Dabney H. Maury
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Dabney H. Maury was a Confederate general and former U.S. Army officer who played a prominent role in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later became a diplomat and author.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dabney H. Maury canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6195430 — 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: Dabney H. Maury Context triple: [Confederate States Navy, notableCommander, Dabney H. Maury]
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A.
Samuel M. Ralston
Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
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B.
Irvine Stephens Bulloch
Irvine Stephens Bulloch was a Confederate naval officer and the uncle of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, known for his service as a commerce raider during the American Civil War.
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C.
Charles P. Cabell
Charles P. Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
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D.
George L. Tucker
George L. Tucker was an American figure of sufficient local or historical prominence to be recognized as a notable burial at Los Angeles’s Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
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E.
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Joseph Rucker Lamar was an American lawyer, politician, and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who served on the Court from 1911 until his death in 1916.
- 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: Dabney H. Maury Target entity description: Dabney H. Maury was a Confederate general and former U.S. Army officer who played a prominent role in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later became a diplomat and author.
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A.
Samuel M. Ralston
Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
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B.
Irvine Stephens Bulloch
Irvine Stephens Bulloch was a Confederate naval officer and the uncle of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, known for his service as a commerce raider during the American Civil War.
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C.
Charles P. Cabell
Charles P. Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
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D.
George L. Tucker
George L. Tucker was an American figure of sufficient local or historical prominence to be recognized as a notable burial at Los Angeles’s Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
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E.
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Joseph Rucker Lamar was an American lawyer, politician, and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who served on the Court from 1911 until his death in 1916.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1822-05-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Fredericksburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| conflictRole | Confederate general in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1900-01-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Maury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Dabney Herndon Maury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | military memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Dabney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1846 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Confederate States Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryEducation | graduate of West Point class of 1846 ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Brigadier general
ⓘ
Major general ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Corinth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Mobile Bay campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
postwar diplomatic service
ⓘ
service as a Confederate general in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ writing Civil War and military memoirs ⓘ |
| notableWork | Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ educator ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Commander of the District of the Gulf (Confederate States Army)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Minister to Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preWarRole | officer in the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Confederate Army Western Theater
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Army infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Confederate States War Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | United States Military Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
geography
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history ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dabney H. Maury Description of subject: Dabney H. Maury was a Confederate general and former U.S. Army officer who played a prominent role in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later became a diplomat and author.
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