John B. Floyd
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John B. Floyd was a Confederate general and former U.S. Secretary of War best known for his controversial leadership and retreat during the early Civil War, including the events surrounding Fort Donelson.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Floyd | 2 |
| John B. Floyd canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5618152 — 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: John B. Floyd Context triple: [Fort Donelson campaign, commander, John B. Floyd]
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A.
John B. Magruder
John B. Magruder was a U.S. Army officer who became a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, noted for his flamboyant style and his defensive operations in the Peninsula Campaign.
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B.
Henry Winter Davis
Henry Winter Davis was a prominent 19th-century American politician and congressman from Maryland known for his strong anti-slavery stance and leadership within the Radical Republican faction during the Civil War.
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C.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War who later served as the 30th governor of Kentucky.
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D.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
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E.
Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
- 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: John B. Floyd Target entity description: John B. Floyd was a Confederate general and former U.S. Secretary of War best known for his controversial leadership and retreat during the early Civil War, including the events surrounding Fort Donelson.
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A.
John B. Magruder
John B. Magruder was a U.S. Army officer who became a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, noted for his flamboyant style and his defensive operations in the Peninsula Campaign.
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B.
Henry Winter Davis
Henry Winter Davis was a prominent 19th-century American politician and congressman from Maryland known for his strong anti-slavery stance and leadership within the Radical Republican faction during the Civil War.
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C.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. was a Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War who later served as the 30th governor of Kentucky.
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D.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
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E.
Robert S. Garnett
Robert S. Garnett was an American artist best known for creating the original design of the Great Seal of the State of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
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Confederate States Army general ⓘ United States Secretary of War ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1806-06-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1863-08-26 ⓘ |
| education | South Carolina College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John Buchanan Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorTermEnd | 1852-01-01 ⓘ |
| governorTermStart | 1849-01-01 ⓘ |
| middleName | Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brigadier general ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Command at the Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ |
| notableFor | controversial retreat from Fort Donelson in 1862 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
Governor of Virginia
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia ⓘ Member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ United States Secretary of War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent |
John Floyd
NERFINISHED
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Letitia Preston Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyAffiliation | Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Montgomery County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Abingdon, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionEnd | 1860-12-29 ⓘ |
| positionHeldOf | United States Secretary of War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionStart | 1857-03-06 ⓘ |
| presidentServedUnder | James Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForNotability | role in the secession crisis and early Confederate military operations ⓘ |
| relative | Preston family of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| resignedFrom | United States Secretary of War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Sally Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateGoverned | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John B. Floyd Description of subject: John B. Floyd was a Confederate general and former U.S. Secretary of War best known for his controversial leadership and retreat during the early Civil War, including the events surrounding Fort Donelson.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
John Floyd
this entity surface form:
John Floyd