Talk:Frederick Benteen

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message: Suggest someone with a couple of books on the Little Bighorn Battle take a swing at adding references to this article, since it has no in-line citations.  Or perhaps I'll try if I can. Jusdafax (talk) 04:47, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced article tag 

message: I've just inaugurated a Wikipedia article on Capt. Thomas Weir.  I notice he is mentioned, and rightly so, in the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Marcus Reno Wikipedia articles, but there is nothing at all here about him, and no notice of the fact (according to Evan S. Connell's book Son of the Morning Star) that Benteen DID try to get to Custer's position after the volley's were heard, though only after Capt. Weir started north first, against or without orders to do so. That should be fixed, of course, but I'll wait a bit to see if someone else wants get into it. Jusdafax (talk) 01:16, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Started work, added a few references, still more to do but the article is improving in my view. Jusdafax (talk) 20:25, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capt. Thomas Weir needs a cross-reference here 

message: The page previously stated that the Benteen Elementary School and Benteen Park neighborhood in Atlanta were named for Frederick William Benteen. This is clearly wrong for the school since the school web site states the name of the school is Frederick Wilson Benteen Elementary School. That is his son. I have changed the page. The neighborhood is apparently on land originally bought by Frederick Benteen and inherited by his son. I could find no source that definitely states who it is named for. I originally edited this sentence but I now think that since it could be either, it should be left out. It really isn't a memorial anyway, just the name of a previous owner of property.
This is what I put on the page originally, but I have moved it here because it is not definitive. It merely casts doubt on the previous statement that the neighborhood is named for Frederick Benteen, under a topic heading of Memorials and monuments. As noted, I don't think it would be a "memorial" even if it were named for Frederick William Benteen.
"The Benteen Park neighborhood in Atlanta Georgia could be named for father or son, as it is located on or near the property originally purchased by the elder Benteen, although inherited by the son.No direct source for the name of the neighborhood has been found for this article. Charles K. Mills in Harvest of Barren Regrets: The Army Career of Frederick William Benteen, 1834-1898, Glendale, CA: A.H. Clark Co., 1985., , his biography of Benteen, says in his conclusion, page 375: 'There are no monuments to Frederick William Benteen today. He remains as he lived: a rather obscure supporting actor who appeared briefly on center stage in a well-known American history drama and then quietly faded away. It was his misfortune to live largely unknown and to die largely misunderstood.' Of course, this may or may not include a neighborhood name on property owned by him, and later by his son, but the fact the school is named for the son may imply that the neighborhood is also named for him."
If anyone can find a source for a definitive statement about the neighborhood, that editor can add something back, although I still would suggest it would not be a memorial unless that is also definitely stated in a reliable source.  
I am not the editor who earlier commented on the main page but saw that comment and reversion and decided to see if I could find something definitive. Donner60 (talk) 09:10, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Benteen Park neighborhood 

message: A sentence "Benteen made the peace sign" is seen in the section "7th Cavalry service under Custer".  According to the article of Peace symbols and V sign, neither ☮ nor  ✌ should have existed in his time.
What should have been "the peace sign" he made ?  And, is it proper to refer to that sign as "the peace sign", taking the risk of confusion with modern equivalents ?--山田晴通 (talk) 23:24, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  What was "the peace sign" Benteen made ?