sumner is a small village in eastern New Mexico best known for its historic military fort and as the place where outlaw Billy the Kid was killed and buried.
D. 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.
E. Perryville
Perryville is a small, remote village in southwestern Alaska, known for its Alutiiq community and location near the Alaska Peninsula’s rugged coastline and volcanic landscape.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battlefield ⓘ historic site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Oak Hills (Battle of Oak Hills) ⓘ
battleDate	August 10, 1861 ⓘ
battleName	Battle of Wilson’s Creek ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate forces ⓘ linked to: Confederate States Army Union forces ⓘ
category	Civil War battlefield in Missouri ⓘ
commandedBy	Benjamin McCulloch ⓘ Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ Sterling Price ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designation	National Battlefield ⓘ
era	American Civil War era ⓘ
governingBody	U.S. federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
hasFeature	battlefield landscape ⓘ historic farm sites ⓘ interpretive trails ⓘ visitor center ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Wilson’s Creek ⓘ
locatedIn	Greene County, Missouri ⓘ southwestern Missouri ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
namedAfter	Wilson’s Creek ⓘ linked to: Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
nearCity	Springfield, Missouri ⓘ
notableEvent	death of Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ
partOf	Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield ⓘ
preservedAs	Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield ⓘ
region	Ozarks ⓘ linked to: Ozark Plateau
significance	early Confederate victory in the Trans-Mississippi Theater ⓘ first major Civil War battle west of the Mississippi River ⓘ
state	Missouri ⓘ
subjectOf	Civil War historical studies ⓘ National Park Service interpretive programs ⓘ
tourism	heritage tourism site ⓘ
yearOfEvent	1861 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nathaniel Lyon → deathPlace → Wilson’s Creek, Missouri ⓘ

subject linked to: Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon

Nathaniel Lyon → placeOfDeath → Wilson’s Creek, Missouri ⓘ

Greene County, Missouri → containsProtectedArea → Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield ⓘ