Confederate general Robert F. Hoke
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Confederate general Robert F. Hoke was a prominent North Carolina-born officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Confederate general Robert F. Hoke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9298731 — 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: Confederate general Robert F. Hoke Context triple: [Hoke County, North Carolina, isNamedForOccupation, Confederate general Robert F. Hoke]
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Confederate general Henry L. Benning
Henry L. Benning was a Confederate general and former Georgia Supreme Court justice whose staunch pro-slavery advocacy and Civil War service later led to a major U.S. Army post being named in his honor.
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B.
A.P. Hill
A.P. Hill was a prominent Confederate lieutenant general in the American Civil War, best known for commanding the famed Light Division and playing key roles in major battles such as Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
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C.
Confederate Brigadier General Robert Toombs
Confederate Brigadier General Robert Toombs was a prominent Southern politician and military leader who served as the first Confederate Secretary of State before commanding troops in key Civil War battles.
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Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Cleburne was an Irish-born Confederate major general in the American Civil War, renowned for his tactical skill and his controversial proposal to arm enslaved people in exchange for their freedom.
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E.
Richard S. Ewell
Richard S. Ewell was a Confederate lieutenant general in the American Civil War, known for commanding a corps in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
- 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: Confederate general Robert F. Hoke Target entity description: Confederate general Robert F. Hoke was a prominent North Carolina-born officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
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A.
Confederate general Henry L. Benning
Henry L. Benning was a Confederate general and former Georgia Supreme Court justice whose staunch pro-slavery advocacy and Civil War service later led to a major U.S. Army post being named in his honor.
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B.
A.P. Hill
A.P. Hill was a prominent Confederate lieutenant general in the American Civil War, best known for commanding the famed Light Division and playing key roles in major battles such as Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
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C.
Confederate Brigadier General Robert Toombs
Confederate Brigadier General Robert Toombs was a prominent Southern politician and military leader who served as the first Confederate Secretary of State before commanding troops in key Civil War battles.
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D.
Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Cleburne was an Irish-born Confederate major general in the American Civil War, renowned for his tactical skill and his controversial proposal to arm enslaved people in exchange for their freedom.
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E.
Richard S. Ewell
Richard S. Ewell was a Confederate lieutenant general in the American Civil War, known for commanding a corps in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate Army general
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person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1837-05-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lincolnton, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| burialPlace |
Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedUnit |
Hoke's Brigade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hoke's Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1912-07-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Raleigh, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Wake County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hoke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Frederick Hoke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
ⓘ
major general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
command in the Army of Northern Virginia
ⓘ
leadership of Confederate forces in North Carolina late in the Civil War ⓘ service as a Confederate general during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Big Bethel
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Cold Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of New Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Plymouth (1864) NERFINISHED ⓘ Carolinas Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postWarOccupation |
businessman
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railroad executive ⓘ |
| promotedToRank |
brigadier general
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major general ⓘ |
| promotionDate |
brigadier general in 1862
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major general in 1864 ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Braxton Bragg
NERFINISHED
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Joseph E. Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Fannie Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| woundedIn | Battle of Chancellorsville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Confederate general Robert F. Hoke Description of subject: Confederate general Robert F. Hoke was a prominent North Carolina-born officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.