Henry B. Carrington
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Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry B. Carrington canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2242972 — 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: Henry B. Carrington Context triple: [Red Cloud's War, hasCommander, Henry B. Carrington]
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A.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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B.
Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm was an American industrialist and paper magnate best known for building one of the largest paper manufacturing empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Benjamin W. S. Cabell
Benjamin W. S. Cabell was a 19th-century American figure best known as the father of Confederate general and Dallas mayor William L. Cabell.
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D.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
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E.
John F. Shafroth
John F. Shafroth was an American politician and governor of Colorado who later served as a U.S. senator, known for his work on legislation concerning U.S. territories and Puerto Rican citizenship.
- 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: Henry B. Carrington Target entity description: Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
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A.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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B.
Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm was an American industrialist and paper magnate best known for building one of the largest paper manufacturing empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Benjamin W. S. Cabell
Benjamin W. S. Cabell was a 19th-century American figure best known as the father of Confederate general and Dallas mayor William L. Cabell.
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D.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
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E.
John F. Shafroth
John F. Shafroth was an American politician and governor of Colorado who later served as a U.S. senator, known for his work on legislation concerning U.S. territories and Puerto Rican citizenship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
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author ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ military historian ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
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United States of America ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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Red Cloud's War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1824-03-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1912-10-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale Law School
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Yale University ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Carrington ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
U.S. frontier history
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military history ⓘ |
| fullName | Henry Beebee Carrington ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commanding U.S. forces during Red Cloud's War
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construction and command of Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ohio General Assembly
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surface form:
Ohio legislature
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| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
commanded Fort Phil Kearny during the Fetterman Fight in 1866
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relieved of frontier command following the Fetterman disaster ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Battles of the American Revolutionary War
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surface form:
Battles of the American Revolution, 1775–1781
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| occupation |
author
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lawyer ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wallingford, Connecticut ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Wyoming, Ohio ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hyde Park, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
colonel of the 18th U.S. Infantry
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commander of the Mountain District, Department of the Platte ⓘ |
| rank |
brevet brigadier general
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colonel ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Cincinnati, Ohio
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| spouse |
Frances Courtney Carrington
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Margaret Irvin Carrington ⓘ |
| wrote |
Aboriginal American Authors
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Battles of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form:
Battles of the American Revolution, 1775–1781
The Indian Question ⓘ The Scourge of the Alps ⓘ Washington, the Soldier ⓘ |
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Subject: Henry B. Carrington Description of subject: Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
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