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Peer Review: A798933 - Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate Occupation of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Jimi X Started conversation Jul 2, 2003
Entry: Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate Occupation of Carlisle, Pennsylvania - A798933
Author: Jimi X - U53353
Yet another entry from my aborted h2g2 University of Life project about the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg.
Since we're celebrating the 140th anniversary this year, I reckon I'd better get these into the EG at some point eh?
As always, comments and complaints welcomed!
- Jimi X
A798933 - Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate Occupation of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
J Posted Jul 10, 2003
Very nice, Jimi, but could you make it clear that this was a civil war battle? Is the reader is expected to infer from the term 'confederate' early in the entry?
A798933 - Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate Occupation of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Jul 10, 2003
Quick question. Most of the civil war battles seem to have different names according to which side named it, eg Manassas/Bull Run (I think one side named it after the nearest town, one after the nearest river). Was this the case with Gettysburg?
I'm not necessarily suggesting this goes in the entry, mind! I'm just interested.
A798933 - Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate Occupation of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Jimi X Posted Jul 12, 2003
Fixed that Jodan. 
And ZSF - In the South battle are always named for the towns since it was more emotional to do so while Northerners always refer to them as geographic features. It's much nicer to read that the Union captured a stream (Bull Run) instead of reading that they captured a town Manassas.
But since Gettysburg was in the North, the Northern papers and generals used the Southern technique of referring to it by the town name. The Confederates just stuck with their earlier convention (it was the only major battle in the North so why not?).
- Jimi X
A798933 - Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate Occupation of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Jul 18, 2003
So Gettysburg never did have an alternative name! Aha!
A798933 - Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate Occupation of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Jimi X Posted Jul 18, 2003
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Jimi X Posted Jul 22, 2003
99 bottles of beer...
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J Posted Jul 22, 2003
Oh this was 99?
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Jimi X Posted Jul 22, 2003
It *was* 99...
Now just one more to polish off...
- X
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Jul 22, 2003
Congratulations, Jimi (you knew it was me, didn't you!)!
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J Posted Jul 23, 2003
Ooh, I have to be the scout to recommend the 100 entry 
It would look good on my scout page...
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Jimi X Posted Jul 23, 2003
Then perhaps I ought to get writing?
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J Posted Jul 23, 2003
No no no... my pick date isn't for a little while...
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Peer Review: A798933 - Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate Occupation of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- 1: Jimi X (Jul 2, 2003)
- 2: J (Jul 10, 2003)
- 3: Zarquon's Singing Fish! (Jul 10, 2003)
- 4: Jimi X (Jul 12, 2003)
- 5: Zarquon's Singing Fish! (Jul 18, 2003)
- 6: Jimi X (Jul 18, 2003)
- 7: h2g2 auto-messages (Jul 22, 2003)
- 8: Jimi X (Jul 22, 2003)
- 9: J (Jul 22, 2003)
- 10: Jimi X (Jul 22, 2003)
- 11: Zarquon's Singing Fish! (Jul 22, 2003)
- 12: J (Jul 23, 2003)
- 13: Jimi X (Jul 23, 2003)
- 14: J (Jul 23, 2003)
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