Talk:Battle of Gettysburg

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 Definition A turning point in the American Civil War, July 1-3, 1863, on the outskirts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [d] [e]
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Congratulations to the authors for being selected New Draft of the Week on July 8, 2008. David E. Volk 12:46, 8 July 2008 (CDT)

For a long, long, LONG discussion of the name of this article as opposed to "Gettysburg Campaign", see....

...the discussion area here: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Talk:Gettysburg_Campaign There you will find Larry in full voice, Howard, yours truly, and Professor Jensen at the top of his form. Whether it was because of this particular discussion (dispute? argument?) that Professor Jensen left CZ for Conservamedia I disremember, but it probably was a major contributing factor.... Hayford Peirce 18:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

The argument was also between Battle of Gettysburg and "Gettysburg, Battle of". Since I've just created the relevant Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, which I think will turn out to be a very nice article, I should point out that it's perfectly appropriate to speak of a Gettysburg Campaign, in which there was a Battle of Gettysburg. Chamberlain, the 20th Maine, and the 14th Alabama would tend to disagree with Prof. Jensen's claim that battles aren't really important.
I have few words for the convention of "Bar, Battle of the". They tend not to meet family-friendliness.
While I was linking Chamberlain to Gettysburg, I did see some things in the Battle article that I believe should be cleaned up. So many topics...I'm not a Civil War specialist, but there were some fairly obvious problems. Is this something where people are interested in collaboration? Howard C. Berkowitz 18:49, 12 August 2009 (UTC)