Talk:Frederick Dent Grant

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West Point controversy
It is known that the Dent family owned slaves and were racially prejudiced against African Americans. Fredrick was among other West Point Cadets who harrassed, James Webster Smith, the first African American to attend the Academy. This needs to be addressed in the Article. It is alledged that Fredrick convinced his father Ulysses not to do anything to those who were antagonistic to Smith. I am putting this in the Article.

Little Big Horn
Even if Grant had been present at the Little Big Horn, it isn't a foregone conclusion that he would have died. Half the regiment fought under Frederick Benteen and survived the battle. 13.13.16.2 (talk) 19:56, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

External links modified
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Blanking of section which relates to subject's behaviors at USMA
I have reverted this ip blanking and other editors have reverted the second and third attempts to blank. On the merits, it appears that the assertion sourcing is sound and the refuting evidence is a mere blog. I'd be more comfortable with multiple sources but I'm somewhat satisfied with those applied. Any comments by other editors? Until I see an argument here I'm going to hold for inclusion of cited material. BusterD (talk) 00:03, 20 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Now there are 4 separate ips or accounts which have blanked this material. The latest is User:TheGreenEagles whose only other edit is this blanking of cited material. No discussion is occurring here; there IS apparent socking. I now regard such edits as vandalism. BusterD (talk) 03:29, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * BusterD: Wikipedia is just a glorified blog, which can be changed for whatever purposes people like you thinks best reflects your political agenda. Please answer this question, "It is odd that an event that happened at West Point, especially considering that recent scholarship has raised questions about McFeely’s sources regarding Grant's involvement with this incident, takes up more space in this article than any other section. Why is that?


 * And suggesting that this is "my only edit" or that I did not include a discussion is a lie." Why are you lying BusterD? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheGreenEagles (talk • contribs) 14:19, January 19, 2020 (UTC)
 * There is a section challenging the McFeeley account, and then in the next paragraph, a contradictory sentence that ends, "there is evidence to suggest he actively participated." It would be an improvement to resolve this since it's confusing. Mrsedashwoodferrars (talk) 16:31, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree this issue is ambiguous and very poorly sourced. This is NOT a BLP, so a BLP level of sourcing is NOT required to keep the page or any particular controversial fact on the page. The reason I haven't trimmed these blog sources out is that the author of the blog has some reasonably solid credentials as it regards the Grant Family. I'd be happy to see somebody fix it, and I'd be happy to help search for sources if you'd be willing to help settle it. BusterD (talk) 16:56, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Yellowstone Expedition?
There seems to be something incorrect, or at least incorrectly-linked, here. The article contains the line "He was on the Yellowstone Expedition", which links to an article about same... which took place from 1819-1820. Frederick Dent Grant, who was born in 1850, could obviously not have participated in the expedition linked to here. Smyslov (talk) 21:10, 30 November 2020 (UTC)