Talk:American Civil War

message: "The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which many believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction." to "The central cause of the war was a disagreement on the state's rights to secede, the extent/reach of the federal Government, the southern way of life, and slavery." https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/causes.htm#:~:text=For%20more%20than%2080%20years,of%20slavery%20within%20American%20society. 70.191.203.101 (talk) 21:49, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The cause was do to some states believed the federal gov was impeding the states right to govern themselves that is why whether or not an individual supported slavery or not they still fought in their states militia. 108.145.161.122 (talk) 22:02, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

text: "Central cause" does not mean "sole cause". And your proposed change puts far less emphasis on slavery than your source does. –CWenger (^ • @) 01:25, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

text: Actually, slavery was the sole cause. Other differences between the North and the South would not have led to war, and the slavery dispute was sufficient to cause the war. I would simply delete "central" and say "The cause of the war." But I won't, because there seems to be a consensus about the state of the opening paragraph. Maurice Magnus (talk) 01:00, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The four southern declarations of reasons for secession mention slavery related causes.Michaelbtfsplk (talk) 20:20, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

text: It's pretty obvious that the cause of the war was that Lincoln didn't think the Southern States had a constitutional right to secede. If the North would have agreed with the South that they had the right to secede, there wouldn't have been a war to "preserve the Union". Jimhoward72 (talk) 22:13, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Lincoln said that secession is never a legal right, only a moral right at best. Given the South's reason for secession (to protect slavery according to secessionists), Lincoln didn't think that what he called a "monstrous injustice" was morally right. Also, Lincoln saw secession as an attack on democracy, the "last best hope of earth."Michaelbtfsplk (talk) 00:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change this 

message: Numbers in Ref. 3 do not match the numbers in article. 107.145.28.211 (talk) 20:42, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Ref. 3 gives very rough numbers and then other references are more concrete, so we tend to use those numbers. We could probably drop ref. 3 for all but the last use. –CWenger (^ • @) 23:30, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: In the Wikipedia table derived from the National Park Service figures (ref 3), the number of wounded is exactly the same for both Union and Confederate (ie., 275,154). The Confederate wounded in the NPS article is 194,026. 118.102.70.75 (talk) 01:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: . Thanks for pointing that out. –CWenger (^ • @) 16:53, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbers in Ref. 3 do not match the numbers in article 

message: There is sneatance requiring a citation in one of the paragraph in Eastern theater. 64.189.18.32 (talk) 18:32, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I apologize I meant sentence. 64.189.18.32 (talk) 18:32, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Paragraphs in the Eastern theater sub heading. 64.189.18.32 (talk) 18:33, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Sixth paragraph under battles. 64.189.18.32 (talk) 18:34, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

text: Already done This sentence already has a citation needed template. If you have a citation that verifies this statement please reopen your request with the reference. Jamedeus (talk) 19:26, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2024 

message: In Eastern theater a paragraph requires a source for a sentence about Pope's slavery learning to victory. 64.189.18.24 (talk) 01:41, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:SOFIXIT Acroterion (talk) 01:49, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2024 

message: That sentence can't be verified as there no sources to verify it. 64.189.18.24 (talk) 01:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Which sentence? The solution is to provide a source, not to demand its removal. Acroterion (talk) 01:48, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sentence has no citation so it should be removed as it cannot be verified.