Talk:Battle of Five Forks

Five Forks a Decisive Victory
The Battle of Five Forks is a decisive victory for the Union as, said in the introduction paragraphs in the beginning of the article: " Pickett's loss at Five Forks triggered Lee's decision to abandon his entrenchments around Petersburg and begin the retreat that led to his surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9."--Red Wiki 14:49, 25 November 2009 (UTC)


 * We are using the result cited by the NPS. Hal Jespersen (talk) 15:34, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Map?
A map might be useful. Valetude (talk) 03:42, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Task force?
The article refers to Sheridan's command as a "task force," which is the proper term by current standards. However, I don't think that the term was in use at the time. If not, wouldn't it be better simply to call it V Corp, as that appears to be what it was. JDZeff (talk) 20:28, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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New shortened lede 16/8/18
The old lede was longer and more detailed than any lede ought to be. It may have been roughly in proportion to the length of the article, but I feel that the article itself was far too long, bringing in many events before and after, which were not strictly on-topic. Valetude (talk) 18:01, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Agreed on the article length, way too long.Mtsmallwood (talk) 00:40, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

"Petersburg and Five Forks" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petersburg_and_Five_Forks&redirect=no Petersburg and Five Forks] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Mdewman6 (talk) 00:46, 16 March 2024 (UTC)