Brigadier General Strong Vincent
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Brigadier General Strong Vincent was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for his decisive leadership and mortal wounding while defending Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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| Brigadier General Strong Vincent canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5195435 — 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: Brigadier General Strong Vincent Context triple: [83rd Pennsylvania Infantry, partOfBrigadeCommandedBy, Brigadier General Strong Vincent]
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Brigadier General Daniel Tyler
Brigadier General Daniel Tyler was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, known for his early-war command roles and involvement in key Eastern Theater operations.
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B.
Brigadier General Abraham Eustis
Brigadier General Abraham Eustis was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer known for his service in coastal artillery and military engineering, for whom Fort Eustis in Virginia was named.
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C.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
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Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, best known for leading his brigade in hard fighting at battles such as Gettysburg.
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E.
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brigadier General Strong Vincent Target entity description: Brigadier General Strong Vincent was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for his decisive leadership and mortal wounding while defending Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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A.
Brigadier General Daniel Tyler
Brigadier General Daniel Tyler was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, known for his early-war command roles and involvement in key Eastern Theater operations.
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B.
Brigadier General Abraham Eustis
Brigadier General Abraham Eustis was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer known for his service in coastal artillery and military engineering, for whom Fort Eustis in Virginia was named.
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C.
Colonel Maxcy Gregg
Colonel Maxcy Gregg was a Confederate officer and brigade commander from South Carolina who fought in several major battles of the American Civil War before being mortally wounded at Fredericksburg.
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D.
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, best known for leading his brigade in hard fighting at battles such as Gettysburg.
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E.
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, remembered for his leadership and for being killed in action at the Battle of Stones River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Union Army officer
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person ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| army | Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Chancellorsville
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1837-06-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Waterford, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | wounds received in battle ⓘ |
| commanded |
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1863-07-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
|
| education | Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Vincent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Strong Vincent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Strong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1859 ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Strong Vincent statue at Gettysburg National Military Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNamesake |
Strong Vincent High School, Erie, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strong Vincent Middle School, Erie, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | decisive leadership on Little Round Top ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1863-06-30 ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| notableFor | defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promotedToRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| promotionStatus | posthumous promotion ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1863 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1861 ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth H. Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| woundedAt | Little Round Top NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| woundedIn | Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Brigadier General Strong Vincent Description of subject: Brigadier General Strong Vincent was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War best known for his decisive leadership and mortal wounding while defending Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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