Edward R. S. Canby
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Edward R. S. Canby was a U.S. Army general best known for his service in the American Civil War and for being the only general officer killed during the Indian Wars, during peace negotiations in the Modoc War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward R. S. Canby canonical | 3 |
| Edward Canby | 1 |
| Edward Richard Sprigg Canby | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2268481 — 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: Edward R. S. Canby Context triple: [Modoc War, hasCommander, Edward R. S. Canby]
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A.
Nelson A. Miles
Nelson A. Miles was a prominent 19th-century United States Army general known for his leadership in the Indian Wars and later as Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
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B.
William B. Waddell
William B. Waddell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as one of the founders of the Pony Express mail service.
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C.
G. R. Stilwell
G. R. Stilwell was a physicist known for co-conducting the Ives–Stilwell experiment, a key early test of special relativity’s time dilation and relativistic Doppler effect.
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D.
Josiah Parsons Cooke
Josiah Parsons Cooke was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his influential work in chemical education and atomic theory.
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E.
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Thomas C. Kinkaid was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific Theater.
- 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: Edward R. S. Canby Target entity description: Edward R. S. Canby was a U.S. Army general best known for his service in the American Civil War and for being the only general officer killed during the Indian Wars, during peace negotiations in the Modoc War.
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A.
Nelson A. Miles
Nelson A. Miles was a prominent 19th-century United States Army general known for his leadership in the Indian Wars and later as Commanding General of the U.S. Army.
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B.
William B. Waddell
William B. Waddell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as one of the founders of the Pony Express mail service.
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C.
G. R. Stilwell
G. R. Stilwell was a physicist known for co-conducting the Ives–Stilwell experiment, a key early test of special relativity’s time dilation and relativistic Doppler effect.
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D.
Josiah Parsons Cooke
Josiah Parsons Cooke was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his influential work in chemical education and atomic theory.
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E.
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Thomas C. Kinkaid was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific Theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army general
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United States Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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Mexican–American War ⓘ Modoc War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathCause |
assassination
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gunshot wound ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Canby ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOfActivity |
American South during the Civil War
ⓘ
Old West ⓘ
surface form:
American West
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| killedDuring | peace negotiations in the Modoc War ⓘ |
| killedIn | Modoc War ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
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major general ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death during a parley with Modoc leaders ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the only U.S. general officer killed in the Indian Wars
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service as a Union general in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| participatedIn | peace negotiations with the Modoc ⓘ |
| partOf | Union Army ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Union Army general
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commander in the Department of the Gulf ⓘ commander in the Pacific Northwest during the Modoc War ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edward R. S. Canby Description of subject: Edward R. S. Canby was a U.S. Army general best known for his service in the American Civil War and for being the only general officer killed during the Indian Wars, during peace negotiations in the Modoc War.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby
this entity surface form:
Edward Canby