Talk:Emory and Henry College Hospital

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thanks to the people who helped wikify? the article, I am all thumbs when it comes to that.

Merge?
It seems like much of this article is quite redundant with the Battle of Saltville and the 5th United States Colored Cavalry. Should this article be deleted and its contents merged where appropriate? 198.203.136.200 15:30, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

NO!
This article offers unique information that no other article offer. This is especially true when it comes to the information pertaining to Emory and Henry College.

No such Confederate generals
There were no Confederate generals named Ayers, Hoover or N. Griffith. The names are absent from Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8071-1967-9; Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: McKay, 1988. ISBN 0-8129-1726-X. First published 1959 by McKay.; Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3; Heidler, David S., and Jeanne T. Heidler, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-393-04758-X; Salmon, John S. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001. ISBN 0-8117-2868-4; Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 0-8160-1055-2; and Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 0-8071-0823-5.

There was no staff officer in the Army of Northern Virginia named Griffiths. Krick, Robert E. L. Staff Officers in Gray: A Biographical Register of the Staff Officers in the Army of Northern Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8078-2788-6.

Since there were no such individuals, it must be concluded that the quotation from General Lee to Ayers is not verifiable.

Gillem's advance was checked by Confederate troops. Burbridge's troops fought on October 1 against a small brigade led by Colonel Giltner who delayed the Union attack until the next day. It does not seem that on October 1 Burbridge simply stood around waiting for Gillem to arrive. See article on Battle of Saltville in Heidler, David S., and Jeanne T. Heidler, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-393-04758-X. Articles cited> In Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History, edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-393-04758-X.

Ferguson undoubtedly committed atrocities at Saltville but Breckenridge also blamed Robertson and his men, who are not also singled out in this article.Donner60 (talk) 09:46, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * In addition to the above sources, the edit history clearly shows that the edits which referred to the non-existent generals and two non-existent doctors and fictitious quotation from General Lee were vandalism which one editor deleted near the time they were added but which were added back again in slightly different form. The original reference was to "Marc Farmer", also a fictitious addition. I have deleted the references to the non-existent people and the fictitious quotations and have added the page to my watchlist.

appreciate the help!
It has been years since I have read this article I posted 7 years ago. Thank you to those who helped maintain it when it was vandalized! — Preceding unsigned comment added by XegaKN (talk • contribs) 03:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

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Excessive content not specific to Emory and Henry College Hospital
This is a fascinating essay on Civil War history and the experiences of black troops, but not an encylopedia article on Emory and Henry College Hospital. The sections Formation of the 5th United States Colored Cavalry, Battle of Saltville, Federal troops murdered, Ferguson's downfall, and End of the 5th USCC may be appropriate for First Battle of Saltville or (even better) an article on the 5th USCC, but those sections don't belong here any more than the history of the 12th Ohio Cavalry or the 11th Michigan Cavalry or the 13th Kentucky Cavalry or the 4th Kentucky (CSA) Cavalry (all also involved in the battle but rightfully not included in the article). The content shouldn't be lost but it needs a better home. Schazjmd (talk) 18:42, 11 April 2019 (UTC)