Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Furman Hunt
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:19, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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Samuel Furman Hunt
[edit]- ... that 20-year-old Cincinnati resident Samuel Furman Hunt lowered the Confederate flag over the Virginia State Capitol after Confederate troops abandoned Richmond?
Created by Roseohioresident (talk). Self nominated at 23:08, 19 November 2014 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, well referenced. However, there is close paraphrasing in the second paragraph under Youth and Civil War. The text follows the Wilson source line by line and word by word; this paragraph needs to be rewritten and reworked, perhaps with information from another source, in your own words:- Source: In April, 1862, he visited the battlefield of Shiloh to minister to the wounded and dying, and his faithful services at that time received the commendations of the officers and soldiers, as well as the agents of the Sanitary Commission. In March, 1865, he was with the Army of the James on the same errand. He entered Richmond with the advance of General Weitzel's command, he having charge of the supplies furnished for the sufferers in that city. ... he was the man who hauled down the Confederate flag from the capitol building of Richmond on the day of the evacuation of that city by the confederate forces.
- Article: During the American Civil War, Hunt visited the battlefield at Shiloh in 1862 to minister to the wounded and dying, and received the commendations of officers, soldiers and the Sanitary Commission. In March 1865, he was with the Army of the James. He entered the capital in advance of General Godfrey Weitzel's command, as he was in charge of supplies for sufferers in that city. He was the man who lowered the Confederate flag from the capitol building in Richmond, Virginia on the day that the Confederate forces abandoned that city.
- Regarding the hook, I'm not sure it's so interesting since he was an aide-de-camp of Weitzel (see Wilson), and not an ordinary civilian. His standing with Weitzel should be added to the article. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYKs. Yoninah (talk) 22:51, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
- Pretty much all those sources are public domain now, having been written at the turn of the 20th century. Fuebaey (talk) 13:55, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
OK, if the Wilson source is public domain, then I guess it's good to go. I tweaked the hook, changing "civilian" to "resident" and expanding the link for Virginia State Capitol. Hook ref verified and cited inline. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:05, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- Pretty much all those sources are public domain now, having been written at the turn of the 20th century. Fuebaey (talk) 13:55, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
