User:Grayghost01

The Ghost

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Marine Corps University

Son of Confederate Veterans

I am directly descended from fifteen Confederate veterans of the War from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. My Georgia and South Carolina ancestors experienced the agony and utter destruction of Major General Sherman upon our farm and women. My G3-Grandfather Benjamin F. Nelson, 1stSgt (and later 2ndLt) of Company D, 22nd Alabama won the Southern Cross of Honor at the Battle of Murfreesboro. I owe it to them to help get the story straight for posterity. By that I mean that it is important here, in Wiki, to correctly and succinctly capture and explain Civil War history with high-quality articles. History must record deeds accurately as they were, and not as re-lived through the fantasies of the dishonorable few among the victors. May God bless our country and its future.

Jackson's Methodology

Is perfectly alive and well in the USMC today, down to the prescribed method of march. My USMC Valley Campaigns text, old and worn, is still the best reading on the war in print, and surpasses the Small Wars Manual for merit of content. I hope the tradition of marching Jackson's end-run on Hooker will never pass from the hallowed halls of The Basic School, and that "Wicked Men" may never enter into our beloved Corps, in whom the valor and spirit of our Southern Men lives on.

Wikiwork

Unpleasant Northern Aggression:

The First Southern War for Independence:

  • Portal:American Revolutionary War

Island Rules:

The Beloved Commonwealth and Mother of the USA & CSA:

A Peaceful Group

Future Lost Cause "fanaticisms" and "fictions"

Keeping track of things

Created

These are pages which I created and started

What drew me in to creating pages on Wiki was the lack of articles documenting Confederate military history. I had used Wiki to look up some information on a battle, and began noticing the usual over-coverage of all things "Union" as well as stark revisionist write ups, which made Southerners of that day sound like disgruntled warmongerers. Then I noticed that about 95% of the contributing editors were "interested" in Union topics and locations. Thus, to bring a fair and balanced view, Southern articles needed to be written. Thus you will see that I neither create nor edit Northern articles, as it is totally unnecessary.

Navigation bars I've created

Lo and behold, in the course of creating and editing wiki articles, the need for some good navigation bars became obvious. Thus I created these:

{{Frederick County, Virginia in the American Civil War}}

{{Expeditionary Raids of the CSS Alabama}}

{{Gray Ghost}}

{{Stonewall}}

Lists I've created

Occasionally, I've come across a need to have a good list of items, and found that list lacking. Thus the lists I ginned up:

Categories I've created

  • Category:Raids in the American Civil War
  • Wikisource:Category:Confederate States of America documents
  • Category:Southern Cross of Honor

for reference

  • Category:United States Civil War navigational boxes

Pages to Create

  • Confederate States Naval Academy
  • Frederick County, Virginia in the American Civil War
  • The Skirmish of Falling Waters, July 2, 1861
  • The Leesburg Train Raid, August 7–29, 1861
  • JEB Stuart's 1863 Raid through Maryland
  • Possibly Colonel Jackson's Defence of the Lower Valley of 1861
  • Forts in Frederick County, Virginia: Fort Collier, etc.
  • First Corps, Army of the Mississippi
  • Second Corps, Army of the Mississippi
  • Third Corps, Army of the Mississippii
  • First Corps, Army of the Potomac
  • Second Corps, Army of the Potomac
  • Second Corps, Army of Tennessee
  • Manassas Junction
  • Battle of Ashby's Gap, July 19, 1864

Series to Create

Series on Potomac River Basin Raids, keying on the B&O and other railroads, the C&O Canal and the Potomac River:

1861

1862

  • The Romney Expedition, January 1 through January 24, 1862
  • Stuart's Chickahominy Raid, June 13-14, 1862
  • Various Raids of Brigadier General A. G. Jenkins, Fall, 1862
  • Stuart's First Chambersburg Raid, Oct 10-12, 1862

1863

  • The Warrenton Junction Raid, 43rd Bn, May 3, 1863
  • The First Catlett Station Raid, 43rd Bn, May 19, 1863
  • The Jones-Imboden Raid, April 24 through May 22, 1863
  • The Second Catlett Station Raid, 43rd, May 30, 1863
  • The Catoctin Station Raid, June 17, 1863
  • Jenkins Second Chambersburg Raid, mid June 1863
  • The First Calico Raid, 43rd, June 19, 1863
  • The Bealeton Station Raid, 43rd, September 22, 1863

1864

  • The B&O Raid on Duffield Station, 43rd, January, 1864
  • The McNeill Raid, May 5, 1864 [McNeill's Rangers]]
  • The Second Calico Raid, 43rd, July 3, 1864
  • The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864
  • Gilmor's Raid, July 11, 1864
  • The Third Chambersburg Raid, July 30, 1864
  • The Witcher Raid, September, 1864
  • The Manassas Gap Railroad Raid, 43rd, October 5, 1864
  • The Greenback Raid, 43rd Bn, October 14, 1864

1865

  • The B&O Raid on Duffield Station II, 43rd, January 18, 1865
  • The B&O Train Attack , 43rd, January 31, 1865
  • Gilmor's B&O Raid, February, 1865
  • The B&O Derailment Raid, 43rd, March 1865


Articles I've made contributions to, and/or track

People

American Civil War

(CSA)

(Units)

(Campaigns)

(Battles)

(Infrastructure)

Virginia

(Cities/Towns)

(Geography)

(Infrastructure)

Miscellaneous

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