Harry Thompson Hays
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Harry Thompson Hays was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the famed Louisiana Tigers brigade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harry Thompson Hays canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5809994 — 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: Harry Thompson Hays Context triple: [Harry T. Hays, fullName, Harry Thompson Hays]
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A.
Arthur Garfield Hays
Arthur Garfield Hays was a prominent American civil liberties lawyer and general counsel for the ACLU, known for defending controversial causes and clients in landmark trials of the early 20th century.
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B.
Joseph Thompson Hayes
Joseph Thompson Hayes was a son of U.S. First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes and President Rutherford B. Hayes, belonging to a prominent 19th-century American political family.
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C.
Hall Hammond
Hall Hammond was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Maryland's Attorney General before becoming a judge on the state's highest court.
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D.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
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E.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
- 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: Harry Thompson Hays Target entity description: Harry Thompson Hays was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the famed Louisiana Tigers brigade.
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A.
Arthur Garfield Hays
Arthur Garfield Hays was a prominent American civil liberties lawyer and general counsel for the ACLU, known for defending controversial causes and clients in landmark trials of the early 20th century.
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B.
Joseph Thompson Hayes
Joseph Thompson Hayes was a son of U.S. First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes and President Rutherford B. Hayes, belonging to a prominent 19th-century American political family.
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C.
Hall Hammond
Hall Hammond was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Maryland's Attorney General before becoming a judge on the state's highest court.
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D.
Charles S. Hamlin
Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
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E.
Theodore Hickman
Theodore Hickman is the charismatic yet self-deluding traveling salesman whose arrival and revelations drive the tragic unraveling of illusions in Eugene O’Neill’s play "The Iceman Cometh."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate general
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1820-04-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| commanded |
5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louisiana Tigers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1876-08-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Hays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foughtFor | Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Harry Thompson Hays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
First Louisiana Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Harry T. Hays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | led Louisiana brigade assault on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg ⓘ |
| notableFor | command of the Louisiana Tigers brigade ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley Campaigns of 1864 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | Democratic Party supporter in Louisiana ⓘ |
| postWarActivity | returned to legal practice in New Orleans ⓘ |
| preWarActivity |
practiced law in New Orleans
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served in the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| promotionDate | 1862-07-25 ⓘ |
| residence | New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Jubal A. Early
NERFINISHED
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Richard S. Ewell NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| side | Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Julia Maria Knox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfMilitaryService | Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPromotedToRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harry Thompson Hays Description of subject: Harry Thompson Hays was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the famed Louisiana Tigers brigade.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Harry T. Hays