Talk:Battle of Appomattox Station

Numbers
I am confused about the number of supply trains. The summary says that the losses included 3 trains. The second paragraph says “The Union army was ordered to take control of the four supply trains”. Later, the article says “Custer's division captured a supply train” and “Custer then proceeded to burn three of the captured trains”.

So, did Custer capture all 4 trains and burn 3 or did he capture and burn 3 of the trains and let the other one escape?

GreatWhiteNortherner (talk) 20:44, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

I don't want to trivialise
the imporance of the events described here but this The Battle of Appomattox Station commenced four hours[18] after it had started in the Retreat section does not quite make sense... Albatross2147 (talk) 01:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Would it make better sense if it to you if changed to read:

"Major combat during the Battle of Appomattox Station lasted about four hours after it began, and went on until dusk in varying intensity, although more fighting continued in the direction of Appomattox Court House for another five hours."


 * Will that do? Kresock (talk) 07:05, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It still seems a bit clumsy. What about giving and approx start time eg. The first actions started at around x o'clock in the afternoon and continued for about four hours until dusk..."? Albatross2147 (talk) 22:11, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Is this article getting a GA review? I see it is listed on Wp:GAN but I don't see anything here.-Kieran4 (talk) 02:04, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Errors in the article; some changes pending further revision
I have made some changes to this article, many by way of deletion, but it is still riddled with errors, omissions and inaccuracies. There are (and were more) not just irrelevant and misleadingly phrased sentences, but plain errors in the article. For example, Custer's men did not burn the supply trains. Some of his men with railroad experience did run them up and down the tracks creating a considerable racket. The trains were not captured by overwhelming force, but simply by a company of cavalry who ordered the trainmen, unprotected by armed soldiers, to surrender even before most of Custer's men rode up. Rations shared with the Confederates after the surrender actually came in part from these trains. Sherman had nothing to do with this and the random sentence about his campaign was distinctly out of place. Walker was a brigadier general, promoted February 18, 1865 as Ezra Warner, Generals in Gray, confirms. The preparations section, obscurely written, had to do with the preparations for the battle the next day. Pictures of Grant and Lee were misleading here since they had nothing to do with this battle and their presence seemed to confuse this with Appomattox Court House the next day. Some of the actions described in the article are still inaccurate. The long excerpt from Evans, ed. (Capers) about the private who shot Lt. Col. Root seemed "undue weight" considering the topic and current length of the article. I shortened it and put the reference in a footnote. I have not made any of the needed changes in the battle description and aftermath. I made these preliminary changes and post this note simply because I was uneasy about leaving the article in its present condition any longer while I finish a complete revision. Donner60 (talk) 08:27, 25 April 2015 (UTC)