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I can't find the citation you added to capturing Richmond and ending the war.

Richmond was the leading industrial center of the Confederacy, so I think that should at least be noted.

I think it is unreasonable for anyone to assume the capture of Richmond in 1862 would have ended the war because when Grant finally took Richmond the South did not surrender. The end came a week later when Grant trapped Lee and 30,000 at Appomattox before he could combine forces with Johnston. Lee had no intention of surrendering after the fall of Richmond, unless by force, so why would he do it in 1862 with 3 times as many men? Had Lee been successful in consolidating troops with Johnston, the war could have continued indefinitely.

There's really no way of knowing for sure if the war would have ended, so I think a word like "hasten" or "potentially" should be added, too. Maybe something like this?

"The Peninsula Campaign was the unsuccessful attempt by McClellan to capture the industrial center and Confederate capital of Richmond and hasten the end of the war."

KevinLuna (talk) 23:24, 6 February 2011 (UTC)


 * The citation is the first one at the end of the paragraph--Sears, p. xi--but I could have added almost any CW book that covers the Peninsula Campaign. The North was convinced in those early days of the war that capturing the Rebel capital would effectively in the war. (One notable exception to this view was Abraham Lincoln's, who wanted the Confederate Army to be the primary target, and he stuck to this view throughout the war. His problem was he could not convince the northern public and most of his generals to agree until Grant arrived.) It is apparent from the way that McClellan planned the campaign that his target was the city, not the army. Whether the capture of Richmond would have actually ended the war is arguable, but that was the strategy at the time. If you can find secondary sources that indicate Richmond's manufacturing capacity was a primary reason for it being targeted in March 1862, we can add that opinion. But remember we are discussing 1862 here, not 1865 and Lee and Johnston. Military/industrial factors were not considered as important as political ones that early in the war. Hal Jespersen (talk) 01:22, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

The sentence sounded to me like it was saying that had Richmond been captured, the war would have ended, rather than saying that had Richmond been captured, McClellan/Union thought the war would have ended. KevinLuna (talk) 01:50, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

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Please stop making unconstructive edits to the Bart Sibrel article. Your assessment that Mr. Sibrel is not a professional film maker is highly point-of-view, and while you may not agree with the essence of or messages in his documentaries, that is no reason make statements about his professional know-how. Furthermore, while it may or may no be correct that Mr. Sibrel has been or is a taxi driver, it adds nothing of encyclopedical value to the article. Asav | Talk (Member of the OTRS Volunteer Response Team) 17:21, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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"quoted here with permission"?
What is quoted in this edit ? Where is the permission? Dougweller (talk) 18:01, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I have no idea what you're talking about.KevinLuna (talk) 23:07, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * The reference says "private correspondence (quoted here with permission), March 19, 2009, referring to The Essential Teachings of Jesus and Mary by Walter L. Williams, unpublished manuscript, December 24, 2008, excerpts available at...". Dougweller (talk) 17:46, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

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"Photos of victims and the shooter"
There are no pictures of the victims on Wikipedia pages about school shootings, because pictures of the victims never circulate. As well as that Wikipedia isn't a memorial page. There are plenty of those around the internet. Salamibears58 (talk) 13:23, 1 April 2012 (UTC)Salamibears58
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