Template:Did you know nominations/William Y. Slack

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 14:35, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

William Y. Slack

  • ... that 161 years ago today, William Y. Slack (pictured) was dead when he was promoted to brigadier general? Source: Warner, p. 278. Can provide quote upon request
1894 engraving of Slack
1894 engraving of Slack

Improved to Good Article status by Hog Farm (talk). Self-nominated at 01:41, 29 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/William Y. Slack; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

  • Hi Hog Farm (talk), review follows: article promoted to GA on 24 March; article is cited inline throughout to what look to be reliable sources; sources are mostly offline so AGF on close paraphrasing, I did take a quick look at Bridges (1951) which is on JSTOR and found no issues; article is well written; hook fact is interesting, mentioned in the article and cited, AGF on offline sourcing (though Bridges also confirms the fact); image is used in article and correctly licensed; a QPQ is ongoing - Dumelow (talk) 08:21, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Just a thought, this could run on the anniversary of the promotion on 17 April with the possible addition of "161 years ago today" to the hook- Dumelow (talk) 08:23, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
@Hog Farm and Dumelow: I see he was referred to as a General while alive, but perhaps a form of respect? see here source. This one states that the rank was posthumously awarded. We could add one of these to the article so that it is easily confirmed online. Bruxton (talk) 14:32, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
@Bruxton: - As the text of the article makes clear, he was a general in the militia unit (the MSG), but ceded that commission to join the CS Army as a colonel. His promotion to CS general (the "real" rank) came after he passed on. Hog Farm Talk 15:20, 4 April 2023 (UTC)