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Weapons comparison seems slanted and incomplete

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)[reply]

Citations for Commanders

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.

Sherman commanded just a division. ... GELongstreet (talk) 20:50, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Don´t know who put him there, but you´re right that he doesn´t belong there and accordingly I removed him as well ...GELongstreet (talk) 16:46, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Edits to intro page regarding number of casualties (February 2019)

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)