Talk:118th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Catagorize
I don't know how to Catagorize and Wikify this article. I am sure if I were to put this in a category, i would put it under Civil War units or organizations. I have reviewed the rules and don't see what I am doing wrong with the style. I have acted in Good Faith and am asking for help. I just started contributed to Wikipedia. Sorry for the inconvenience. Armycaptain 23:56, 14 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi again, catagories are added by inserting text such as and to find relevant catagories I usually just look at similar articles. To wikify, you add double square brackets around words that have Wikipedia articles. Hope this helps... Addhoc 17:15, 15 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much. This is the kind of guidance and help that is very useful! Armycaptain 21:12, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Citations needed
During copyediting, I tagged a number of paragraphs with citation needed. It may very well be that these paragraphs were covered by the references listed, but it was not clear to me and I don't have access to The Union Army. So, apologies if the tagged paragraphs are covered by the existing cites. If that's the case, please remove the Facts and add any citations as needed. Thanks! — Twisted86 - Talk - at 18:02, 15 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you for you attention to the citations. You are trying to help and I appreciate your work. The paragraphs were indeed covered by the references listed. I will review the tags and remove them as appropriate. Again, thank you! Armycaptain 21:12, 15 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Regarding the references, this site: http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/infantry/118th/118thorg.html covers most of the article. I've found another site that gives a similar but not identical explanation about the name. The next stage could be either to find more references or if that doesn't work to rephrase the current text. Addhoc 19:52, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Dead link
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 * http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/Schoff/S/Swain.html
 * In 118th Pennsylvania Infantry on 2011-05-23 02:14:21, 404 Not Found
 * In 118th Pennsylvania Infantry on 2011-06-01 02:41:18, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 02:41, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Dead link 2
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 * http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/military/pcw0005.txt
 * In 118th Pennsylvania Infantry on 2011-05-23 02:14:23, 404 Not Found
 * In 118th Pennsylvania Infantry on 2011-06-01 02:41:27, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 02:42, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPBlT3mHtMg
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--JeffGBot (talk) 02:42, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

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 * http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W429.htm
 * In 118th Pennsylvania Infantry on 2011-05-23 02:14:23, 404 Not Found
 * In 118th Pennsylvania Infantry on 2011-06-01 02:42:38, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 02:43, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Dead link 5
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 * http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/Schoff/UZ/Vanderg.html
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 * In 118th Pennsylvania Infantry on 2011-06-01 02:43:02, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 02:43, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Accuracy question
Greetings, The first paragraph contains a questionable statement, seeming to confuse a couple of events during the last week of the war. The article states the 118th Penn Volunteer regiment "escorted the truce flag of Robert E. Lee at the battle of Five Forks."

A couple of things - Lee was not present at Five Forks, nor was there any truce flag. The Confederate forces under Geo. Picket and Rooney Lee (also Thomases Munford and Rosser) were essentially routed from their positions into precipitous retreat or captured.

Also, the only truce flag that Lee (ever?) displayed was at Appomattox and it may have been there that elements of the regiment were involved in escorting it to a general officer on the Union side (but I do not know that for sure).