Talk:Battle of Jackson

Removal of content
I just removed a major part of the article that dealt with affairs after the surrender of Vicksburg. It was a copy&paste job from, including typos and a misspelling of General Johnston. To my knowledge, the Battle of Jackson usually means only the affair of May 14, so if we want this information, it should probably be included in the Jackson, Mississippi article, not here. --Huon 09:21, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Ensured that the article is: within project scope, tagged for task forces, and assessed for class. . --Rosiestep (talk) 00:15, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Total Confederate Troops Available?
According to the Aftermath section:


 * Johnston's evacuation of Jackson was a tragedy because he could, by late on May 14, have had 11,000 troops at his disposal and by the morning of May 15, another 4,000.

Does anyone know if the total includes the initial 6000 troops? In other words, how many troops did Johnston have available: 15000 or 21000? Thanks. Bill the Cat 7 (talk) 20:23, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Wrong link?
The CWSAC Report Update is devoted to Grand Gulf, not Jackson. Is this correct? Valetude (talk) 13:16, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 16 April 2024

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved per request. Time to call it after 25 days, one relisting and no opposition. Fate of the dab page to be decided at a later stage. Favonian (talk) 12:42, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

– The battle in Mississippi is the primary topic for "Battle of Jackson". The Tennessee battle was a minor cavalry raid whereas the battle in Mississippi was a major battle during the Vicksburg campaign. Without any context, "Battle of Jackson" refers to the Mississippi battle, it is the Tennessee battle alone that should require disambiguation. The Mississippi article is getting ~5x the page views. Hatnotes can easily address the other topics; the dab page can probably be deleted but might as well move it for now. Mdewman6 (talk) 20:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. Natg 19 (talk) 21:54, 3 May 2024 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Battle of Jackson, Mississippi → Battle of Jackson
 * Battle of Jackson → Battle of Jackson (disambiguation)
 * Support per Mdewman. Hog Farm Talk 21:02, 16 April 2024 (UTC)