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[edit] Hampton Roads
Dear Hal: Thanks for the info about the roads in Hampton Roads. BTW, I used your Historic Triangle map for the Jamestown, Virginia article. We are gearing up for Jamestown 2007 here. Mark Vaoverland 00:31, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] January 19
You have me stumped. Vaoverland 02:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] January 19
Of course. It is why have Lee-Jackson Day in Virginia at this time of year. Mark Vaoverland 13:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] John Clem
Hi, I wrote the John Clem article. I wasn't sure how to clean it up after another editor added a third picture. You did a fine job, much thanks. Joegoodfriend 05:04, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Disagreement between Franz Sigel & Battle of Carthage articles
In that you were the original author of the Franz Sigel article, and thus the source for the numbers, please see the Talk:Franz Sigel about a major discrepency between it and the Battle of Carthage article. Perhaps you can shed some insight into this. 207.69.137.202 05:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Knoxville Campaign
Hey, I was looking through Special:Newpages and I happened to drop by this great article you just made. I just wanted to let you know that I plan to nominate it for DYK, and you might see it on the Main Page in a few days! =) See T:DYKT where I will post the DYK suggestion, and you can comment there if you want to reword it or change it. Thanks, and tell me when you finish the whole article. Nishkid64 17:50, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry about the categorization, and I had figured you were almost done with the article. There is a 5-day period in which DYK's are candidates for the Main Page, so if you finish within five days, we can get it onto the Main Page. Nishkid64 18:10, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- DYKs are just placed on the DYK suggestions page, and may be reviewed by one or two editors. I had initially figured you were almost done with the article, and that's why I was planning to nominate it. For DYK, the article is not selected immediately. It is selected 5 (sometimes, 6) days after the article has been created. Nishkid64 18:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- I saw in your edit summary that you said "Done". Does that mean you're done with the article writing? I noticed you said you would create a map for the article, but even without it, it's still a complete article. I'd really like to see this on DYK. It's quite an interesting read. =) Nishkid64 01:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- DYKs are just placed on the DYK suggestions page, and may be reviewed by one or two editors. I had initially figured you were almost done with the article, and that's why I was planning to nominate it. For DYK, the article is not selected immediately. It is selected 5 (sometimes, 6) days after the article has been created. Nishkid64 18:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Knoxville Campaign, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 00:07, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mark in Historic Triangle
Thanks for the teaser about Lee's birthday. They ran a local item in news here with a painting of him at age 24 when he was at Fort Monroe. Wow, what a different image. I have been really busy working on Jamestown and related articles. Hope you are well. Mark Vaoverland 01:15, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Reposting comments by banned users
Don't do this, or you will be blocked. You do not trump Jimbo Wales. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 21:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Battle of Gettysburg
Dear HIj,
Your map of the Batttle of Gettysburg is cool. Do the Union/Confederate paths on the map have roads that corresponding them? For example, does one of the paths correspond with todays U.S. 15 from Frederick to Gettysburg?
Thanks, Brent Catoctin Center for Regional Studies Non-Profit Organization —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jacknife722 (talk • contribs) 13:42, 23 January 2007 (UTC).
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[edit] Gettysburg edits
Howdy!
I salute your zeal in working to keep some very good articles (the Gettysburg articles) pristine, but I would like to comment on the changes I tried to make that you reverted.
1)Concerning Gen. Schimmelfennig, I realize he was already linked, but that particular paragraph finally had something interesting to say about him, and that was the only time while reading the article that I felt any interest in reading more about him, and experienced what I considered to be a typical user's annoyance in having to scroll back up to hunt for the linked version of his name. I understand that it is silly to link every instance of any name, but in this case I would argue that this link fits into this particular paragraph considering its content.
2)Concerning the header about Longsteet's delay during the Second Day, I felt it deserves its own heading because it was more than just troop movement, it was a notable development of the battle. It remains notable to me, even as familiar as I am with the battle, that Longsteet's attack didn't happen until 4 in the afternoon.
3)Finally, concerning the red link for Charles E. Hazlett, I thought it was a general rule of thumb to remove red links. But I am still fairly new to editing Wikipedia, and not totally familiar with the policies, so I don't know.
Anyway, thanks for your time. --Steve
--SECurtisTX | talk 00:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- Howdy. I process many many dozens of edits per day, so I often do things quickly. More than 95% of the time, reverts I do aren't questioned, so I tend to barrel ahead (particularly in those cases when it's an anonymous user). I'm happy to discuss or negotiate with interested parties, however.
- 1. OK, but remove the second link to him and the style is not to include the rank in the link.
- 2. I don't feel really strongly about this one, although I am sensitive to Lost Causers blaming JL for GB, so I wouldn't have made that choice to highlight him. The style is use lowercase on words after the first.
- 3. No, the RoT is that redlinks encourage people to write new articles. We try not to go overboard, but almost all prominent people of the ACW get linked in our articles.
- Happy editing. Hal Jespersen 01:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
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- --Thanks for the response and the advice. :) --SECurtisTX | talk 18:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Union Casualty - Battle of Malvern Hill
"Mark H. Roberts, son of Thos. and Sarah Roberts, was born 5th mo. 14th 1840." "Mark H. Roberts, son of Thos. and Sarah Roberts, was instantly killed by a shell at the battle of Malvern Hills, VA July 1st, 1862 aged 22years, 1 month, 14 days."
Roberts Family Bible
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.175.144.254 (talk) 16:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Op cit and the Battle of Mill Springs
I could not make the elaborate ref bits to work. So I did the third (my second) as an Op cit. You removed this. I request that you fix this. There are seven volumes and associated numbers of The Zollie Tree, running back for years. You have degraded the citation. --MarkTwainOnIce 06:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Battle of Chancellorsville
Would like to append a link to a book (The Campaign of Chancellorsville by Theodore A. Dodge-Gutenberg Press)by Theodore A. Dodge to your article. Mr Dodge was a contemporary of the times and was actually serving at the time Chancellorsville occurred. His version of what occurred and why differs from the article published and offers a different perspective on the battle and the reason it played out as it did.
Oldegrog
- You did not leave a link for me to reply, so I will do it here. You are welcome to add a properly (i.e., consistently) formatted entry to a "Further reading" section after "Notes." If you choose to make substantive changes to the article based on that as a reference, you should put it into the "References" section. Hal Jespersen 15:51, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] RE:Fort Fisher
Thanks for the tip. I'll probably tackle it too when I'm feeling daring. You're right, it looks a little scary. Also, I just now realized you had messaged me a few weeks ago on Antietam. Thanks for the feedback! Civil Engineer III 20:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] U S Grant Article
The section on Civil War Western Theatre appears to be vandalised. Gibberish is inserted/overwritten in the first paragraph block. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.21.40.253 (talk) 00:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC).
- Seems to be OK now. Lots of people monitor that article. Hal Jespersen 01:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Battle of Shiloh
I'd like to work on bringing that article up to Class A standards. You seem to have put in lots of work on it. I'd like to help. Do you have suggestions on what should be done to improve it? Tirronan 00:57, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Robert E. Lee
Hey Hlj - Why did you revert to an even earlier version of the article? Cutting out that information warrants an explanation, I think. Thanks, Figma 15:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- No worries. Thanks for checking it out and fixing it. Keep on blizzarding! Figma 15:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] OLD BALDY
My name is Edward C. Zimmerman, Jr and I am the Founder and President of the USS UNITED STATES Foundation. Before my involvement with the USS UNITED STATES,some time during the mid 1980's, I visited Gettysburg and purchased a souvenier book which had a line about Old Baldy being in Philadelphia.I made a few phone calls and found a Mr. Cavenough of the GAR Camp 200 on Church Street. When I mentioned the head and forehooves, that were made into ink wells, of Old Baldy he replied,"That old thing? Yeah, we have it up in the attic". I said I would like to see it and take pictures. He was kind enough to bring it down and put all three pieces up on the wall. I was amazed, horrified, and sad all at the same time. The thought came into my mind that Baldy should have had all his remains buried together with honors. I couldn't see him but one more time after he was restored.
I heard that both Old Baldy and Traveller (Lee's horse) both outlived the Generals. I thought they were also wounded five times. The plaquard that mounted the head of Old Baldy had listed all the battles he was wounded.
I would like to hear your feedback. Contact me at USSUNITEDSTATES@Yahoo.com
I have the honor to be at your service. Edward C. Zimmerman, Jr. Founder & President USS UNITED STATES Foundation a non-profit tax exempt organization —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.193.3.74 (talk) 03:36, 21 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Third Battle of Winchester
HLJ: There is no literature referring to a "Battle of Opequon" save some esoteric references or Union offical records. The Body of Literature call this the Third Battle of Winchester. NPS has no park, signage or effort in regards to Winchester-III. It is confusing for readers to see the body of books and literature, and then see an entirely different title in Wikipedia. "Battle of Opequon" is strictly an alternative name for a very small, or practically non-existent subset of CW historians and enthusiasts. Local signage and museums in Winchester, VA, where I am a resident, refer to this battle by it's name: Third Battle of Winchester, and it is known by it's part in the series of battles there.
[edit] George B. McClellan
Hi. I recently nominated McClellan as a Good Article Candidate, and it easily passed. I actually think that this could potentially be a Featured Article Candidate, so I was wondering if you would allow me to create a peer review (or you can create it) to see what work still needs to be done/if work needs to be done. You can certainly submit it to WP:FAC afterwards, as I think it would pass.--Wizardman 14:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
- Alright, I'll avoid peer review. If I do decide to nominate anything as a featured article though I'll let you know. (or if it's a good article I'll just rate it myself to avoid said visibility)--Wizardman 16:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Your vandalization of article Battle of Brandy Station
Please stop vandalizing the article Battle of Brandy Station. Your refusal to specifically source disputed facts, and simple reversions of deletions of unsourced and irrelevant material, constitutes vandalism and will be treated as such if you persist, including reporting to administrators. (I should point out that one error you have made is verifying a fact by citing another wikipedia article, which is circular as that article itself would need to be verified and may have been edited by you to support some unverified statement.) Please also stop treating the article as if you "own" it, deciding for yourself what belongs in the article and what does not. I would suggest that you set up a blog if you do not like articles to which you have contrubuted being edited. That applies equally to users who have drafted "300 articles over three years," as you indicated in your comment you left on my talk page. In fact, it should apply even more to them, as they should know better. Larry Dunn 15:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 2007 Battle of Brandy Station
I'll try to keep an eye on this situation. Glad to try to help. WP admin. Mark Vaoverland 22:04, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] New to Wiki
I have appreciated your efforts in writing the Civil War articles. I am fairly new to the study of the American Civil War and have been spending most of my reading time lately with books on the subject. I have no new insight of my own, but have some small skill in condensing and summarizing. I sometimes see articles in which I have additional information gleaned from my reading, but wonder if adding extraneous information, sited though it may be, would muddy the waters. I would be interested in your thoughts on the matter.
BB —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Babullock (talk • contribs) 20:02, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Casualties of 2nd Winchester
Multiple sources, included those footnoted on this article, and the Official Records, give the total Union casualty count to be in the vicinity of mid to upper 4,000's. The casualty count, particularly captured, should reflect the Official Record of LtGen Ewell, who had the best figure on his captured quantity. The Union records of Milroy from this battle are notorious for their inaccuracy, especially given his dodging blame at his subsequent Court of Inquiry.
Thus, is Wikipedia more interested in presenting the best known historical facts ... or is it more interested in low-ball figures from non-official sources?
If there is a dispute by Milroy and Union sympathizers, let let multiple casualty counts be displayed in a table with their sources, as in the Battle of Wildnerness page.
Otherwise, there is much work to do to fix the various Wikipedia pages mauling of historical facts on the various Battles of Winchester, including this one. The task will be endless, if every correction posted stemming from majority-sources, official records and prevailing conclusions of local Winchester Historians is overturned by unexplainable actions from other moderators.
Can the history academiacians of Winchester chime in on their local history in Wikipedia or not? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grayghost01 (talk • contribs) 05:42, 18 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] 2nd Winchester Reports, example
FOOTNOTE FROM PAGE: OR Series 1, Vol XXVII by LtGen Ewell: The fruits of this victory were 23 pieces of artillery (nearly all rifled), 4,000 prisoners, 300 loaded wagons, more than 300 horses, and quite a large amount of commissary and quartermaster's stores.
FOOTNOTE FROM PAGE: Report from MajGen E. Johnson: The substantial results of the engagement were from 2,300 to 2,500 prisoners and about 175 horses, with arms and equipments in proportion, Steuart's brigade capturing about 900, the Stonewall Brigade about 900, and Nicholl's brigade the remainder. Eleven stand of colors were captured, of which the Stonewall Brigade captured six, Steuart's brigade four, and the Louisiana one.
(NOTE: Johnson speaks only of the casualties his Division took, not Early's Division)
FOOTNOTE FROM PAGE: Historynet.com article by Wells: The Confederates had captured 3,358 prisoners, four 20-pounder Parrott guns, 17 3-inch guns and two 24-pounder howitzers.
FOOTNOTE FROM PAGE: Paths of the Civil War . com article: Casualties: 4,709 total (US 4,443; CS 266)
So, here we see that given the four references for the article on 2nd Battle of Winchester, the official records are ignored, and the low-ball count by the Wells article, with un-named sources, is used. More authoritative sources are availabe as well, from the University of Virginia series books, but, alas, even they would likely be deleted in favor of the low-ball stuff.
This is an example of why this Wikipedia article on 2nd Winchester is posted on our humor-board. Are the moderators of this article open to quality sourcing and referencing ... or shall we fix up this page over time to meet better quality history-documenting methodology?
Grayghost01 05:56, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 2nd Winchester
I have included a new external link the Official Records summary table of casualties from the 8th Army Corp, which give 4,443 casualties total, of which 4,000 are missing/captured. Amazingly, and this would imply these army new basic math and addition, LtGen also reported in his report that he had captured a total of exactly 4,000 prisoners.
I attribute this match in the records due to the fact that each of the authors of the reports were actually there.
Therefore the page needs to carry, and has been modified to show these numbers. Not surprisingly these numbers are given in a number of secondary sources and books on this battle. Grayghost01 20:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] response on 2nd Winch
Hal, Please review the 2nd Winchester Battle page, and the changes I've made. In regards to the casualties, the OR for both Confederate and Union coincide. What makes the "fluff" come into this battle was the hot-air and baloney Milroy spewed after the battle, trying to make himself look good during his arrest and subsequent Court of Inquiry. But both armies put the captured & missing for Milroy at 4,000. One must always give the strongest weight of evidence to the original authors, and consider their track record on reporting. Notice that the 8th Army Corps did an independent assessment of the casualties. But the bottom line is that we need to use the corroborating Confederate and Union OR reports, ESPECIALLY since they coincide so well, which is powerful evidence.
I added a link to the Union OOB, and added the commanders names, where I knew them off the top of my head. I fixed some mistakes on the confederate OOB.
I started a new section for the Court of Inquiry, and this deserves a good write up, which I will add at some point.
The main battle description, and preliminary description is weak, and needs dressing, which I will get to.
Finally, this page deserves two more sections: One on it's role in the Gettysburg campaign. The second is on the Milroy Occupation, which may possibly deserve it's own page entirely. Extensive crimes and Civil Rights violations by the U.S. Army in Winchester during this occupation make up volumes ... volumes ... of documentation. I included one fun reference to the new Chase/Lee diaries book. The many women diarists in Winchester are referred to as the Devil Diarists, and perhaps that can be in a section or page with the Milroy Occupation.
In Milroy's defense, and I previously corrected this article on this point, he had convinced Schenck to let him stay in Winchester, until further orders .... which never came because the Confederates cut the telegram line into Winchester. So Milroy disobeyed no orders, like the article originally said. Grayghost01
[edit] Roads and Federals
The current and rather quaint name of the "sunken road" (which isn't a sunken road...) isn't relevant to an account of the battle. It sticks out of the text and sounds like something a tour guide would say. And do keep in mind that the article is supposed to be reasonably accessible to people without (much) prior knowledge of the topic. Using more than one synonym for one of the armies just adds more confusion and annoyance than variation to the text.
Peter Isotalo 16:39, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't change the Federals back because it's an editorial matter that isn't important. I disagree with your comments on the sunken road because it is widely used in many histories of the battle. For example, James M. McPherson says in Battle Cry of Freedom, "In the center, though, Prentiss with the remaining fragments of his division and parts of two others had formed a hard knot of resistance along a country lane that northern soldiers called the sunken road and rebels called the hornets' nest." Neither of the terms Hornet's Nest or Sunken Road were used in the battle itself or the ORs (they originated in veterans' accounts), but you would certainly not delete the former, so why delete the latter? Would you delete Sunken Road from Battle of Antietam? Hal Jespersen 17:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, I don't know about the minutiae, but the most common name is good enough for me, and I'm a reasonably interested reader with some, though limited, prior knowledge of the topic. What bothered me was that the name wasn't capitalized, so it didn't even look like a proper name. The comment about avoiding Federals was just a friendly reminder. I know a reasonanble amount of detail about the Civil War, but I've never actually seen the term "Federals" used (even if I understood what it was referring to).
- Peter Isotalo 19:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Just a side note on "Federals", speaking as a born & raised Southerner, we use "Federals" often, as well as "Yankees", "Those people", "Northerners", "Yanks", "Wheeler-Dealers", "Unionists", "Federal Soldier", "Union Soldier", "Billy", "Blue Coats", "Blue Devils". If you care to notice, throughout the south "Blue Devil" is an extremely popular mascot, meant to be more insulting that the use of any Indian-named mascot ever was. And of course the list is as long, if not longer the other way (Johnny Reb, Secesh, etc).
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Grayghost01 00:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Winchester
Got your note. My input/work on 2nd Winchester will take a few weeks or even month or two, so I'll chew away at it, and then notify you. If you ever come to Winchester, let me know and I'll give you a personal tour. Grayghost01 00:41, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Romney Expedition and etc.
Scott & Hal,
I'm sending this to both of you, as I don't know which of you administers what.
As I am filling in material for Civil War events in the Winchester area, I've noticed that the Romney Expedition is missing, and so I will start a stub article. I searched wiki and could not find anything on it.
It should be the opening battle of Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862. In your campaign box, you start with 1st Kernstown, but the Romney Expedition is the real beginning, and should be added first in the sequence.
Also missing is Jackson's Railroad Operations against the B&O (The Great Train Robbery) in the spring of 1861 (at least I can't find any wiki article on it). That should be it's own sub-box in your "Early Operations 1861" Campaign scheme. Once again, with your permission, I can stub an article on that.
These stub articles, I will give a good solid paragraph to start it, and perhaps a public-domain image, if available.
Finally ... I noticed on the cities of the Civil War that Romney was listed as a Northern city. ?? I suppose I see the technicality that WV became a state in the Union a few years into the war. However, you all must understand that those counties (the neck of WV) did NOT join the Union with WV in the war, and were part of Virginia. Later, after the war, these "neck" counties exercised an opportunity to transfer to Virginia.
Romney, Martinsburg and Charlestown were pro-Seccession towns, and generally were under the watch or control of Confederate forces anytime the Confederates were in town.
I suggest that you re-consider the placement of Romney on the list, and to put it either in the South's line ... or ... if you name your border group as Border/Disputed, it might actually more logically fit there, as would any town in WV.
For the Cause, the Grayghost01 03:13, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hal and Grayghost01, the Romney Expedition was a fairly significant and well documented event. Perhaps the best modern coverage by a known secondary author is an analysis in Robert G. Tanner's excellent 2002 book, Stonewall in the Valley: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Spring 1862. John Selby's nice 2000 biography of Jackson also dives into the expedition, as well as the train raid, and analyzes them in the context of the Valley Campaign. Gary Gallagher's book on the Valley Campaign is also a useful source, and there was a great article on the train raid in North and South a while back. Scott Mingus 19:02, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Romney, and extent of Wiki ACW coverage
Scott & Hal, I think Scott's references demonstrate the sources which tie Romney to the Valley Campaign, and I will put these as references on the Romney Expedition page. You will notice that the RE page explains the reason why the Romney Expedition and the following Insurrection of Loring set up the whole chain of events that began the VC. If not for that episode, Jackson may have, instead, peformed a "BRAGG-KENTUCKY" type affair, with a larger force. Instead, Jackson was forced to abandon Winchester, and was put into the position of having to interact as he did with Banks.
What is the goal of Wikipedia? Is it to be an ever-growing and unabridged encyclopedia of the world? If so, in my own opinion, it is a great venue to summarize the entire ACW, by topics, by battles, by whatever threads are of interest. I see all the goofy biographies on living people, and also others who obviosly stick in their own self-articles to promote themselves. Surely history deserves a front seat to that. Therefore, I am of the opinion that the ACW in Wiki should cover, if possible, every noteworthy event in some summary form, and every skirmish. The level and taxonomy should determine relative coverage, then.
In that light, I propose that you consider a classification of "expeditionary operations" which is analgous but different from the "campaign operations". Expeditionary operations, by the book, have been around for a long time, and the USMC views the world heavily from this angle, and uses the Confederate actions as their textbook of sorts, along with the infamous "Small Wars Manual" they wrote, and still use. The Red-River, Romney and other such episodes are better viewed as expeditionary operations, and given the definition of expeditionary you will see why.
I also propose a lower-tier of "Skirmishes" and "Raids". This is a vital category deserving its own treatment. Often these are NOT tied in to the campaign they occur in the middle of, such as the Raid to assassinate President Davis in Richmond. Some, like the "raid" into Ohio does not fit the defintion of a raid (though called that from time to time) and is fittingly called an "expedition".
As a retired Marine, and former Instructor at the Marine Corps University, I want to point out that so many people write on the topic of the ACW, that they often mis-categorize events, or are the ones giving events "names" that were not originally used by the veterans of the war. E.g. our own current "Gettysburg Campaign" was certainly never called that at the time it occurred. In looking back, the taxonomy and naming convention becomes useful.
I see how the National Park Service was invoked, which seems that they simply had SOMETHING on the web which was convenient for some early wikipedians to pull in. Okay. But while I think that was a good start ... and much may not change from that ... the taxonomy of the Battles, Expeditions, Raids and Skirmishes of the ACW should be reflected from consideration of the Body of Literature as its main influence.
So to that end, I propose this taxonomy for consideration: Theaters Campaigns (& Campaign Battles) Expeditions (& Expedition Battles) Raids Skirmishes
Ponder this, and I will get back to you with definitions and terms to define these a bit. Grayghost01 20:08, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Army of Virginia
You are absolutely correct. I had forgotten that. Maybe a parathesis to clarify so some other poor unsuspecting soul (like me) does not make the same mistake. Sorry that I edited it. I did not mean any disrespect.
[edit] Protection for Gettysburg
Hey, do you have the authority to protect the Battle of Gettysburg article? All the vandalism and reversions have been extremely obnoxious. So, if there is anything you can do, it would make all our lives easier.--Apostlemep12 00:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wade Hampton III
I revised the Wade Hampton III article section In memoriam per your comments on March 22. Please review the changes, Thanks! Regards, Gamecock 03:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- I listed Hampton Street in South Carolina into Microsoft Streets and Trips and got a whole list of Hampton roads, streets, avenues, etc. I say approximately 47 because I counted each one and my counting may have been off one or two. I'm sure there are even more, but I don't know of any database in SC that includes every single road. Gamecock 19:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC) ... One more thing, about the "recently victorious" comment. From 1877 to 1890 the Conservatives (which Hampton was the leader) controlled the General Assembly and the Tillmanites managed to win control in 1890. Since Hampton was from a rival faction of the Democratic party, the Tillmanites decided not to give him a third term despite Hampton wanting a third term. Gamecock 19:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] In Hell Before Night
This arrived on my doorstep today so I will be adding this to the sources and citing as soon as I have finished it. Tirronan 19:17, 30 March 2007 (UTC)