Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)

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American Civil War battle naval battle

The Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) was an 1862 Union naval campaign during the American Civil War in which Admiral David Farragut’s fleet captured the strategically vital port city of New Orleans from the Confederacy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of New Orleans (1862)	1
Battle of New Orleans (American Civil War)	1
Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T655620 — 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: Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)
Context triple: [George Dewey, participatedIn, Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)]

A. Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812, where forces led by Andrew Jackson repelled a much larger British army and boosted U.S. national pride.
B. Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
C. Peninsula Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign was a major Union offensive in the American Civil War in 1862, in which Union forces attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond by advancing up the Virginia Peninsula.
D. Battle of Baltimore
The Battle of Baltimore was a key War of 1812 engagement in which American forces successfully defended the city and Fort McHenry from British attack, inspiring the lyrics of the United States national anthem.
E. Battle of the Chesapeake
The Battle of the Chesapeake was a pivotal 1781 naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which the French fleet blocked British relief forces, directly enabling the American victory at Yorktown.
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: Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)
Target entity description: The Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) was an 1862 Union naval campaign during the American Civil War in which Admiral David Farragut’s fleet captured the strategically vital port city of New Orleans from the Confederacy.

A. Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812, where forces led by Andrew Jackson repelled a much larger British army and boosted U.S. national pride.
B. Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
C. Peninsula Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign was a major Union offensive in the American Civil War in 1862, in which Union forces attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond by advancing up the Virginia Peninsula.
D. Battle of Baltimore
The Battle of Baltimore was a key War of 1812 engagement in which American forces successfully defended the city and Fort McHenry from British attack, inspiring the lyrics of the United States national anthem.
E. Battle of the Chesapeake
The Battle of the Chesapeake was a pivotal 1781 naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which the French fleet blocked British relief forces, directly enabling the American victory at Yorktown.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Capture of New Orleans ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) ⓘ linked to: United States of America
campaign	Union Mississippi River campaign ⓘ linked to: Siege of Vicksburg
commander	Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ David G. Farragut ⓘ linked to: Admiral David Farragut John K. Mitchell ⓘ Mansfield Lovell ⓘ
commandStructure	Union Navy West Gulf Blockading Squadron under David G. Farragut ⓘ linked to: Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
consequence	Union control of key Gulf Coast port ⓘ loss of major Confederate industrial and commercial center ⓘ severe blow to Confederate morale ⓘ strengthened Union naval blockade in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	April 1862 ⓘ
defenses	Confederate river forts, obstructions, and fire rafts on the Mississippi River ⓘ
endDate	April 28, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy	Butler’s administration of New Orleans ⓘ Union occupation and administration of New Orleans ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Mississippi River ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1860s ⓘ
involved	Confederate River Defense Fleet ⓘ Confederate forts Jackson and St. Philip ⓘ linked to: Fort St. Philip Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
location	New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ linked to: New Orleans
navalForceSize	Union fleet of wooden warships and gunboats ⓘ
objective	capture New Orleans ⓘ secure lower Mississippi River for the Union ⓘ
outcome	Union fleet passed Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip ⓘ Union occupation of New Orleans ⓘ
partOf	Union campaign against the Mississippi River ⓘ
precededBy	bombardment of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip ⓘ
region	Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ linked to: Lower Mississippi River basin
relatedEvent	Siege of Port Hudson ⓘ linked to: Battle of Port Hudson Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	April 18, 1862 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of access to the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ largest city in the Confederacy ⓘ major Confederate port and commercial center ⓘ
tactic	Union fleet ran past Confederate forts on the Mississippi River ⓘ naval bombardment of Confederate river forts ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year	1862 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

George Dewey → participatedIn → Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) ⓘ

David Farragut → notableBattle → Battle of New Orleans (American Civil War) ⓘ

subject linked to: Admiral David Farragut

linked to: Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)

Union Navy → notableBattle → Battle of New Orleans (1862) ⓘ