This is a page that I use for common editing style for American Civil War articles. I have written or edited well over 300 articles and try to use consistent punctuation, capitalization, styles of references, etc. Although my choices are not definitive, they are usually based on The Chicago Manual of Style (16th Ed.), which is the gold standard for editors of academic history books and journal articles in the United States, and on Wikipedia:Manual of Style. In any event, if I need to discuss stylistic matters with new readers, I can always point them at this page and not reinvent the wheel. Comments are welcome. Hal Jespersen (talk) 23:19, 27 June 2010 (UTC)