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Citations and quotes and general facts for American Civil War articles. I have started this type of list several times and have not decided how best to organize it or how to complete it usefully and in a reasonable time. I usually have abandoned the effort and this one has stalled for a long time. It seems to become a daunting task, like writing one or several books. I still think it would be helpful in the long run for producing new and improved content in articles.
The main purpose of the page is to have readily available some basic facts along with the references or citations to support them, not necessarily to build up numerous facts for any single article.
The best way to create this compilation may be to add information as I come across it in reading or research, if I can remember to do so. I might also spend a few hours now and then finding and adding information that I think I might find useful. Of course, I do not want to spend much time recording information on topics that can be easily found in my library. I am trying ultimately to save some time and repetitive research so some balance and discretion on what to add here will be needed
Occasionally, a large separate section on a topic being researched which may come up again may be useful and added.
I have alphabetical lists below, currently divided into the following topics topics (1) People; (2) Battles, Campaigns; (3) States, Places; (4) Governments, Politics; (5) Logistics, Railroads, Transportation; (6) Statistics and (7) Other topics, perhaps to be divided further in the future. I will try to limit multiple entries although some incidents or facts relate to more than one general topic. In that case, more that one heading or identifying phrase may be shown in bold font.