Confederate Soldiers’ Section

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Confederate memorial site cemetery section military burial ground

The Confederate Soldiers’ Section is a dedicated burial area within Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, where thousands of Confederate soldiers from the American Civil War are interred and commemorated.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Confederate section of Hollywood Cemetery	2
Confederate Soldiers’ Section canonical	1
Confederate cemeteries	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2444019 — 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: Confederate Soldiers’ Section
Context triple: [Hollywood Cemetery, hasPart, Confederate Soldiers’ Section]

A. Fredericksburg National Cemetery
Fredericksburg National Cemetery is a U.S. military burial ground established after the Civil War to honor Union soldiers who died in the battles around Fredericksburg, Virginia.
B. Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Greeneville, Tennessee, that serves as the final resting place of the 17th U.S. president, Andrew Johnson, and is preserved as part of a national historic site.
C. Sam Davis Memorial
The Sam Davis Memorial is a monument in Pulaski, Tennessee, honoring Sam Davis, a Confederate scout often referred to as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy.”
D. Stonewall Jackson Shrine
Stonewall Jackson Shrine is a historic site and preserved building where Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died in 1863, now maintained as a memorial and museum.
E. Soldiers' National Cemetery
Soldiers' National Cemetery is a historic military burial ground in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, best known as the site where President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
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: Confederate Soldiers’ Section
Target entity description: The Confederate Soldiers’ Section is a dedicated burial area within Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, where thousands of Confederate soldiers from the American Civil War are interred and commemorated.

A. Fredericksburg National Cemetery
Fredericksburg National Cemetery is a U.S. military burial ground established after the Civil War to honor Union soldiers who died in the battles around Fredericksburg, Virginia.
B. Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Greeneville, Tennessee, that serves as the final resting place of the 17th U.S. president, Andrew Johnson, and is preserved as part of a national historic site.
C. Sam Davis Memorial
The Sam Davis Memorial is a monument in Pulaski, Tennessee, honoring Sam Davis, a Confederate scout often referred to as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy.”
D. Stonewall Jackson Shrine
Stonewall Jackson Shrine is a historic site and preserved building where Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died in 1863, now maintained as a memorial and museum.
E. Soldiers' National Cemetery
Soldiers' National Cemetery is a historic military burial ground in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, best known as the site where President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confederate memorial site ⓘ cemetery section ⓘ military burial ground ⓘ
associatedWith	Confederate States Army ⓘ Confederate States of America ⓘ
city	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
commemorates	Confederate soldiers who died in the American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eraOfUse	post–American Civil War to present ⓘ
hasAccess	open to the public ⓘ
hasCategory	American Civil War cemeteries ⓘ Confederate Soldiers’ Section self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Confederate cemeteries military monuments and memorials in Virginia ⓘ
hasFunction	military cemetery section ⓘ war grave section ⓘ
hasGraveType	marked graves ⓘ mass burials ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	American Civil War ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	Confederate monuments ⓘ surface form: Confederate memorial monuments landscaped burial grounds ⓘ rows of uniform headstones ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Hollywood Cemetery, a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
isPlaceOfMemory	true ⓘ
isTouristAttraction	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Hollywood Cemetery ⓘ Richmond, Virginia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
maintainedBy	Hollywood Cemetery management ⓘ
numberOfBurials	thousands of Confederate soldiers ⓘ
partOf	Hollywood Cemetery ⓘ
religion	predominantly Christian burials ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
subjectOf	Civil War heritage tourism ⓘ debates over Confederate commemoration ⓘ
usedFor	burial of Confederate soldiers ⓘ commemoration of Confederate soldiers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hollywood Cemetery → hasPart → Confederate Soldiers’ Section ⓘ

Confederate Soldiers section pyramid → cemeterySection → Confederate Soldiers’ Section ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate section of Hollywood Cemetery

Confederate Soldiers’ Section → hasCategory → Confederate Soldiers’ Section self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate cemeteries

Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid → cemeterySection → Confederate Soldiers’ Section ⓘ