# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-b-kershaw
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:01:43.372Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-b-kershaw"
name: "Joseph B. Kershaw"
slug: "joseph-b-kershaw"
description: "Joseph Brevard Kershaw was an American planter and slaveholder from South Carolina. He was also a lawyer, judge, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War."
tagline: "Confederate Army general (1822-1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kershaw.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1822-01-05"
deathDate: "1894-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.44
  momentum:             0.7234539089848308
  historical:           10.69975066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزف بی. کرزهاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Brevard Kershaw"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_B._Kershaw"
    title: "Joseph B. Kershaw"
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    title: "Joseph Brevard Kershaw"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump