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The regiment traveled another 20 miles (32.2 km) in very cold weather.

The regiment traveled another 20 mi (32.2 km) in very cold weather.

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The truth.[1]

<ref name="Cozzens2">{{harvnb|Cozzens|1997|at=para.2}}</ref>

The truth's paragraph.[2]

Multiple sources

<ref name="UnionCas">{{harvnb|Daniel|1997|p=322}}; {{harvnb|Cunningham|2009|pp=423-424}}; {{harvnb|Eicher|2001|p=230}}</ref>

Alternatively:<ref name="DrWistar">{{multiref|{{cite web |title=Caspar Wistar 1761-1818 |website=University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/caspar-wistar/ |access-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113211320/https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/caspar-wistar/ |url-status=live }} | {{cite web |title=The Wistar Institute - Our Story |website=The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology |url=https://wistar.org/about-wistar/our-story |access-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113211319/https://wistar.org/about-wistar/our-story |url-status=live }}}}</ref>

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<ref name=Palmer1979>
{{cite journal
|last1=Palmer
|first1=Arlene M.
|title=American Heroes in Glass: The Bakewell Sulphide Portraits
|journal=American Art Journal
|date=1979
|volume=11
|issue=1
|pages=5–26
|doi=10.2307/1594129
|jstor=1594129
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|title=Ohio Invaded!
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A newspaper truth.[4]

To cite a newspaper on web:

<ref name="WPostMosby">{{cite news
|title=The Rough and Tough Exploits of Confederate Raider John Mosby
|publisher=Katharine Weymouth
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-rough-and-tough-exploits-of-confederate-raider-john-mosby/2012/09/07/af2f5c32-f49c-11e1-892d-bc92fee603a7_story.html
|access-date=2019-09-19
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|date=2012-09-07
|last1=Wheeler
|first1=Linda}}</ref>


Newspaper on web cited.[5]

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<ref name="WES19560515">{{cite news
|title=West Virginia Upholds Venice
|page=B2
|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1956-05-15/ed-1/seq-35/#date1=1890&index=1&rows=20&words=BLENKO+Blenko&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Blenko&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
|newspaper=Washington Evening Star
|via=[[Chronicling America]]
|date=May 15, 1956
|last=Vaughan
|first=Mary L.}}</ref>

Bla bla.[6]

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|title=Rockville and Vicinity - General and Personal News from Montgomery County's Capital (page 20 far right column)
|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1903-05-15/ed-1/seq-20/#date1=1823&index=4&rows=20&words=21+canal+Lock&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=District+of+Columbia&date2=1910&proxtext=Lock+21+canal&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
|newspaper=Washington Evening Star (from Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress)
|date=1903-05-15
|last=
|first=}}</ref>

Cite from newspaper thru LOC.[7]

bla.[Note 1]

Web

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<ref name="NPSFishersHill">{{cite web
|title=13. FISHER'S HILL (21-22 September 1864)
|website= National Park Service
|publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
|url=http://www.nps.gov/abpp/shenandoah/svs3-13.html
|access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>

The web truth.[9]

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Map

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|author = Maryland Department of Transportation
|year = 2020
|title = Maryland
|url=https://www.sha.maryland.gov/OPPEN/Highway_Front.pdf
|location = Baltimore, Maryland
|publisher = Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration
|accessdate=2020-09-20}}</ref>

That was about three miles (4.8 km) from the C&O Canal.[10]

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[https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/54/4d/5a/78425c54c65d55/US1331792.pdf US patent 1,331,792],
"Glass Molding Machine", issued 1920-02-24.</ref>

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American Civil War[Note 3]

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It was about three miles (4.8 km) from the C&O Canal.

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GNIS

Bla Bla[13] GNIS site for search.[14]

Glass Books

Copied from Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard November 18, 2024. Archived here: Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 458

Two Ohio Glassmaking History Books

I have two books about Ohio glass companies that Wikipedia sometimes questions as a reliable source because they are self published. One is by Jack K. Paquette and the other is by Melvin L. Murray. I contacted the Fostoria Ohio Glass Association to see if they had any good books to recommend. Their response was that the Paquette and Murray books were the two best books.

The first book is called "Blowpipes: Northwest Ohio Glassmaking in the Gas Boom of the 1880s" by Jack K. Paquette. This 559-page book has citations and end notes. Chapter V, the chapter on Fostoria, has 360 citations plus end notes. Jack K. Paquette is a former Vice President overall of Owens Illinois, Inc., a.ka. O-I Glass. His work papers, and a biographical outline, are available at the University of Toledo. Here is a link. Because his book was published by Xlibris Corporation, it gets "flagged" when it is actually a well–researched publication. This book focuses on the business side of glass companies.

The other book is called "Fostoria, Ohio Glass II", by Melvin L. Murray. This book contains glass company history, but also gives attention to the products made. It is 184 pages. Murray uses newspaper articles and advertisements, plus photos of products, to support his information. His "real" job was operating a radio station broadcasting college and high school sports. However, he was also a trustee for Bowling Green State University, member of the Fostoria library board for 50 years, past president of the Ohio Library Trustee Association, past president of the Fostoria Glass Association, and founder of the Fostoria Glass Heritage Gallery. Here is a link to Murray's obit: link. With Murray's links to libraries and Fostoria glass, I believe he had good sources and his book can be trusted.

If someone is wondering if old glass companies are Wikipedia-worthy at all, I believe many are. Check out the page views for Fostoria Glass Company and Indiana Glass Company. TwoScars (talk) 17:44, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

As always, whether a given publication is a reliable source depends in part on what WP statement you want to source to the book. Both books are in the Corning Museum of Glass library collection, which suggests to me that they're seen as generally reliable. CMoG also references Paquette's book here. CMoG has an ask the librarian service, so you could double-check with them if you wanted, though that would be only for your own reassurance, as there's no way for an editor here to verify their response. WorldCat shows that both books are in some scholarly libraries (Murray results here and Paquette results here). I see that both were already used on the Fostoria Glass Company page, which was rated GA, so that suggests that they were acceptable, though I can't be certain that the reviewers noticed that they were self-published. I'm inclined to see both as falling under the expert SPS exception. Note that although you can use them as sources about old glass companies and about people who are no longer alive, you cannot use them for material about living persons (see WP:BLPSPS for that policy). Given the title of Paquette's book, that shouldn't be an issue, but I don't have a way of knowing from the title of Murray's book. FactOrOpinion (talk) 20:30, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
Self-published works by Jack K. Paquette would qualify as reliable per WP:EXPERTSPS, given his career and other published works.
The same may not be true of Melvin L. Murray, but the Fostoria, Ohio Glass works have WP:USEBYOTHERS. So reliable but for a different reason.
In both cases, as FactOrOpinion said, they should not be used in BLPs. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 13:48, 17 November 2024 (UTC)}}

Colored Box

The Sneath S Mark

Originally, glassware made by the Sneath Glass Company could easily be identified by an "S" on the bottom of the product, such as on the spice jar shown in the adjacent photograph. Eventually, the "S" mark was discontinued.

The "S" was eliminated to save mold–cleaning time. When the molds for the glassware became unclean, they would need to be scrubbed. In addition to the time spent scrubbing, the "S" on the mold would, in effect, eventually be polished off the mold—making replacement necessary. By not using the "S" mark, scrubbing time was eliminated, and molds would last longer. The problem with this cost-saving change was that it did not promote the Sneath brand. Sneath products lost their brand recognition, became difficult to identify, and competitors could make similar products that customers could not differentiate from Sneath's.

Topography of the area west of Caen

Misc Military

Old newspaper article
Beginning of newspaper article about presentation made to Colonel N.P. Richmond.
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Map showing region for retreat.
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  • Use non-breakable space between "Company" and "I", for me both came in at two different lines, that makes it to break the continuity while reading. See WP:NBSP for details.
  • no need to mention the year every time, after mentioning it once, only mention if the year changes.
  • The 2nd West Virginia Cavalry" may be replaced by just "The regiment" wherever required, because the article is about the same.
  • Capehart's brother, Charles, was promoted to commander of Capehart's 1st West Virginia Cavalry regiment; It is to be "was appointed as the commander of", because "commander" is not a rank in an army, but in the sentence it appears to be a position.
  • MOS:IMGSIZE strongly opposes the size used by the some of the images. Some maps dominate the adjacent text. Images are for better understanding the of text, but not substitutes. The recommened size is 220px, as it is the default for most of the users. May limit to a max of 300px, not beyond that.
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Confederate General officers in the Confederate States Army

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  • [[General officers in the Confederate States Army#Major general|Major General]]
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Travilah

Travilah info Washington Post, also Clagett sometimes spelled Claggett.[15]

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Picture of Col. Robert J. Betge (1824-1877)

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Corresponding Books in References

* {{Cite book |last1=Ainsworth |first1=Fred C. |last2=Kirkley |first2=Joseph W. |title=The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies - Series I Volume XLIII Part I - Additions and Corrections, Chapter LV |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1902 |location=Washington, District of Columbia |pages=47-48, 107-112-124, 150, 164, 231-232, 279, 290, 318, 360-363, 368, 427, 443, 482, 490, 518, 555, 557605, 775 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBpEAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Philip+H.+Sheridan%2C+U.+S.+Army%2C+at+the+battle+of+Winchester+%28or+the%22+Russell+Upton+Edwards&pg=PA107 |oclc=427057 |isbn=978-0-91867-807-2 |access-date=2020-11-06 |format=pdf}}

* {{Cite book |last=Patchan |first=Scott C. |authorlink= |title=The Last Battle of Winchester: Phil Sheridan, Jubal Early, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7-September 19, 1864 |publisher=Savas Beatie |date=2013 |location=El Dorado Hills, Calif |pages=553 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kMzlTgEACAAJ |oclc=857365201 |isbn=978-1-932714-98-2 }}

Corresponding Web Pages in References

* {{cite web |url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/fitzhugh-lee |title=Fitzhugh Lee |publisher=American Battlefield Trust |website=www.battlefields.org |access-date=May 29, 2018 |ref={{sfnref |ABT Fitzhugh Lee}} }}

Code for Civil War descriptions and uniforms

The two sides were the blue-clad federal soldiers that were mostly from northern states against gray-clad rebels from the south who sought to form a separate country called the Confederate States of America.[Note 4][Note 5]

Between September 20, 1860, and February 1, 1861, seven southern states seceded from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America.[Note 6]

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