Samuel Cooper
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Samuel Cooper was a senior Confederate general who served as the highest-ranking officer and Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Cooper canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1051004 — 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: Samuel Cooper Context triple: [Confederate military leadership, hasOfficeHolder, Samuel Cooper]
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A.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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B.
Samuel Gray
Samuel Gray was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel American revolutionary sentiment.
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C.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
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D.
Samuel Allison
Samuel Allison was an American physicist known for his work on nuclear physics and his leadership role in the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.
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E.
Paster Cooper
Paster Cooper was an activist and organizer involved in coordinating the 1938 National Day of Mourning, an early protest highlighting the historical injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in the United States.
- 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: Samuel Cooper Target entity description: Samuel Cooper was a senior Confederate general who served as the highest-ranking officer and Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
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A.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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B.
Samuel Gray
Samuel Gray was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel American revolutionary sentiment.
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C.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
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D.
Samuel Allison
Samuel Allison was an American physicist known for his work on nuclear physics and his leadership role in the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.
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E.
Paster Cooper
Paster Cooper was an activist and organizer involved in coordinating the 1938 National Day of Mourning, an early protest highlighting the historical injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate general
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jefferson Davis
ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1798-06-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hackensack, New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
|
| burialPlace | Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| commissionedInto |
United States Army artillery
ⓘ
linked to:
Field Artillery Branch
|
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1876-12-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
| education | United States Military Academy preparatory education (did not graduate) ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Cooper ⓘ |
| fullName | Samuel Cooper ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel ⓘ |
| highestRankInConfederateArmy | highest-ranking officer in the Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| joinedConfederacy | 1861 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Confederate States Army
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
administrative leadership of the Confederate Army
ⓘ
serving as the senior general officer of the Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| occupation |
military administrator
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Adjutant General of the U.S. Army
ⓘ
linked to:
Adjutant General of the United States Army
Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| postWarActivity | lived quietly on a small farm in Virginia after the Civil War ⓘ |
| promotion | promoted to brigadier general in the U.S. Army Adjutant General’s Department ⓘ |
| rank | General ⓘ |
| relative | George Mason (through marriage) ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian (inferred from burial and context) ⓘ |
| residence |
Alexandria, Virginia (after the Civil War)
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. (before the Civil War) ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
| roleDuringCivilWar | oversaw Confederate Army records and orders ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOfYears | over 40 years in the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| signedConfederateCommission | Jefferson Davis ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Maria Mason ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samuel Cooper Description of subject: Samuel Cooper was a senior Confederate general who served as the highest-ranking officer and Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.