William N. Pendleton
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William N. Pendleton was a Confederate brigadier general and chief of artillery in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, known for organizing and commanding its artillery forces during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William N. Pendleton canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate general
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Episcopal priest ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Antietam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED ⓘ First Battle of Bull Run NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1809-12-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1883-01-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Lexington, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| familyName | Pendleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | William Nelson Pendleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1830 ⓘ |
| middleName | Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brigadier general ⓘ |
| militaryServiceEnd | 1865 ⓘ |
| militaryServiceStart | 1861 ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | Artillery Reserve, Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFact |
close personal friend of Robert E. Lee
ⓘ
named some of his artillery pieces after the four Evangelists ⓘ |
| notableFor |
organizing the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia
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service as a Confederate brigadier general ⓘ serving as Robert E. Lee’s chief of artillery ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| parentOf | Alexander S. Pendleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Chief of Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| preWarOccupation | Episcopal rector in Lexington, Virginia ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopal Church ⓘ |
| servedIn | Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Anzolette Elizabeth Page NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfMilitaryService | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: William N. Pendleton Description of subject: William N. Pendleton was a Confederate brigadier general and chief of artillery in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, known for organizing and commanding its artillery forces during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
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