# Talk:Marching Through Georgia


### Marching Through Georgia
A few months ago, I nominated this article for featured article status, but, as I soon found out, there were quite a few issues. @Gog the Mild and @David Fuchs rightly and respectfully indicated prose issues and, more crucially, source to text integrity issues. Since then, I have revised the article, checked all citations, and altered the information accordingly… I hope. Gog suggested I guide it through peer review before putting it up for FAC again, and so here we are. DannyRogers800 (talk) 16:41, 1 November 2025 (UTC)


#### Comments from PhoenixCaelestis
Hello @DannyRogers800, I'm willing to leave a few comments since I just read through the article. I made some brief copyedits on my own, but wanted to raise a few questions and other thoughts.

Maybe use an Infobox for this page? I think Infobox song would work. You could move the audio to the Infobox and include some other details.
Paragraph two of March to the Sea says: Hardee [the Confederate commander, had] not forced me to use anything but a skirmish line. Is there any better way to word the text in brackets?
The March to the Sea section as a whole seems to be somewhat narrative-y, like someone's telling a story rather than presenting factual information. Things like "Sherman then eyed the coastal city of Savannah. In late September, the plan was finalized and Major General Ulysses S. Grant eventually gave his assent." and "Five months later, Major General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, and the Confederacy was all but defeated." feel like they're telling a story rather than simply presenting information. You may want to copyedit that section.
""Marching Through Georgia" is chanted" (Lyrical Analysis, paragraph 1) – do you mean "sung"? I haven't heard the song chanted before, though there is a first time for everything.
I don't think "As such, progress nigh undisturbed" (March to the Sea, Paragraph 2) is a complete sentence. The wording is also a bit weird, maybe make it more plain.
"Christian McWhirter evaluates the song's lyrical and thematic framework:" (Lyrical Analysis, paragraph 3): Who is this Christian McWhirter? Why do I trust what he says to say? Maybe say "Christian McWhirter, an author and public historian, evaluates the song's lyrical and thematic framework:"
Maybe try to reword "and became Sherman's theme song of sorts." (Postbellum, paragraph 1)
Avoid using a slash in "Military/Nationalistic uses" per MOS:SLASH ("Military and nationalistic uses" would be fine).
I don't think you need lyrics for examples of the melody being used for other songs.
In external links, you may want to label what site the links go to. I.e.: Commentary on "Marching Through Georgia" by Kelley L. Ross, on archive.org.
It's a very nice article overall! This song absolutely slaps[citation needed] and I'm glad to see you have hopes for its article. PhoenixCaelestis (Talk · Contributions) 18:36, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Hey @PhoenixCaelestis, thank you for these suggestions... very helpful, overall. Nearly all should be effected, except for 1) the sample lyrics: I think they give an idea of how the tune was adapted and of the types of songs that borrowed from "Marching Through Georgia", but I'll remove them if anyone else raises this concern; and 2) the infobox: this is more controversial, and I generally refrain from using infoboxes as there's usually little info to include in it that isn't mentioned in the first lead paragraph anyway. It's best for readers to follow the main article rather than simply glance at a graphic, but that's just my view. The rest should be settled. Thanks! DannyRogers800 (talk) 20:55, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
Both of those are fair points. Best of luck with this! PhoenixCaelestis (Talk · Contributions) 21:11, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
Thank you :) DannyRogers800 (talk) 21:22, 3 November 2025 (UTC)