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Does not mean 'peace' or anything of the sort. It's just a place. Why do people with no knowledge of Hebrew write such nonsense? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.16.132 ( talk) 21:15, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
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The section discussing the armament of the two armies discusses the large numbers of CS troops armed with substandard long arms. But it does not mention that, according to Grant's autobiography, the US troops were mostly armed with obsolete and ineffective Belgian smoothbores. At the end of the campaign Grant rearmed his troops with captured Enfields. It also doesn't mention the equipment of the artillery forces, which played a major role in the battle. Someone qualified should fix this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.49.39.212 ( talk) 15:53, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
Does anyone have citations for the commanders of both armies. I added William T. Sherman and I am looking for a source so if anyone would have one, or all of them, that would be great.
Along the same lines, why is John S Bowen listed with the commanders? I'm a fan of his, but really all he did was run a brigade, and we didn't even list corps commanders in the databox. CsikosLo ( talk) 14:49, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
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I made a change to the final paragraph of the intro. According to the American Battlefield Trust, a reputable source, Antietam had around 1,000 fewer casualties than Shiloh, and the casualty counts at Shiloh were surpassed by Stones River in December 1862/January 1863. Also replaced references to "bloodiest" with "highest number of casualties" which is a more precise descriptor and easier to verify.
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This article contains swaths of uncited text in the latter half, uses such wonderful sources as blogspot and "lyricsinterpreation.com", has a large number of improperly formatted refs (bare URLs abound), and also contains self-referencing popular culture references. I personally don't think this article can be easily brought up to FA standards; without a reply to the contrary, I'll be listing this for WP:FAR in a few days. Hog Farm ( talk) 22:20, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
What does this mean? "Tired but unfought and well-organized men from Buell's army" ... and, I suppose, is that good syntax for USEng? -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 21:12, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm currently reading them and just finished his description of this battle, then came over here to read an encyclopedic take and it's good (thanks to all). But I was a little surprised that there were no citations to the Memoirs, there is lots of useful detail there. Are they considered WP:OR? Tim Bray ( talk) 07:34, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
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The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's western theater. Two Union armies combined to defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi. Major General Ulysses S. Grant was the Union commander, while General Albert Sidney Johnston was the Confederate commander until his battlefield death, when he was replaced by his second-in-command, General P. G. T. Beauregard. Though victorious, the Union army had more casualties than the Confederates, and with an overall total of almost 24,000 injuries and fatalities, it was one of the bloodiest battles in the entire war. This chromolithograph of the Battle of Shiloh was produced by American illustrator Thure de Thulstrup and printed by L. Prang & Co. in Boston in 1888. Illustration credit: Thure de Thulstrup; restored by Adam Cuerden |
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Does not mean 'peace' or anything of the sort. It's just a place. Why do people with no knowledge of Hebrew write such nonsense? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.16.132 ( talk) 21:15, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
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The section discussing the armament of the two armies discusses the large numbers of CS troops armed with substandard long arms. But it does not mention that, according to Grant's autobiography, the US troops were mostly armed with obsolete and ineffective Belgian smoothbores. At the end of the campaign Grant rearmed his troops with captured Enfields. It also doesn't mention the equipment of the artillery forces, which played a major role in the battle. Someone qualified should fix this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.49.39.212 ( talk) 15:53, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
Does anyone have citations for the commanders of both armies. I added William T. Sherman and I am looking for a source so if anyone would have one, or all of them, that would be great.
Along the same lines, why is John S Bowen listed with the commanders? I'm a fan of his, but really all he did was run a brigade, and we didn't even list corps commanders in the databox. CsikosLo ( talk) 14:49, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
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I made a change to the final paragraph of the intro. According to the American Battlefield Trust, a reputable source, Antietam had around 1,000 fewer casualties than Shiloh, and the casualty counts at Shiloh were surpassed by Stones River in December 1862/January 1863. Also replaced references to "bloodiest" with "highest number of casualties" which is a more precise descriptor and easier to verify.
16:52, 05 February 2019 (UTC) — GoddardRocket ( talk • contribs) 16:54, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
This article contains swaths of uncited text in the latter half, uses such wonderful sources as blogspot and "lyricsinterpreation.com", has a large number of improperly formatted refs (bare URLs abound), and also contains self-referencing popular culture references. I personally don't think this article can be easily brought up to FA standards; without a reply to the contrary, I'll be listing this for WP:FAR in a few days. Hog Farm ( talk) 22:20, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
What does this mean? "Tired but unfought and well-organized men from Buell's army" ... and, I suppose, is that good syntax for USEng? -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 21:12, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm currently reading them and just finished his description of this battle, then came over here to read an encyclopedic take and it's good (thanks to all). But I was a little surprised that there were no citations to the Memoirs, there is lots of useful detail there. Are they considered WP:OR? Tim Bray ( talk) 07:34, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
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The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's western theater. Two Union armies combined to defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi. Major General Ulysses S. Grant was the Union commander, while General Albert Sidney Johnston was the Confederate commander until his battlefield death, when he was replaced by his second-in-command, General P. G. T. Beauregard. Though victorious, the Union army had more casualties than the Confederates, and with an overall total of almost 24,000 injuries and fatalities, it was one of the bloodiest battles in the entire war. This chromolithograph of the Battle of Shiloh was produced by American illustrator Thure de Thulstrup and printed by L. Prang & Co. in Boston in 1888. Illustration credit: Thure de Thulstrup; restored by Adam Cuerden |