Talk:Robert E. Rodes

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"Invasion"[edit]

In this article is the line: "He recovered in time for Gen. Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North, in September 1862". This is one of countless instances of what I consider to be perfectly normal language for a military article. Yet ... if any use of the word "invasion" is applied to United States forces for articles on this war, such language is systematically stripped, while the leaders of the Military History area of Wiki stand idly by, holding those strippers coats. "Invasion" is not a bad word, nor is it laced with any POV. But the systematic selective stripping of that word applied to United States forces is a POV, and that POV is overtly endorsed and allowed here on Wiki. By brute force, the larger quantity of page editors force this POV. That POV should not be allowed. Sincerely, Grayghost01 (talk) 16:48, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment moved from article[edit]

I disagree with the spelling Emmett, for these reasons: Rodes's son was named Robert Emmet, as was his first grandson, and so on to two more generations, ending with me. We all spell the name Emmet. I will also say that our oral family tradition is that we are named after the Irish patriot Robert Emmet, whom General David Rodes, Robert's father, admired. In the end, as was said of Lincoln, it is but fair to assume that a man knows his own name. - Robert Emmet Rodes (the fifth) (comment moved by Hal Jespersen (talk) 20:50, 9 August 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Inaccurate[edit]

The opening text, "Robert Emmett (or Emmet) Rodes[1] (March 29, 1829 – September 19, 1864) was one of the youngest Confederate generals in the American Civil War, " is entirely inaccurate. If anyone would take the time to go through, for instance, E. Warner, Generals In Gray (1929), they would find that there were numerous Confederate generals younger than Rodes. Although I know that OR is not permitted, I did a study on unusually young general officers in the American Civil War, and there were over 50 (!) who were under the age of 30 at the time of appointment, whereas Rodes was 32 at the moment of his promotion to Brigadier General. I propose removing the, unsourced, claim that he was "one of the youngest Confederate generals in the American Civil War" entirely, as it is inaccurate and has no bearing on the remainder of the article. 82.176.221.176 (talk) 12:03, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thank you for your perfectly reasonable assertion. I appreciate your concern about original research, but reasonable calculation is allowed. Further, a cursory look at the reliable source you suggested finds a number of subject more worthy of the dubious praise "youngest" describes. Thank you for your concern and your willingness to raise the issue. BusterD (talk) 00:40, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]