Talk:Battles of the American Civil War

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Contents 1 List of ? 2 New Battle Pages 3 Campaigns completed 4 Merge 5 Whoa 6 Merged

[edit] List of ?

Shouldn't this article be called "List of American Civil War Battles"? or "List of..." something, anyway. Gwimpey 23:30, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)

Sure. jengod 01:15, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)

Well, I see it used to be called that, and has been moved to this name. Since there is a redirect, doesn't seem like a big deal.Gwimpey 10:12, Nov 6, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] New Battle Pages

Battle of Decatur has been completed. Will add a map later today. 578 18:24, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Battle of Athens has been completed. 578 19:26, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Battle of Chalk Bluff has been completed. bakuzjw (aka 578) 16:30, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Battle of Devil's Backbone has been completed. bakuzjw (aka 578) 16:58, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Battle of Elkin's Ferry has been completed. bakuzjw (aka 578) 17:33, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Campaigns completed

These campaigns have been completed using public domain text copied from the CWSAC website. The text still needs to be wikified. --brian0918™ 03:23, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• All campaigns from 1861-62 in the Eastern Theater. I have wikified the 1861 campaigns.

wow, i never new there were so many battles of the civil war. where did you guys find all these? Which historian? Bonus Onus 04:51, Mar 24, 2005 (UTC)

The historian that is the National Park Service. Even this list isn't complete, there were sub-battles within battles, and some battles were missed. -- BRIAN0918  05:06, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Battles are included here which were fought against the Indians, for instance those in North Dakota. Why are these classified as Civil War battles? Jpbrody 21:31, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ask the National Park Service. --brian0918™ 21:51, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

The article Troop engagements of the American Civil War, divided into by-year articles, is substantially overlapping with this article. I can see it having a slightly different purpose (chronological vs. geographical, detailed listing of even minor skirmishes, etc.) but among other faults, that listing is incomplete -- only 1861, 62, and 63 were ever entered. Either that article should be beefed up and made useful in its own right, or the information should be merged here or into a supporting article from the Category. --Dhartung | Talk 18:49, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Whoa

This picture of the US is really awesome, it almost knocked me over. Who made it?

Flameviper12 15:05, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merged

I have followed a suggestion by BusterD to merge in the date-sorted list from his former List of battles of the American Civil War article. I recommend that battle-article authors check this list because it misses some recently written articles. (If someone who likes to tinker wants to get involved, this portion would look pretty cool as a table with columns Battle, Dates, Description, Outcome.) Hal Jespersen 16:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)