Talk:Battle of Gettysburg/Archive 3

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Unverifiability of content: paragraph 2, line 3; and same, line 1.

In the passage, "Lee led his army through the Shenandoah Valley to begin his second invasion of the North—the Gettysburg Campaign," there is no record or evidence (any more or less than with Meade) that Lee had embarked into Maryland or Pennsylvania on a "campaign" with Gettysburg as his end objective. While it is true that an en-route confederate incursion for purpose of pilfering supplies (more particularly...shoes) was aimed at Gettysburg town, it was, in fact, little more than coincidental that the opposing forces would chance by accident upon Gettysburg (while Lee was likely intent upon heading farther abroad, perhaps to Harrisburg, the state capital) as the scene of a general engagement. Therefore recommend to strike the characters, "—the Gettysburg Campaign". Also, but less critically, Lee was not in the vanguard of the elements first arriving/clashing at Gettysburg, so the word, "led," could be more precisely replaced by the word, "commanded." Finally, having spent 10 years living nearby to Gettysburg in Maryland, I was impressed by Marylander consternation at the state's having historically been referred to as the South, albeit that Maryland was south of the Mason-Dixie line, a slave state within Dixie, but occupied as Federal sequestered territory. Accordingly, may I suggest that "the North" as used in the subject paragraph is overly "loose" and imprecise and should be replaced by the words, "Federal territory".172.56.39.66 (talk) 10:20, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

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the confederate flag should be changed because it is too small — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.28.66.54 (talk) 21:32, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2018

98.115.93.81 (talk) 01:13, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Jamietw (talk) 06:21, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2018

98.115.93.81 (talk) 01:12, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Jamietw (talk) 06:22, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2018

Remove X-Men Origins: Wolverine as hypothesizing what would happen if the South won Gettysberg. There is no citation backing it up and I have found no evidence indicating such a hypothesization took place. The movie contains about five seconds of coverage of the civil war, with Wolverine and Sabertooth fighting an unnamed battle. 63.241.40.124 (talk) 22:09, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

 Not done for now: I have added the {{unreferenced section}} tag to the section. Hopefully someone with knowledge of the subject will take care of it. — LeoFrank  ^Talk 12:56, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Suggest adding clarification following the sixth paragraph

At end of sixth paragraph, following "Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers from both armies were casualties in the three-day battle, the most costly in US history."

Add: "Note that the Meuse-Argonne Offensive by the U.S. First Army of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I was the largest and costliest campaign in American history. Spanning 47 days from September 26 through November 11, 1918, and ultimately drawing in over a million American soldiers, it took the lives of over 26,000 of them who were killed in action with more than 95,000 wounded, resulting in over 120,000 total casualties."

Background: The overall objective of the offensive was to cut the Sedan-Mezieres rail line which supplied all of the German armies to the west. U.S. First Army attacked German positions with 16 divisions along a 25-mile front on September 26, 1918, with 9 divisions in reserve.

Johnsonb52 (talk) 04:44, 16 April 2019 (UTC)Johnsonb52

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Battle of Gettysburg

While this article includes casualty data, it does not mention the "hospital" that treated injured and dying soldiers. St. Francis Xavier Church in Gettysburg became a hospital to serve casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg. Nuns and other volunteers cared for all injured and dying soldiers. This church was the hospital during this horrible time. This historical fact should be included as a crucial part of the aftermath of this pivotal battle. 65 Telemachus (talk) 02:48, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you User:65 Telemachus and welcome! Do you have handy any reliable sources which might support such addition? I could help you with the entry. BusterD (talk) 03:02, 30 September 2019 (UTC)