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Hello. I am Virgil from Chicago Illinois, U.S.A.

I am retired now, but formerly I worked in sales, marketing and corporate planning for three different types (transportation, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical) of business corporations.

Since retirement ten years ago, I have spent my spare time studying humanities. My current area of interest is the history of conflict. I am attempting to build a chronological database of warfare. In building my database, I have used Wikipedia to a great extent as the articles that I find on warfare and the associated battles are quite comprehensive.

When I find errors and inconsistencies in Wikipedia, however, I want to correct the facts for posterity. So with regard to editing Wikipedia, I try to 1) Make corrections supported with appropriate references; 2) Rewrite paragraphs / articles that are inaccurate / unclear / redundant / poorly organized; and 3) Reformat and reorganize the notes, in-line citations, and references.

Virgil
September 5, 2023

My library

The Wikipedia Library

• Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library

Battle Honours of the British Army

• Norman, C. B. (1911). Battle Honours of the British Army. London: John Murray. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

English Civil War

Samuel Rawson Gardiner

• History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1644 (1886) Vol. I
• History of the Great Civil War, 1644-1647 (1889) Vol. II
• History of the Great Civil War, 1645-1647 (1905) Vol. III
• History of the Great Civil War, 1647-1649 (1893) Vol. IV

Cromwell

• Stace, Machell, ed. (1810). Cromwelliana. A chronological detail of events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged; from the year 1642 to his death 1658: with a continuation of other transactions, to the restoration.

Worcestershire

• Willis-Bund, John William (1905). The Civil War in Worcestershire, 1642-1646; and the Scotch Invasion of 1651. Birmingham: The Midland Educational Company. OCLC 5771128.

Irish Confederate Wars

• Bagwell, Richard (1909), Ireland under the Stuarts and under the Interregnum, vol. 2, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.

• Carte, Thomas (1851), The Life of James Duke of Ormond, vol. 3 (new ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press

• Coffey, Diarmid (1914), O'Neill and Ormond - A Chapter of Irish History, Dublin: Maunsel & Company

• Bellings, Richard (1882), Gilbert, John Thomas (ed.), History of the Irish Confederation and the War in Ireland 1641-1643, vol. 1, Dublin: Printed for the editor by M. H. Gill & Son – 1641 to 1643
• Bellings, Richard (1882), Gilbert, John Thomas (ed.), History of the Irish Confederation and the War in Ireland 1641-1643, vol. 2, Dublin: Printed for the editor by M. H. Gill & Son – 1641 to 1643
• Bellings, Richard (1885), Gilbert, John Thomas (ed.), History of the Irish Confederation and the War in Ireland 1643-1644, vol. 3, Dublin: Printed for the editor by M. H. Gill & Son – 1643 to 1644

• Hamilton, Lord Ernest (1920), The irish Rebellion of 1641 with a History of the Events that Led up to and Succeeded it, London: John Murray

• Hayes-McCoy, Gerard Anthony (1990) [1969], Irish Battles: A Military History of Ireland, Belfast: The Appletree Press, ISBN 0-86281-250-X

• Meehan, Rev. Charles Patrick (1882), The Confederation of Kilkenny (New revised and enlarged ed.), Dublin: James Duffy

• Murphy, Rev. Denis S.J. (1893), Cromwell in Ireland: a history of Cromwell's Irish Campaign, Boston, Massachusetts: The Pilot Publishing Co.

• Warner, Ferdinand (1768), History of the Rebellion and Civil-War in Ireland, vol. 1, Dublin: James William – From the Rebellion to the Cessation
• Warner, Ferdinand (1768), History of the Rebellion and Civil-War in Ireland, vol. 2, Dublin: James William – From the Cessation to the Restoration

Napoleonic Wars

• Thiers, Adolphe (1861). Campbell, D. Forbes; Herbert, Henry William (eds.). History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon, Volume 4 (in French). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Company.

Articles I have Substantially Clarified and Expanded

Rewrote entire Article

Āfāqī Khoja Holy War
Battle of Aldbourne Chase
Battle of Başgedikler
Battle of Benghazi (1911)
Battle of Boldon Hill
Battle of Clones (1643)
Battle of Eupatoria
Battle of Glenmaquin
Battle of Kurekdere
Battle of Lostwithiel
Battle of New Ross (1643)
Battle of Oosterweel
Battle of Seacroft Moor
Battle of Slobozia
Battle of Tecroghan
Battle of Trippstadt
Battles of Zanzur (1912)
Burmese–Siamese War (1662–64)
Chambre Ardente
Laggan Army
Second Battle of Middlewich
Siege of Carlisle (1644)
Siege of Faenza
Siege of Kilkenny
Siege of Mirandola (1511)
Vietnamese-Laotian War (1479–80)

Rewrote sections of the Article

Ayutthaya kingdom
Battle of the Blarathon
Battle of Fleurus (1794)
Battle of Perpignan
Christianity in the 16th century
First Battle of Châtillon
French Indochina
History of Protestantism
Nguyễn lords
Siege of Bellegarde (1793)
Virée de Galerne

Scrutinized and Corrected Lists

Army of the Rhine (1791–1795)
Burmese–Siamese wars
Khanate of Kokand
List of wars involving Vietnam