Camp Sumter
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Camp Sumter, commonly known as Andersonville Prison, was a notorious Confederate Civil War military prison in Georgia infamous for its overcrowded and deadly conditions for Union prisoners of war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Camp Sumter canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5165232 — 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: Camp Sumter Context triple: [Andersonville National Historic Site, hasPart, Camp Sumter]
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A.
Camp Upton
Camp Upton was a U.S. Army training camp on Long Island, New York, used during World Wars I and II and later converted into the site of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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B.
Camp Blanding
Camp Blanding is a major Florida Army National Guard training base near Starke, Florida, historically used as a World War II infantry replacement and training center.
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C.
Camp Schwab
Camp Schwab is a major United States Marine Corps base located in northern Okinawa, Japan, known for its training facilities and role in the U.S.–Japan security alliance.
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D.
Camp O'Donnell
Camp O'Donnell was a World War II Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines notorious for the extreme suffering and high death toll of Allied soldiers held there after the Bataan Death March.
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E.
Camp Schurman
Camp Schurman is a high-altitude climbing camp on the northeast side of Mount Rainier, commonly used as a base for summit attempts via the Emmons Glacier route.
- 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: Camp Sumter Target entity description: Camp Sumter, commonly known as Andersonville Prison, was a notorious Confederate Civil War military prison in Georgia infamous for its overcrowded and deadly conditions for Union prisoners of war.
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A.
Camp Upton
Camp Upton was a U.S. Army training camp on Long Island, New York, used during World Wars I and II and later converted into the site of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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B.
Camp Blanding
Camp Blanding is a major Florida Army National Guard training base near Starke, Florida, historically used as a World War II infantry replacement and training center.
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C.
Camp Schwab
Camp Schwab is a major United States Marine Corps base located in northern Okinawa, Japan, known for its training facilities and role in the U.S.–Japan security alliance.
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D.
Camp O'Donnell
Camp O'Donnell was a World War II Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines notorious for the extreme suffering and high death toll of Allied soldiers held there after the Bataan Death March.
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E.
Camp Schurman
Camp Schurman is a high-altitude climbing camp on the northeast side of Mount Rainier, commonly used as a base for summit attempts via the Emmons Glacier route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War prison camp
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Confederate military prison ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Andersonville
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linked to:
Andersonville National Historic Site
Andersonville Prison ⓘ
linked to:
Andersonville National Historic Site
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| causeOfDeaths |
dysentery
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exposure ⓘ scurvy ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
| closed | April 1865 ⓘ |
| commander | Henry Wirz ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| country | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| designedCapacity | 10000 prisoners ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Confederate military personnel ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dead line boundary inside the stockade
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open-air prison compound ⓘ small stream known as Stockade Branch ⓘ stockade walls of pine logs ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Site
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linked to:
U.S. National Historic Site
|
| historicalPeriod | 1860s ⓘ |
| knownFor |
disease outbreaks
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high mortality rate ⓘ lack of adequate shelter ⓘ overcrowding ⓘ poor sanitary conditions ⓘ severe malnutrition ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sumter County, Georgia
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| location |
Andersonville, Georgia
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linked to:
Andersonville National Historic Site
|
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| memorial | Andersonville National Cemetery ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
imprisonment of Union prisoners of war
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trial of commandant Henry Wirz after the war ⓘ |
| numberOfDeaths | over 13000 Union prisoners died ⓘ |
| opened | February 1864 ⓘ |
| partOf | Andersonville National Historic Site ⓘ |
| prisonerPopulation | over 45000 Union soldiers held ⓘ |
| significance |
example of the humanitarian crisis in Civil War prisons
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symbol of suffering of Union POWs in the Civil War ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Andersonville (1955 film)
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Civil War histories ⓘ numerous survivor memoirs ⓘ war crimes discussions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Camp Sumter Description of subject: Camp Sumter, commonly known as Andersonville Prison, was a notorious Confederate Civil War military prison in Georgia infamous for its overcrowded and deadly conditions for Union prisoners of war.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.