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220:- Bearss is still considered to be one of the greater Civil War historians of recent times, so I think citing his work should be fine, especially since one of the two citations is just an attributed estimate of casualties. I've got a more recent book by Bearss (late 80s or early 90s) that also has a chapter on Helena, so I'll try to consult that as well. 445:. I can't find anything for Jenkins' Ferry, Helena appears to have been overlooked because of the much more interesting Vicksburg stuff going on nearby and at the same time, and the only one I've turned up for Prairie Grove depicts a Union charge on the complete other side of the battlefield from where this unit was engaged. 243:- I've swapped out the two 1961 refs with cites to a more recent book by Bearss (which is largely identical to his 1961 journal article). I found a 2017 PhD thesis about civil war Helena that I'll add to the Battle of Helena article when I get a chance, but the thesis has only a single passing mention to this unit. 173:
Yes, I'm aware of a short book on this unit titled "The Bravest of the Brave: Pindall's 9th Missouri Battalion of Sharpshooters" but the publisher of that book has a rather wide quality range (they've published recognized subject-matter expert James McGhee, but also some iffy neo-Confederate stuff)
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I've gone ahead and changed all references to "Union Army" to "Federal Army" or "Federals". From what I've seen, the use of the term "Union" is starting to fall out of academic usage in order to place less emphasis on the right of secession and more emphasis on the other aspects of the war. At
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There's no Confederate colonel page, and given that it was essentially identical to the main US Army rank, I don't think there will ever be one. I've redlinked Burns - not 100% sold there's enough to base a decent article about him on, but he served two terms in the Texas legislature and was
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The context of the passage is more Missouri, which had a couple arsenals (big one in St. Louis and a small one in Liberty), but nothing like what was present in say, Texas. I'm a bit hesitant to add too much background detail after it caused problems at a recent
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Unless I've forgotten about one, this will be my first Missouri CSA unit to ACR in over a year. This one was a scrappy sharpshooters unit that stood out somewhat at the Battle of Helena, but played a pretty pedestrian role in the rest of the war.
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so I've avoided using it. It's held by a few semi-local public libraries so I can get ahold of it if deemed necessary, but I'm not inclined to use it unless source quality can be strongly established.
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On December 6, the battalion, along with the rest of Parsons' brigade and some Arkansas cavalry advanced to Reed's Mountain, which controlled the Cane Hill road.
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In August, Parsons used Pindall's battalion and part of the 10th Missouri Infantry Regiment to force men of a cavalry unit to transfer to an artillery battery.
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Recommend replacing with "On December 7," to match up with the lead and because the previous date that this is referencing is an entire paragraph ago.
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He sent Pindall's battalion into the fray. Not long before sundown, the Union forces withdrew off of the mountain in the face of a Confederate attack.
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On April 21, 1862, the Confederate States Congress created an authorization for each brigade of infantry to be assigned a battalion of sharpshooters.
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There's no special article on the CSA major, but I can link it to the functionally similar US Army rank if you think that would be an improvement
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I know that the Western Theater is poorly documented photographically, but is there any relevant newspaper illustrations that can be used?--
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Excellent. I removed one further instance of "Parsons's" that I spotted, but otherwise, a really good article, well done.
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Seems to be a comma missing after "cavalry". To avoid having too many of the things, consider restructuring the sentence.
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It looks like Bearss is an old source from 60 years ago. Is there another recent source that covers his claims? Cheers.
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Were there US Army garrisons in Arkansas in 1861 and if so, where were they? And why not refer to the US Army as such?
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As this conveys an opinion, ideally it should be attributed in the prose whose belief it is, to avoid any concerns of
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Besides those who died when Kentucky sank, 17 were killed in action and a further 24 died of various diseases.
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I'd suggest consolidating the casualties tallies in the Helena section as they only differ by 4 wounded men
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really awkward. Jackson's title would be simply "Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson", so I would prefer
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least in what I've read, "Federal" seems to be the next most common term to describe this force.
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fight? The infobox and indeed the rest of the lead put the unit in several other scraps.
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This would probably be easier to read if arrived was switched earlier in the sentence:
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The unit saw action at the Battle of Prairie Grove in December 1862.
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Replies above - mostly addressed, with one query on the Major link.
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Recommend condensing to "during the battalion's existence."
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Kinda, but it's complicated. Have added a touch more detail
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attack, or...? Would suffice to just say the Feds withdrew.
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Notes, References and Sources are properly formatted--
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