Shiloh battlefield area

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Civil War battlefield battlefield historic site

Shiloh battlefield area is the historic Civil War site in southwestern Tennessee where the major Battle of Shiloh was fought in April 1862.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Shiloh National Military Park	15
Shiloh battlefield area canonical	2
Shiloh Civil War battlefield	1
Shiloh National Historic Landmark District	1
Shiloh battlefield	1
Shiloh, Tennessee	1
Shiloh, Tennessee, United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5720885 — 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: Shiloh battlefield area
Context triple: [Pittsburg Landing, partOf, Shiloh battlefield area]

A. Tupelo National Battlefield
Tupelo National Battlefield is a small U.S. National Park Service site commemorating the Civil War Battle of Tupelo in northeastern Mississippi.
B. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is a U.S. National Military Park preserving key Civil War battlefields and commemorating the pivotal campaigns fought around Chickamauga, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
C. Lookout Mountain Battlefield
Lookout Mountain Battlefield is a historic Civil War site on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee, best known as the location of the 1863 “Battle Above the Clouds” during the Chattanooga Campaign.
D. Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park is a Florida state park preserving the site of the largest Civil War battle fought in the state, featuring a museum, monuments, and interpretive trails.
E. Antietam National Battlefield
Antietam National Battlefield is a U.S. National Park Service site in Maryland that preserves the location of the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest and most significant engagements of the American Civil War.
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: Shiloh battlefield area
Target entity description: Shiloh battlefield area is the historic Civil War site in southwestern Tennessee where the major Battle of Shiloh was fought in April 1862.

A. Tupelo National Battlefield
Tupelo National Battlefield is a small U.S. National Park Service site commemorating the Civil War Battle of Tupelo in northeastern Mississippi.
B. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is a U.S. National Military Park preserving key Civil War battlefields and commemorating the pivotal campaigns fought around Chickamauga, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
C. Lookout Mountain Battlefield
Lookout Mountain Battlefield is a historic Civil War site on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee, best known as the location of the 1863 “Battle Above the Clouds” during the Chattanooga Campaign.
D. Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park is a Florida state park preserving the site of the largest Civil War battle fought in the state, featuring a museum, monuments, and interpretive trails.
E. Antietam National Battlefield
Antietam National Battlefield is a U.S. National Park Service site in Maryland that preserves the location of the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest and most significant engagements of the American Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Civil War battlefield ⓘ battlefield ⓘ historic site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pittsburg Landing battlefield ⓘ linked to: Pittsburg Landing
associatedWithCommander	Albert Sidney Johnston ⓘ P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ linked to: Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
battleBelligerent	Confederate Army ⓘ linked to: Confederate States Army Union Army ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currentUse	education ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ historic preservation ⓘ
dateOfEvent	April 6–7, 1862 ⓘ
era	American Civil War era ⓘ
governingBody	National Park Service ⓘ
hasCommemoration	annual memorial events ⓘ
hasFeature	Civil War burial sites ⓘ artillery positions ⓘ battlefield monuments ⓘ historic earthworks ⓘ interpretive trails ⓘ mass grave sites ⓘ memorial tablets ⓘ military cemeteries ⓘ visitor center ⓘ
hasMuseum	Shiloh battlefield visitor center exhibits ⓘ
locatedIn	Tennessee ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America southwestern Tennessee ⓘ linked to: West Tennessee
nearestSettlement	Pittsburg Landing ⓘ
nearestTown	Savannah, Tennessee ⓘ
nearestWaterBody	Tennessee River ⓘ
partOf	Shiloh National Military Park ⓘ linked to: Shiloh battlefield area
preservedAs	national military park ⓘ
significance	location of one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War ⓘ site of one of the first major battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
siteOf	Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
terrain	open fields ⓘ ravines and creeks ⓘ wooded areas ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
topic	American Civil War history ⓘ military history ⓘ
tourism	Civil War tourism destination ⓘ
usedFor	military operations ⓘ

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