Portal talk:American Civil War/Did you know

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General Robert E. Lee was graduated #2 of his West Point Class. Who graduated # 1? s```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.200.165.129 (talk) 20:30, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

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 * 1) The class standings of # 1 & #2 of General Robert E. Lee`s West Point Class.

Grant at Belmont
If you read Battle of Belmont, you will see that Belmont was out of range of the Confederate guns at Columbus. Grant withdrew his force after the arrival of Gideon J. Pillow with reinforcements. Hal Jespersen 16:17, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Evidently "marching the mile to Belmont" put Grant within range. According to this inturpretation, (Grant) "was forced to withdraw in some haste after overrunning the Confederate camp when the guns from Columbus opened fire on his troops" &bull; CQ 21:29, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

My apologies. I checked some other sources and that interpretation is correct (although it makes it seem as if the artillery was the sole reason for Grant's withdrawal). I will need to rewrite the article, which is barely more than an NPS stub currently. Hal Jespersen 23:16, 29 August 2006 (UTC) I have updated the article. Hal Jespersen 22:52, 16 September 2006 (UTC)