Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
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The Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson refers to the passing of the famed Confederate general in May 1863 from complications after being wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson canonical | 1 |
| friendly fire wounding of Stonewall Jackson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1784416 — 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: Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson Context triple: [Guinea Station, Virginia, hasNotableEvent, Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson]
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A.
Pickett’s Charge
Pickett’s Charge was a massive, ill-fated Confederate infantry assault on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg that marked a turning point against the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
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B.
Battle of the Crater
The Battle of the Crater was a notable and disastrous 1864 Union assault during the American Civil War, in which an underground mine explosion before Petersburg, Virginia, led to heavy Union casualties and a failed breakthrough.
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C.
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
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D.
Battle of Monocacy
The Battle of Monocacy was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Maryland in which Union forces delayed a Confederate advance toward Washington, D.C., earning it the nickname "The Battle That Saved Washington."
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E.
Battle of Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor was a major and notoriously bloody 1864 Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee repelled repeated Union assaults during Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign.
- 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: Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson Target entity description: The Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson refers to the passing of the famed Confederate general in May 1863 from complications after being wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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A.
Pickett’s Charge
Pickett’s Charge was a massive, ill-fated Confederate infantry assault on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg that marked a turning point against the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
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B.
Battle of the Crater
The Battle of the Crater was a notable and disastrous 1864 Union assault during the American Civil War, in which an underground mine explosion before Petersburg, Virginia, led to heavy Union casualties and a failed breakthrough.
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C.
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
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D.
Battle of Monocacy
The Battle of Monocacy was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Maryland in which Union forces delayed a Confederate advance toward Washington, D.C., earning it the nickname "The Battle That Saved Washington."
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E.
Battle of Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor was a major and notoriously bloody 1864 Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee repelled repeated Union assaults during Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
death
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ |
| followsEvent | wounding of Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
decline in Confederate offensive capability
ⓘ
loss of key Confederate corps commander ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedLocation | Fairfield plantation office building at Guinea Station ⓘ |
| hasBelligerentSide | Confederate States Army ⓘ |
| hasBurialPlace |
Lexington, Virginia, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Lexington, Virginia
|
| hasCause |
complications from wounds
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pneumonia ⓘ |
| hasCommand | Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| hasCommemoration |
Stonewall Jackson Shrine
ⓘ
surface form:
Stonewall Jackson Shrine at Guinea Station
|
| hasContext |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States (Confederate-held territory)
|
| hasDate | 1863-05-10 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
major turning point in Confederate command structure
ⓘ
widely regarded as a severe blow to Confederate military prospects ⓘ |
| hasImmediateCause | pneumonia following amputation ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure | Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
central to Lost Cause narratives about Confederate leadership
ⓘ
subject of extensive Civil War historiography ⓘ |
| hasMedicalProcedure | amputation of left arm ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryRole | Confederate general ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryTheater |
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia theater of the American Civil War
|
| hasMonth | May 1863 ⓘ |
| hasPlace |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
Guinea Station, Virginia ⓘ |
| hasPrecedingEvent | Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ |
| hasPrecedingInjury | friendly fire wounds ⓘ |
| hasRelatedBattle | Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ |
| hasRelatedPerson |
Dr. Hunter McGuire
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Mary Anna Jackson ⓘ Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| hasReportedLastWords | "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Stonewall Jackson
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surface form:
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
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Subject: Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson Description of subject: The Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson refers to the passing of the famed Confederate general in May 1863 from complications after being wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
friendly fire wounding of Stonewall Jackson