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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All labels observed (8)

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, Louisiana ⓘ linked to: New Orleans
educatedAt	United States Military Academy ⓘ
endTime	1861-01 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Creole ⓘ
familyName	Toutant-Beauregard ⓘ linked to: Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard
fullName	Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard ⓘ linked to: Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard
givenName	Gustave ⓘ Pierre ⓘ
graduationYear	1838 ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ
militaryBranch	Confederate States Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Brigadier General (Confederate States Army) ⓘ Major (United States Army) ⓘ linked to: U.S. Army officers
notableEvent	Battle of Fort Sumter ⓘ linked to: Bombardment 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited