The approach of the sesquicentennial in 2011 of the start of the Civil War has inspired a drive to improve related Wikipedia articles to featured status, and to see as many of these as possible appear on the main page on their respective 150th anniversaries. Such date-specific articles will include the American Civil War page itself, as well as those of major battles. Other articles within the scope of this drive will include key political and military leaders, and certain general aspects of the conflict. The list of articles currently targeted for improvement appears below, and will be added to subject to discussion on drive's talk page. If you are interested in participating in this drive, please add your name and specialties to the Contributors table, and any resources you can access to the Sources list.

Targeting articles for featured article status

Battles

• Articles on battles should be targeted on the date(s) which is the battle's 150th Anniversary. Battles lasting more than one day are to be targeted for any of the dates which compose its 150th Anniversary with the primary emphasis being on gaining Featured Article status on the first day of that battle.

Biography

• The authors of biographical articles should select three dates which are the 150th Anniversary of dates during the American Civil War on which the article's subject performed actions of particular note. These three dates will constitute the targeted dates for Featured-article status.

General articles

The following articles are, thus far, included within the scope of the American Civil War sesquicentennial drive. If you would like to suggest an article for inclusion in the scope of the effort, please do so on the discussion page.

Battles

Land battles

Article	Grade	Editor(s) currently engaged	Applicable TFA date(s)	Notes
Articles past anniversary date
Battle of Fort Sumter	B		April 12, 2011
First Battle of Bull Run	B		July 21, 2011
Battle of Wilson's Creek	GA		August 10, 2011
Battle of Pea Ridge	B		March 6, 2012
Battle of Glorieta Pass	B		March 28, 2012	Part of the "On this day" section on March 28th, 2012.
Battle of Shiloh	FA		Already was a TFA	Project will still monitor article quality
Capture of New Orleans	B		April 21, 2012 or May 1, 2012
Battle of Antietam	GA		September 17, 2012
Battle of Fredericksburg	C	LeonidasSpartan	December 13, 2012
Battle of Chancellorsville	B		May 2, 2013
Battle of Gettysburg	GA		July 1, 2013	Has FP
Siege of Vicksburg	GA		July 4, 2013
Siege of Port Hudson	C		July 9, 2013
Battle of Chickamauga	B		September 19, 2013
Battle of Missionary Ridge	B		November 25, 2013
Battle of the Wilderness	B		May 5, 2014
Atlanta Campaign	C		May 7, 2014
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House	B		May 8, 2014	Has FP
Battle of Cold Harbor	B		June 3, 2014
Siege of Petersburg	B		June 9, 2012
Battle of Atlanta	GA		July 22, 2014
Price's Raid	B		August 28, 2014
Battle of Franklin	B		November 30, 2014	Will appear on main page in "Featured pictures" section on this date.
Battle of Nashville	B		December 15, 2014
Battle of Bentonville	B		March 19, 2015
Battle of Appomattox Court House	C		April 9, 2015

Naval battles

Article	Grade	Editor(s) currently engaged	Applicable TFA date(s)	Notes
Trent Affair	B		November 8, 2011
Battle of Hampton Roads	GA		March 9, 2012
Action of 17 February 1864	Start		February 17, 2014
Battle of Mobile Bay	B		August 5, 2014

Admirals and other naval figures

Confederate admirals and other important naval figures

Union admirals and other naval figures

Generals and other notable army officers

Confederate generals

Article	Grade	Editor(s) currently engaged	Applicable TFA date(s)	Notes
P.G.T. Beauregard	GA
Braxton Bragg	B			Has FP.
Jefferson Davis	FA
Jubal Early	C
Stonewall Jackson	C
Albert Sidney Johnston	C
J.E. Johnston	B
Nathan Bedford Forrest	B
A. P. Hill	B
Robert E. Lee	B
James Longstreet	GA
J.E.B. Stuart	B
John S. Mosby	C
Stand Watie	C	Vami_IV

Union generals

Article	Grade	Editor(s) currently engaged	Applicable TFA date(s)	Notes
Don Carlos Buell	Start
Ambrose Burnside	GA
John Buford	C
Joshua Chamberlain	C
Ulysses S. Grant	FA
Joseph Hooker	B
Winfield S. Hancock	FA
Abraham Lincoln	GA
George B. McClellan	C
George Meade	C
Montgomery C. Meigs	C
Philip Sheridan	B
William T. Sherman	FA
George Henry Thomas	C
William Rosecrans	B

General topics

Article	Grade	Editor(s) currently engaged	Applicable TFA date(s)	Notes
American Civil War	A		April 12, 2011, May 26, 2015 (Surrender of Kirby Smith, do so if Fort Sumter denied)
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War	B		April 12, 2011 - May 26, 2015
Western Theater of the American Civil War	B		April 12, 2011 - May 26, 2015
List of American Civil War battles	CL	Mojoworker	NA

Please add your names and specialties to the list below:

1. A 10 fireplane (talk · contribs) mostly small edits, good with the ships of that era so if you need any information on the CSS Virginia or USS Monitor ect. PING me
2. Buggie111 (talk · contribs · count) – Nearly anything, though not so many refs.
3. The Bushranger (talk · contribs · count) – Copyediting; possible work on Natural Bridge battle or other Florida stuff.
4. Coemgenus (talk · contribs) -- I came here looking to help get Antietam featured by its sesquicentennial date, but I'll help on whatever else I can, too. --Coemgenus (talk) 15:47, 9 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
5. Damon.cluck (talk · contribs) – Primarily Arkansas related units, leaders and battles.
6. Guoguo12 (talk · contribs) – I'm willing to work on anything.
7. Historical Perspective (talk · contribs · count) – Primarily Massachusetts units and leaders but have read extensively on most of the major campaigns/theatres, strongest when it comes to the Army of the Potomac. Willing to work on any aspect of this effort.
8. LeonidasSpartan (talk · contribs) – Confederate history would be my strongest suit. I work on most anything though.
9. Mojoworker (talk · contribs) – I'm willing to work on the Department of the Northwest as well as most any part of this project. I may have some references that could be useful.
10. Sturmvogel_66 (talk · contribs) – Ironclad ships of both sides.
11. Vami_IV (talk · contribs)
12. Wild Wolf (talk · contribs) – Mostly battles and campaign histories, especially referencing.
13. Zaldax (talk · contribs) – I'm willing to help with most anything, including research to fill in the gaps. I'm especially supportive of any aim to get Antietam featured by its sesquicentennial date, as I've been to that battlefield more times than I can count.

Outreach

Code	Result
((Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Members/User WPMILHIST Operation Brothers at War))	This user is a member of Operation Brothers at War, a special project of WikiProject Military history.

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