Robert Howe
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Robert Howe was a Continental Army general from North Carolina who played a significant role in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Howe canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1616964 — 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: Robert Howe Context triple: [British capture of Savannah, commander, Robert Howe]
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A.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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B.
Thomas Preston
Thomas Preston was a 17th-century Irish soldier and nobleman who became a leading general of the Confederate Catholic forces during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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C.
Henry Laurens
Henry Laurens was an American merchant, slave trader, and statesman from South Carolina who became a prominent Revolutionary leader and diplomat, including serving as a U.S. envoy to the Netherlands and being imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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D.
Peleg Wadsworth
Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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E.
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was an American Founding Father and lawyer best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts.
- 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: Robert Howe Target entity description: Robert Howe was a Continental Army general from North Carolina who played a significant role in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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B.
Thomas Preston
Thomas Preston was a 17th-century Irish soldier and nobleman who became a leading general of the Confederate Catholic forces during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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C.
Henry Laurens
Henry Laurens was an American merchant, slave trader, and statesman from South Carolina who became a prominent Revolutionary leader and diplomat, including serving as a U.S. envoy to the Netherlands and being imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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D.
Peleg Wadsworth
Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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E.
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine was an American Founding Father and lawyer best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American military officer
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Continental Army general ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Thirteen Colonies
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| birthDate | 1732-08-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Brunswick Town
ⓘ
surface form:
Brunswick Town, Province of North Carolina
|
| burialPlace | Bladen County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | fever ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Britain
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1786-12-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Bladen County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Leadership in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
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Service as a Continental Army general from North Carolina ⓘ |
| memberOf | North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Battles in the Southern colonies during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Brigadier general
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Major general ⓘ |
| name | Robert Howe self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Commanded Continental troops in the Southern Department until 1778
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Led Continental forces in the failed defense of Savannah, Georgia, in 1778 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Service in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
defense of Fort Moultrie ⓘ
surface form:
Defense of Charleston (1776)
British capture of Savannah ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of Georgia (1778–1779)
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander of the Southern Department of the Continental Army
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Member of the North Carolina colonial assembly ⓘ Officer in the North Carolina militia ⓘ |
| residence |
Bladen County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
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Brunswick County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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