Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson
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Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson was a Confederate Army officer from North Carolina who served as a brigade commander during the American Civil War and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7793116 — 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: Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson Context triple: [Fort Anderson, namedAfter, Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson]
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A.
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and World War II veteran who later led Marine forces during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
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C.
Colonel George F. James
Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
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D.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
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E.
Colonel Oran K. Henderson
Colonel Oran K. Henderson was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding units in Vietnam and later facing charges related to the cover-up of the My Lai Massacre.
- 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: Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson Target entity description: Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson was a Confederate Army officer from North Carolina who served as a brigade commander during the American Civil War and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.
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A.
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross
Colonel Oscar F. Peatross was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and World War II veteran who later led Marine forces during the Vietnam War.
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B.
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward was a Union Army officer who led the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War.
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C.
Colonel George F. James
Colonel George F. James was a notable figure in California history whose prominence led to the town of Jamestown being named in his honor.
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D.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
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E.
Colonel Oran K. Henderson
Colonel Oran K. Henderson was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding units in Vietnam and later facing charges related to the cover-up of the My Lai Massacre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate Army officer
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person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| army | Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1831-04-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Hillsborough, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from battle wound ⓘ |
| commanded |
4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1862-10-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| familyName | Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | George Burgwyn Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
ⓘ
colonel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam
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commanding a North Carolina brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Antietam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Malvern Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Williamsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryland Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Virginia Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Days Battles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preWarOccupation | U.S. Army officer ⓘ |
| promotionToBrigadierGeneralDate | 1862-06-09 ⓘ |
| resignationYear | 1861 ⓘ |
| resignedFrom | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | infantry officer ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Confederate States Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1862 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1852 ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| USMAClassYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| woundedIn | Battle of Antietam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson Description of subject: Colonel George Burgwyn Anderson was a Confederate Army officer from North Carolina who served as a brigade commander during the American Civil War and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.