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Welcome to the American Civil War task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here.
Scope [edit]This task force covers all topics related to the American Civil War. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding |
Participants [edit]
If you approach anyone from this list for advice or help, please check their contributions first to check if they've edited recently. This list may contain people who have not edited Wikipedia in a long time.
- 8th Ohio Volunteers (talk · contribs) (Editing articles for clarity and accuracy; occasional new biographies and other articles such as New York in the American Civil War)
- Arbogastlw (talk · contribs) (Virginia CW history, esp. Northern Virginia and Loudoun County. Also, partisan warfare in the CW)
- Balin42632003 (talk · contribs) (Been a historian of the Civil War most of my life, and a reenactor. Will help in any area I can).
- Bedford (talk · contribs) (My academic specialty area is the War Between the States and I have gone to every WBTS battlefield under NPS control east of the Great Plains).
- Bernstein2291 (talk · contribs) (Mainly adding templates, small fixes, and sometimes adding info.)
- BusterD (talk · contribs) (Fascinated by evolution of technology and command/staff structure. Help herd ACW main page. Work on bios specifically related to 19th century America; maintain ACW Portal, but could always use help!)
- CanonLawJunkie (talk · contribs) (I'm a civil war re-enactor. Happy to help!)
- Coemgenus (talk · contribs)
- CQ (talk · contribs) (Lifelong resident of the Jackson Purchase area of Kentucky interested in American Civil War operations in that region: Columbus, Kentucky, Battle of Belmont, Paducah, Kentucky, Forts Henry and Donelson, That Devil, Forrest, etc.)
- Cshashaty (talk · contribs) (BA in American History, with extensive study on Civil War political and military aspects; have been to Gettysburg, Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Fort Marion)
- Daysleeper47 (talk · contribs) (Interested in early war through Gettysburg, especially Manassas campaigns.)
- Dogface (talk · contribs) (Mostly Indiana-related and Irish regiments)
- FloNight (talk · contribs) (Mostly Kentucky biographies related to civil war. Admin so can help with admin chores if needed.)
- Gcal1971 (talk · contribs) (U.S. Naval operations and ground and naval operations of both sides in the Hampton Roads, Virginia region)
- Historical Perspective (talk · contribs) (Mostly Massachusetts units and bios)
- Jojhutton (talk · contribs)
- joshuashearn (talk · contribs)
- Jrnold (talk · contribs) (quantitative data on battles, e.g. casualties, strengths, locations)
- Kittelendan (talk · contribs) (leadership and management in the American Civil War)
- LeonidasSpartan (talk · contribs) (Focus primarily on the Confederate states, in particular I enjoy some of the more offbeat/obscure topics.)
- Ling.Nut (talk · contribs)
- marksdaly (talk · contribs) (9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and 15th NJ)
- Mojoworker (talk · contribs)
- Mws77 (talk · contribs) (Anything about the Civil War, will help in anyway I can)
- North Shoreman (talk · contribs)
- Pkkphysicist (talk · contribs) (Primary interest is in the Navies, but everything is fair game.)
- Sf46 (talk · contribs) (Primary interest is in Louisiana, Maryland, and Oklahoma as well as other areas of lesser known Civil War History)
- Spacini (talk · contribs) (ACW regimental histories, Kentucky in the Civil War, Kansas in the Civil War, & orders of battle.)
- Tim Cox (talk · contribs) (Editing articles for clarity, accuracy and occasionally adding new information)
- Wild Wolf (talk · contribs) (Mostly Pennsylvania in the Civil War and orders of battle. Also a little of anything and everything else.)
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Award [edit]
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The American Civil War Barnstar | |
| If you think someone in the project has done an outstanding job editing Civil War related articles, award them the "The American Civil War Barnstar" by placing {{subst:ACWTF Barnstar|Message ~~~~}} on their talk page. |
Article statistics [edit]
Open tasks [edit]
- Attention needed
- ...to referencing and citation (4,296) • ...to coverage and accuracy (2,818) • ...to structure (808) • ...to grammar (128) • ...to supporting materials (1,089)
- Popular pages
- Full list
- Cleanup needed
- Add an article here!
- Requested articles
- African-American Repatriations • Dakota Territory in the American Civil War • Wyoming in the American Civil War • George Yost Coffin • Charles F. Collins • Andrew Wills Gould • Thomas A. Harris (CSA) • John David McAdoo • Ebenezer Magoffin • Henry C. Magruder • Henry Maury • James Ashby • George A.H. Blake • Albemarle Cady • Henry Boynton Clitz • William Watts Hart Davis • Frederick George D'Utassy • Benjamin D. Fearing • Moses Harris • Charles A. Hickman • Richard Henry Jackson • John H. King • William Raymond Lee • John Love • Francis Lowe • Peter S. Michie • George Washington Rains • Paul Joseph Revere • Thomas Grimke Rhett • James B. Speers • Charles S. Steedman • Henry Dwight Terry • Charles Stuart Tripler • James Henry Van Alen • Requested American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients
- Expansion needed
- 31st Maine Infantry Regiment • 56th Illinois Infantry • Battle of Amelia Springs • Battle of Berryville • Battle of Blair's Landing • Battle of Boonsborough • Battle of Cabin Creek • Battle of Fort Sumter II • Battle of Guard Hill • Battle of Middle Boggy Depot • Battle of Rice's Station • Battle of Simmon's Bluff • Battle of Summit Point • Battle of Yellow Bayou • Charleston Arsenal • Edenton Bell Battery • Elmira Prison • First Battle of Dalton • Samuel Benton • Blackshear Prison • Orris S. Ferry • Edwin Forbes • Hiram B. Granbury • Henry Thomas Harrison • Ben Hardin Helm • Louis Hébert (colonel) • Benjamin G. Humphreys • Lunsford L. Lomax • Maynard Carbine • Daniel Ruggles • Thomas W. Sherman • Hezekiah G. Spruill • Smith Percussion Carbine • Edward C. Walthall • Confederate States Secretary of the Navy • Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury • Delaware in the American Civil War • Ironclad Board • United States Military Railroad • Other American Civil War battle stubs • Other American Civil War stubs
- Images needed
- Battle of Athens (1861) • Battle of Lone Jack • James S. Rains
- Merging needed
- USS William G. Putnam (1857) and USS General Putnam (1857)
- Citations needed
- Add an article here!
- Translation needed
- Add an article here!
To transclude this list, use {{WPMILHIST Announcements/American Civil War}}
Article alerts [edit]
- Good article nominees
- 21 Feb 2013 – Military history of Asian Americans (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RightCowLeftCoast (t · c); start discussion
- Good topic candidates
- 01 May 2013 – Neosho-class monitor (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (t · c); see discussion
The topic includes: USS Osage (1863), USS Neosho (1863)
- Requested moves
- 11 May 2013 – Sand Creek massacre (talk · edit · hist) move request by Buaidh (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Resources [edit]
- Grand Unified Timeline of Human History • An ambitious Chronology project at Meta
- Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War • A precursor to the planned Timeline of the American Civil War and Timeline of the Reconstruction (American Civil War) (See discussions)
- Timeline of Kentucky in the Civil War • Example of a contextually scoped timeline skeleton
- Image:American Civil War Battles by Theater, Year.png • A nice public domain map by brian0918 of the USA, showing battles, theatres and years of the Civil War.
- Harper's Weekly Original Civil War Newspapers
- Shapell Manuscript Foundation some good CW primary documents; have to use the search bar to find stuff though...
