Talk:James Totten

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Key information missing[edit]

The article fails to mention that he ended his Army career by being dismissed, and of course doesn't say what it was he did to deserve it (which I came here in the hopes of finding out, but no luck here either). It doesn't adequately explain what exactly happened at Little Rock (if he merely relinquished the post to a superior force, why was he presented with a sword by the ladies of Little Rock? see the page on Little Rock Arsenal at FortWiki; which I was also hoping to find out here).

The article by the way is incomplete about his brevets: in addition to the one after the war, he was issued four of them during the war; and the characterization of brevets is a bit odd, see Ganoe passim. 24.136.6.157 (talk) 10:38, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Citations[edit]

Citations have to be put in order and more information found about what he did during the war.

It appears that this biography contains information about two different individuals: James Totten and ? Davies 209.248.160.66 (talk) 18:42, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]