Lincoln Battalion

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International Brigades unit military unit volunteer military formation

The Lincoln Battalion was a unit of American volunteers in the International Brigades that fought for the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Abraham Lincoln Battalion	1
Lincoln Battalion canonical	1
Lincoln Brigade	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3635282 — 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: Lincoln Battalion
Context triple: [British Battalion, foughtAlongside, Lincoln Battalion]

A. Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion
The Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion was a volunteer unit of mainly Canadian fighters who joined the International Brigades to support the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.
B. International Brigades
The International Brigades were volunteer military units composed largely of foreign anti-fascist fighters who traveled to Spain to support the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War.
C. Condor Legion
The Condor Legion was a unit of German air and ground forces sent by Nazi Germany to support Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War, notorious for its bombing of civilian targets such as Guernica and for testing tactics later used in World War II.
D. Cuban Liberation Army
The Cuban Liberation Army was the main insurgent force that fought for Cuba’s independence from Spain in the late 19th century, led militarily by figures such as Dominican-born general Máximo Gómez.
E. Garibaldi Battalion
The Garibaldi Battalion was an Italian volunteer unit fighting for the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, composed largely of anti-fascist exiles.
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: Lincoln Battalion
Target entity description: The Lincoln Battalion was a unit of American volunteers in the International Brigades that fought for the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War.

A. Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion
The Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion was a volunteer unit of mainly Canadian fighters who joined the International Brigades to support the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.
B. International Brigades
The International Brigades were volunteer military units composed largely of foreign anti-fascist fighters who traveled to Spain to support the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War.
C. Condor Legion
The Condor Legion was a unit of German air and ground forces sent by Nazi Germany to support Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War, notorious for its bombing of civilian targets such as Guernica and for testing tactics later used in World War II.
D. Cuban Liberation Army
The Cuban Liberation Army was the main insurgent force that fought for Cuba’s independence from Spain in the late 19th century, led militarily by figures such as Dominican-born general Máximo Gómez.
E. Garibaldi Battalion
The Garibaldi Battalion was an Italian volunteer unit fighting for the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, composed largely of anti-fascist exiles.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	International Brigades unit ⓘ military unit ⓘ volunteer military formation ⓘ
activeDuring	1937 ⓘ 1938 ⓘ
allegiance	Spanish Republic ⓘ linked to: Second Spanish Republic
alsoKnownAs	Abraham Lincoln Battalion ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Battalion Lincoln Brigade ⓘ linked to: Lincoln Battalion
associatedWith	American anti-fascist movement ⓘ
casualties	high proportion of its volunteers ⓘ
commandedBy	Milton Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Law ⓘ
composedOf	American volunteers ⓘ
conflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
disbandedBecause	withdrawal of International Brigades from Spain ⓘ
disbandedIn	1938 ⓘ
engagedInBattle	Battle of Belchite ⓘ Battle of Brunete ⓘ Battle of Jarama ⓘ Battle of Teruel ⓘ Ebro offensive ⓘ linked to: Battle of the Ebro
formedIn	1937 ⓘ
foughtAlongside	British Battalion of the International Brigades ⓘ linked to: British Battalion Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion ⓘ
historicalSignificance	symbol of American anti-fascist involvement abroad ⓘ
ideologyOfManyVolunteers	anti-fascist ⓘ communist ⓘ left-wing ⓘ socialist ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
legacyIn	United States political and cultural history ⓘ
militaryBranch	infantry ⓘ
namedAfter	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
notableVolunteer	Alvah Bessie ⓘ Irving Goff ⓘ Milton Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Law ⓘ
operatedUnder	command structure of the International Brigades ⓘ
opposed	Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
partOf	International Brigades ⓘ
politicalSupportNetwork	Communist Party USA ⓘ left-wing organizations in the United States ⓘ
recruitmentBase	Canadian volunteers ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
rememberedFor	heavy losses in combat ⓘ volunteerism in defense of the Spanish Republic ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Spain ⓘ
typeOfUnit	battalion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

British Battalion → foughtAlongside → Lincoln Battalion ⓘ

Lincoln Battalion → alsoKnownAs → Abraham Lincoln Battalion ⓘ

linked to: Lincoln Battalion

Lincoln Battalion → alsoKnownAs → Lincoln Brigade ⓘ