Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw
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Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War who led a South Carolina brigade in major battles including Gettysburg.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20256978 — 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: Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw Context triple: [Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, associatedWithCommander, Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw]
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Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum
Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum was a 19th-century United States Army officer and long-serving Adjutant General whose military career spanned the Mexican–American War, the Civil War, and the Indian Wars.
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Brigadier General James Lawson Kemper
Brigadier General James Lawson Kemper was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War who later became the governor of Virginia.
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Brigadier General James Winchester
Brigadier General James Winchester was an American military officer and War of 1812 commander who played a prominent role in early western campaigns, including the ill-fated operations in the Northwest Territory.
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D.
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
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E.
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, best known for leading his brigade in hard fighting at battles such as Gettysburg.
- 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: Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw Target entity description: Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War who led a South Carolina brigade in major battles including Gettysburg.
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A.
Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum
Brigadier General Richard Coulter Drum was a 19th-century United States Army officer and long-serving Adjutant General whose military career spanned the Mexican–American War, the Civil War, and the Indian Wars.
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B.
Brigadier General James Lawson Kemper
Brigadier General James Lawson Kemper was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War who later became the governor of Virginia.
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C.
Brigadier General James Winchester
Brigadier General James Winchester was an American military officer and War of 1812 commander who played a prominent role in early western campaigns, including the ill-fated operations in the Northwest Territory.
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D.
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
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E.
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, best known for leading his brigade in hard fighting at battles such as Gettysburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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associatedWithCommander
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Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw
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