Confederate States Post Office Department

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government agency postal administration

The Confederate States Post Office Department was the postal system of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, responsible for managing mail delivery and related services across the seceded Southern states.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Confederate States Post Office Department canonical	1
Confederate States post offices	1
Confederate States postal administration	1
Confederate States postal routes	1
Confederate States postal system	1
Confederate postal system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12904149 — 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: Confederate States Post Office Department
Context triple: [Confederate States Postmaster General, headOf, Confederate States Post Office Department]

A. Post Office Department
The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
B. Confederate States Treasury
The Confederate States Treasury was the financial department of the Confederate government responsible for managing its fiscal policy, public debt, and wartime financing during the American Civil War.
C. The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
D. Confederate States Postmaster General
The Confederate States Postmaster General was the chief executive officer responsible for overseeing postal services and mail delivery within the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
E. Confederate States War Department
The Confederate States War Department was the central administrative body responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army’s organization, logistics, and military operations during 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: Confederate States Post Office Department
Target entity description: The Confederate States Post Office Department was the postal system of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, responsible for managing mail delivery and related services across the seceded Southern states.

A. Post Office Department
The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
B. Confederate States Treasury
The Confederate States Treasury was the financial department of the Confederate government responsible for managing its fiscal policy, public debt, and wartime financing during the American Civil War.
C. The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American indie pop/electronic music project best known for its 2003 album "Give Up" and its collaboration between Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello.
D. Confederate States Postmaster General
The Confederate States Postmaster General was the chief executive officer responsible for overseeing postal services and mail delivery within the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
E. Confederate States War Department
The Confederate States War Department was the central administrative body responsible for overseeing the Confederate Army’s organization, logistics, and military operations during the American Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ postal administration ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	Confederate States of America ⓘ
dissolved	1865 ⓘ
established	1861 ⓘ
faced	blockades ⓘ shortages of paper and ink ⓘ transportation difficulties ⓘ wartime disruptions ⓘ
firstOfficeholder	John H. Reagan ⓘ
firstPostmasterGeneral	John H. Reagan ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	American South ⓘ linked to: Southern United States
implemented	Confederate postage stamps ⓘ linked to: Postal history of the Confederate States of America postal rate reforms ⓘ
issued	Confederate postage stamps ⓘ linked to: Postal history of the Confederate States of America
jurisdiction	Confederate States territory ⓘ seceded Southern states ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
ledBy	Postmaster General of the Confederate States ⓘ linked to: Confederate States Postmaster General
movedHeadquartersTo	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
notablePerson	John H. Reagan ⓘ
operatedIn	Confederate States of America ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ
originalHeadquartersLocation	Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
parentOrganization	Confederate States government ⓘ linked to: Confederate States of America
partOf	Government of the Confederate States of America ⓘ linked to: Confederate States of America
precededBy	United States Post Office Department ⓘ linked to: Post Office Department
reasonForDissolution	collapse of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
responsibleFor	issuance of postage stamps ⓘ mail delivery ⓘ operation of post offices ⓘ postal rates ⓘ postal regulations ⓘ postal routes ⓘ postal services ⓘ
serviceType	civilian correspondence ⓘ domestic mail ⓘ military mail ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
usedCurrency	Confederate States dollar ⓘ
usedSystem	Confederate postal system ⓘ linked to: Confederate States Post Office Department
usedTransport	horseback mail carriers ⓘ railroads ⓘ riverboats ⓘ stagecoaches ⓘ

How these facts were elicited