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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 This task force covers all topics related to the American Civil War. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding ACW-task-force=yes to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:American Civil War task force articles.

Participants

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.

Active

1. 1kn0wtruth (talk · contribs) (Born and raised in Atlanta - I reside 15 minutes from Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and Marietta Confederate Cemetery - will help in whatever is needed.)
2. 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)
3. Arbogastlw (talk · contribs) (Virginia CW history, esp. Northern Virginia and Loudoun County. Also, partisan warfare in the CW)
4. Balin42632003 (talk · contribs) (Been a historian of the Civil War most of my life, and a reenactor. Will help in any area I can).
5. 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).
6. Bernstein2291 (talk · contribs) (Mainly adding templates, small fixes, and sometimes adding info.)
7. Brps311 (talk · contribs) {I am most familiar with the war in the west and militias in MO. I am also interested in unit histories of some of my ancestors.}
8. 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!)
9. CanonLawJunkie (talk · contribs) (I'm a civil war re-enactor. Happy to help!)
10. Carharttjimmy (talk · contribs)( Civil War in general, military strategies used, fortifications (some))
11. Cenantua (talk · contribs) (Mostly the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley and western Maryland; some biographical sketches and tweaks)
12. Chrislk02 (talk · contribs) (Civil War in southeastern Virginia.)
13. Coemgenus (talk · contribs)
14. 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.)
15. 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)
16. Daysleeper47 (talk · contribs) (Interested in early war through Gettysburg, especially Manassas campaigns.)
17. Dogface (talk · contribs) (Mostly Indiana-related and Irish regiments)
18. Doncram (talk · contribs) (Historic sites focus. Grew up with Bruce Catton's The Golden Book of The Civil War)
19. FloNight (talk · contribs) (Mostly Kentucky biographies related to civil war. Admin so can help with admin chores if needed.)
20. Gcal1971 (talk · contribs) (U.S. Naval operations and ground and naval operations of both sides in the Hampton Roads, Virginia region)
21. Historical Perspective (talk · contribs) (Mostly Massachusetts units and bios)
22. Hulk16 (talk · contribs) (Everything about the Civil War)
23. Joe N (talk · contribs) (General, mostly Eastern, VA battles, etc.)
24. Jojhutton (talk · contribs)
25. joshuashearn (talk · contribs)
26. Jrnold (talk · contribs) (quantitative data on battles, e.g. casualties, strengths, locations)
27. LeonidasSpartan (talk · contribs) (Focus primarily on the Confederate states, in particular I enjoy some of the more offbeat/obscure topics.)
28. Ling.Nut (talk · contribs)
29. Lordoliver (talk · contribs) (I mostly will work in on the South during the Civil War)
30. Mojoworker (talk · contribs)
31. Mws77 (talk · contribs) (Anything about the Civil War, will help in anyway I can)
32. North Shoreman (talk · contribs)
33. Pkkphysicist (talk · contribs) (Primary interest is in the Navies, but everything is fair game.)
34. Red Harvest (talk · contribs) (Primary interest is in Missouri and Trans-Mississippi.)
35. Redmarkviolinist (talk · contribs)
36. Rident (talk · contribs) (General, mostly Eastern, VA battles, etc.)(Mostly Eastern Theatre, especially Army of Northern Virginia Info.)
37. Riwo (talk · contribs) (All things Chickamauga related.)
38. Scott Mingus (talk · contribs) (published Civil War author and wargamer. Author of Ohio in the Civil War and Pennsylvania in the Civil War and related articles, as well as ACW gaming articles. I created and populated a fair number of "Category:<state> in the Civil War" cats for Northern and Southern states.)
39. Sf46 (talk · contribs) (Primary interest is in Louisiana, Maryland, and Oklahoma as well as other areas of lesser known Civil War History)
40. Spacini (talk · contribs) (ACW regimental histories, Kentucky in the Civil War, Kansas in the Civil War, & orders of battle.)
41. Tim Cox (talk · contribs) (Editing articles for clarity, accuracy and occasionally adding new information)
42. The27thMaine (talk · contribs) (Primarily New England regiments)
43. Wild Wolf (talk · contribs) (Mostly Pennsylvania in the Civil War and orders of battle. Also a little of anything and everything else.)

Inactive

The following editors are members of this task force but have not edited Wikipedia since 1 January 2011.

1. Amishjedi (talk · contribs) (Whatever needs work. Visiting Gettysburg peaked my interest a few years back.)
2. Auror (talk · contribs) (General information; Missouri CW history)
3. Christian_Historybuff (talk · contribs) (I will probably focus most of my energy on the Trans-Mississippian Theater.)
4. CsikosLo (talk · contribs) (Interested in VA in the WBTS. I live in Fredericksburg and work in NoVA so I visit battlefields frequently -- helps when you live on one! Had many relatives in the war. Also a retired professional soldier.)
5. DavidHay (talk · contribs) (Personalities involved, battles and regimental histories.)
6. Drva1226 (talk · contribs) (Mostly Eastern Theatre, especially Army of Northern Virginia Info.)
7. Ejosse1 (talk · contribs) (Union army bios and unit histories)
8. Gorptree (talk · contribs) (All, esp. 1863.)
9. Grayghost01 (talk · contribs) (Resident of Winchester, VA)
10. Harlsbottom (talk · contribs) (Will be adding on some Union regimental histories which interest me.)
11. marksdaly (talk · contribs) (9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and 15th NJ)
12. MrPrada (talk · contribs) (Primary goal is to fill in the ranks of missing commanders, mainly at the brigade level)
13. Politics rule (talk · contribs) (Marylands part, as well as the south)
14. Psdubow (talk · contribs) (Most interested in The Battle of Gettysburg and willing to do biographies and what ever else needs doing!)
15. Roman Babylon (talk · contribs)(Primary focus is on the Trans-Mississippi theater of the war.)
16. Skillz187 (talk · contribs) (Interested in Florida in the Civil War.)
17. Soldan (talk · contribs)(Main interest is Kentucky in the Civil War but I am also interested in Artillery)
18. superpenguin21 (talk · contribs) (Interest is in biographies of any generals, primarily Confederate, but also Federal. Also major battles in the Eastern theatre.)
19. Tetobigbro (talk · contribs) (mostly creating limks on certain topics)
20. Theoctopusking (talk · contribs) (I have a broad interest in the topic, but particularly focus on European relations with the Confederacy and foreign observers, such as Arthur Fremantle.)
21. William_andy (talk · contribs) (Mainly Confederate history along with the roles of Irish-Americans in the war.)

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Award

		The American Civil War Barnstar
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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a significant number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 68th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Chester A. Arthur Luke P. Blackburn John Y. Brown (1835–1904) Simon Bolivar Buckner Henry Cornelius Burnett Confederate government of Kentucky Battle of Corydon Winfield Scott Hancock Benjamin Harrison Rutherford B. Hayes Thomas C. Hindman Ironclad warship Eli Lilly George B. McClellan James B. McCreary USS New Ironsides The Red Badge of Courage Lawrence Sullivan Ross William Tecumseh Sherman Battle of Shiloh Harriet Tubman Featured lists Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps List of Confederate States Army officers trained at the United States Military Academy A-Class articles 29th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Barton S. Alexander Army of the Tennessee Battle of Fort Donelson Battle of Fort Henry Battle of Gettysburg, First Day Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day Fort Corcoran Fort Bayard (Washington, D.C.) Fort Jackson (Virginia) Fort Runyon Fort Stanton (Washington, D.C.) Massachusetts in the American Civil War American Civil War Good articles 11th New York Infantry 29th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Battle of Antietam Australia and the American Civil War Battle of Atlanta Battle of Gettysburg, First Day Battle of Marion Powhatan Beaty Zenas Bliss Thomas E. Bramlette Ambrose Burnside Louis H. Carpenter William S. Clark Patrick Cleburne Cyrus B. Comstock Conclusion of the American Civil War Confederate war finance Johnston de Peyster USS De Soto (1859) Arthur F. Devereux Basil W. Duke Oliver Edwards Hugh Boyle Ewing Fort Bayard (Washington, D.C.) Fort Greble Fort Jackson (Virginia) Fort Scott National Historic Site Fort Stanton (Washington, D.C.) Frémont Emancipation James A. Garfield Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Hampton Roads Thomas Hines History of the United States Navy Indiana in the American Civil War Indianapolis in the American Civil War George W. Johnson (governor) Joint Expedition Against Franklin Lafayette Square, Buffalo Abraham Lincoln James Longstreet Stephen Mallory CSS Missouri Music of the American Civil War Neosho class monitor New York City draft riots Pickett's Charge Marietta class monitor Scorpion class ironclad George H. Steuart (brigadier general) Charles Pomeroy Stone Uniforms of the Confederate States military forces Siege of Vicksburg Francis Amasa Walker American Civil War

American Civil War task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 82 FL 3 A 21 AL 0 GA 277     B 1,144 BL 18 C 3,457 CL 41 Start 6,633 List 154 Stub 1,731     Total 13,345 Total 216 Other pages Category 771 Disambig 113 Draft 3 File 90 Portal 139 Project 2 Redirect 247 SIA 8 Template 192 User 4 Total 1,569 Unassessed 8 Statistics ω 62,374 Ω 4.6 category

Open tasks

Attention needed

...to referencing and citation (7,888) • ...to coverage and accuracy (6,184) • ...to structure (1,292) • ...to grammar (204) • ...to supporting materials (1,636)

Popular pages

Full list

Cleanup needed

The West Tennessee Raids

Requested articles

James Ashby (soldier) • Benjamin D. Fearing • James B. Speers • Charles S. Steedman • Battle of Barton's Station • Lawrence P. Graham • Frederick S. Sturmbaugh • Davis Tillson • Action at Nineveh (currently a redirect) • International response to the American Civil War • Spain and the American Civil War • Savannah Campaign Confederate order of battle • Native Americans in the American Civil War (currently disambiguation after deletion) • Battle of Lafayette • Battle of Sunshine Church • Requested American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients

Expansion needed

Battle of Boonsborough • Battle of Guard Hill • Battle of Rice's Station • Battle of Simmon's Bluff • Battle of Summit Point • Charleston Arsenal • Edenton Bell Battery • First Battle of Dalton • Blackshear Prison • Edwin Forbes • Hiram B. Granbury • Henry Thomas Harrison • Louis Hébert (colonel) • Benjamin G. Humphreys • Maynard Carbine • Hezekiah G. Spruill • Smith carbine • Edward C. Walthall • Confederate States Secretary of the Navy • Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury • David Henry Williams • Battle of Rome Cross Roads • Delaware in the American Civil War • Ironclad Board • United States Military Railroad • Kansas in the American Civil War • Rufus Daggett • Ebenezer Magoffin • Confederate Quartermaster-General's Department • First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia • Francis Laurens Vinton • Henry Maury • Smith's Expedition to Tupelo • Other American Civil War battle stubs • Other American Civil War stubs

Images needed

Battle of Lone Jack • Preston Pond, Jr. • Melancthon Smith

Merging needed

1st Regiment New York Mounted Rifles and 7th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry

Citations needed

1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union) • 4th Maine Battery • 33rd Ohio Infantry • 110th New York Volunteer Infantry • Battle of Hatcher's Run • Camp Dennison • Confederate colonies • CSS Resolute • Dakota War of 1862 • Florida in the American Civil War • Ethan A. Hitchcock (general) • Fort Harker (Alabama) • Gettysburg (1993 film) • Iowa in the American Civil War • Second Battle of Fort Sumter • Samuel Benton

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Did you know

• 14 Jun 2024 – Benjamin Jackson (sailor) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dugan Murphy (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 14 Jun 2024 – Bradley Winslow (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Lallint (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Jun 2024 – Battle of Plum Point Bend (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Hog Farm (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

• undated – Fort Corcoran (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
• undated – Levin Major Lewis (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
• undated – CSS General Earl Van Dorn (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

• 31 May 2024 – Battle of Lewisburg (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TwoScars (t · c); start discussion
• 29 May 2024 – CSS General Polk (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Hog Farm (t · c); see discussion

Good article reassessments

• 17 Jun 2024 – Civil War token (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Generalissima (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 16 Jun 2024 – Benjamin Jackson (sailor) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Dugan Murphy (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 08 May 2024 – Battle of Collierville (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to First Battle of Collierville by TimothyBlue (t · c); see discussion
• 08 May 2024 – Second Battle of Collierville (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Battle of Collierville by TimothyBlue (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2023 – USS G. L. Brockenborough (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to USS Brockenborough by Maliepa (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2023 – USS Brockenborough (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to USS G. L. Brockenborough by Maliepa (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 06 Mar 2024 – Submarine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jan 2023 – Dakota War of 1862 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Mr. Guye (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 25 Apr 2024 – Draft:Latter-day Saints Militias and Military Units (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by LuxembourgLover (t · c)

Resources

• 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...

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