Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord
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Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord was a Union Army officer and corps commander in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the final campaigns that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8595397 — 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: Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord Context triple: [Battle of High Bridge, commander, Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord]
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Emory Upton
Emory Upton was a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer and military strategist known for his influential reforms in military organization and tactics.
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Henry W. Halleck
Henry W. Halleck was a prominent Union Army general and military administrator during the American Civil War, known for his role as general-in-chief and later chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant.
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C.
Union General John T. Wilder
Union General John T. Wilder was a Civil War officer best known for leading the innovative "Lightning Brigade" of mounted infantry and later becoming an influential industrialist and civic leader in Tennessee.
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D.
Charles Dwight Sigsbee
Charles Dwight Sigsbee was a United States Navy rear admiral best known as the captain of the USS Maine when it exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, an event that helped trigger the Spanish–American War.
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E.
John E. Wool
John E. Wool was a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer who served with distinction in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and the early stages of the Civil War.
- 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: Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord Target entity description: Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord was a Union Army officer and corps commander in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the final campaigns that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
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A.
Emory Upton
Emory Upton was a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer and military strategist known for his influential reforms in military organization and tactics.
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B.
Henry W. Halleck
Henry W. Halleck was a prominent Union Army general and military administrator during the American Civil War, known for his role as general-in-chief and later chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant.
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C.
Union General John T. Wilder
Union General John T. Wilder was a Civil War officer best known for leading the innovative "Lightning Brigade" of mounted infantry and later becoming an influential industrialist and civic leader in Tennessee.
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D.
Charles Dwight Sigsbee
Charles Dwight Sigsbee was a United States Navy rear admiral best known as the captain of the USS Maine when it exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, an event that helped trigger the Spanish–American War.
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E.
John E. Wool
John E. Wool was a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer who served with distinction in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, and the early stages of the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War officer
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Union Army general ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Union
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1818-10-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cumberland, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| commanded |
Army of the James
NERFINISHED
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Department of Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of the Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Eighteenth Corps (Union Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fourth Corps (Union Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteenth Corps (Union Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedInto | 3rd U.S. Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
American Civil War
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Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1883-07-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Havana, Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| familyName | Ord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Edward Otho Cresap Ord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1839 ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Jules Garesché Ord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Union Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Brevet Major General
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Major General ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding Union forces in the final campaigns of the American Civil War
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participation in the Appomattox Campaign ⓘ role in the pursuit and surrender of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Appomattox Campaign
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Dr. John’s Bluff NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fort Gregg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fort Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Hatchie’s Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Iuka NERFINISHED ⓘ Petersburg Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Vicksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postwarOccupation |
civil engineer
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railroad engineer ⓘ |
| promotedToMajorGeneralOfVolunteers | 1862 ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| retiredFromActiveService | 1880 ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Mercer Thompson Ord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| woundedIn |
Battle of Hatchie’s Bridge
NERFINISHED
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operations before Richmond in 1864 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord Description of subject: Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord was a Union Army officer and corps commander in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the final campaigns that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
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