Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard

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Confederate general military officer person

Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard was a prominent Confederate general in the American Civil War, noted for directing the opening attack of the conflict and later commanding major Southern armies in the Eastern and Western theaters.

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Label	Occurrences
P. G. T. Beauregard	24
Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard canonical	1
P. G. T. Beauregard – Confederacy	1
P.G.T. Beauregard	1
Pierre G. T. Beauregard	1
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard	1
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard	1
Toutant-Beauregard	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T470742 — 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: Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard
Context triple: [Fort Sumter, ConfederateCommanderDuringBombardment, Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard]

A. Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War who later served as the 30th governor of Kentucky.
B. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
C. Braxton Bragg
Braxton Bragg was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, known for his controversial leadership and later service as a military adviser.
D. Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
E. Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
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 P. G. T. Beauregard
Target entity description: Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard was a prominent Confederate general in the American Civil War, noted for directing the opening attack of the conflict and later commanding major Southern armies in the Eastern and Western theaters.

A. Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War who later served as the 30th governor of Kentucky.
B. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
C. Braxton Bragg
Braxton Bragg was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, known for his controversial leadership and later service as a military adviser.
D. Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
E. Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confederate general ⓘ military officer ⓘ person ⓘ
allegiance	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
birthDate	1818-05-28 ⓘ
birthPlace	St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana ⓘ near New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
burialPlace	Metairie Cemetery ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1893-02-20 ⓘ
deathPlace	New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
educatedAt	United States Military Academy ⓘ
endTime	1861-01 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Creole ⓘ
familyName	Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Toutant-Beauregard
fullName	Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard
givenName	Gustave ⓘ Pierre ⓘ
graduationYear	1838 ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ
militaryBranch	Confederate States Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Brigadier General (Confederate States Army) ⓘ U.S. Army officers ⓘ surface form: Major (United States Army)
notableEvent	Bombardment of Fort Sumter ⓘ surface form: Battle of Fort Sumter Battle of Shiloh ⓘ First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ Siege of Corinth ⓘ
notableFor	Commanding major Confederate armies in the Eastern and Western theaters ⓘ Directing the opening attack of the American Civil War ⓘ
notableWork	Directed the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter ⓘ
occupation	civil engineer ⓘ politician ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ
officeHeld	Commissioner of Public Works for New Orleans ⓘ
positionHeld	Superintendent of the United States Military Academy ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role	Commanded Confederate forces at Fort Sumter ⓘ Confederate commander at Corinth ⓘ Confederate commander at First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ Second-in-command to Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh ⓘ
spouse	Caroline Deslonde ⓘ Marie Laure Villeré ⓘ
startTime	1861-01 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

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

Fort Sumter → ConfederateCommanderDuringBombardment → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

Confederate military leadership → notableCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P.G.T. Beauregard

Army of Northern Virginia → notableCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Battle of Shiloh → commander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

First Battle of Bull Run → commander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

First Battle of Bull Run → commanderSide → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard – Confederacy

Siege of Petersburg → combatantCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Confederate States Army → notableCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Battle of Cerro Gordo → notableParticipant → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Bombardment of Fort Sumter → commanderConfederate → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard → fullName → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

this entity surface form: Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard

Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard → familyName → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

this entity surface form: Toutant-Beauregard

Eastern Theater of the American Civil War → primaryConfederateCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Western Theater of the American Civil War → notableConfederateCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Corinth campaign → opposingCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

boosted the reputation of Ulysses S. Grant → commander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Shiloh

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Confederate Army of Mississippi → notableCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Albert Sidney Johnston → succeededBy → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Battle of Pittsburg Landing → commander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Battle of Pittsburg Landing → notableCommanderConfederate → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Richard H. Anderson → servedUnder → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Manassas Campaign → notableCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Manassas Campaign → theaterCommanderConfederate → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Second Battle of Petersburg → commander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run → initiallyCommandedBy → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Confederate Army positions in First Battle of Bull Run → associatedCommander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

General (Confederate States Army) → heldBy → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Marie Laure Villeré → spouse → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Metairie Cemetery → hasBurial → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Siege of Corinth → commander → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Caroline Deslonde → spouse → Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ

this entity surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

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