Talk:Fort Sumter

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Contents 1 Union flags 2 Edit edit edit 3 Please do not remove the first flag 4 Revision 5 Ruffin

[edit] Union flags

"The primary immediate cause of the war in the north was the firing on the flag at Fort Sumter which, due to patriotism and pride, demanded a response. " Revision as of 23:41, 23 October 2003 User:24.144.15.243 User talk:24.144.15.243 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AAmerican_Civil_War&diff=1614350&oldid=1613875 --Teofilo talk 12:15, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Edit edit edit

Near the end of the article, after the words "two 90-mm antiaircraft guns", the next two words are unreadable on my computer because the words "[edit] [edit] [edit]" are superimposed on top of them. The [edit] link that normally appears with each paragraph is missing on several paragraphs, and presumably all moved to the bottom. I don't know how to fix it, but it's probably caused by the images on the right. It may appear differently on your system because such problems depend on things like browser preferences. Art LaPella 04:49, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Please do not remove the first flag

Hello,

You wrote : « duplicative flag image with odd caption ». Actually, if you look carefully, you'll see that the design of each flag is different. One flag is large and has one design. The other one is small and has another design. As regards to the "odd caption" see the above comment. --Teofilo talk 12:51, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

OK, perhaps if the caption had been better it would have indicated which flag it was depicting and it would have been obvious that there was a difference. The caption that I described as odd was: "The primary immediate cause of the war was the firing on the Union Flag at Fort Sumter." First, it is quite arguable that firing on Fort Sumter was a primary cause of the war; I think President Lincoln's election and the secession of South Carolina had a lot to do with it as well. Second, they were firing at the garrison in the Fort, not literally at the flag. But I do not mean to argue about the specific historical points, I am merely suggesting that the caption was poorly selected and worded. Typically in Wikipedia, image captions are used to describe the picture. For example, a photograph of Lincoln might say "Portrait of Lincoln by Mathew Brady in 1863" and not something akin to "Lincoln's election in 1860 was a primary immediate cause of the war." I would offer to fix the caption for you, but I am unfamiliar with the specific details of the various flags you are presenting. Hal Jespersen 18:18, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Revision

Someone has deleted darn near the entire article and left just a small blurb. I have restored the page to one of its orginial views.

  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.112.205.43 (talk) 19:14, 6 September 2007 (UTC) 

[edit] Ruffin

Ken Burns' The Civil War is one source stating clearly that Ruffin was the one who did so, stating in turn that he "would be delighted to perform the service" of opening fire. --Chr.K. 12:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC) bEThany eLaIne ACoSta fROm hoUstone wAS heRe mA 5/22/06 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.53.197.240 (talk) 23:16, 22 May 2008 (UTC)