Talk:Louis Blenker

Cedar Keys -> Cross Keys

I removed the reference to battle of Cedar Keys (apparently from NIE) in favor of a reference to Battle of Cross Keys from ADB. The former was a naval battle, and, though no expert on the Civil War, I think it unlikely that Blenker, as an Army general, was involved in it, while Cross Keys seems much more likely. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 17:13, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Louis Blenker/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

It gives a brief but comprehensive coverage of his career. It relies mostly on one source, and it does not have a lead section. There are no graphics; a portrait would be nice. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 19:00, 18 December 2008 (UTC) I merged the contents of Ludwig Blenker into Louis Blenker. My comment above was for Ludwig Blenker which was based on my translation of the ADB material. I had rated Ludwig C which may have been overly generous. I found Louis was rated a stub, so I compromised and raised Louis's rating to start. Louis now has two sources, the original NIE and now ADB, which are remarkably complementary. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 17:24, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Last edited at 17:24, 27 December 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 22:28, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Historical Ignorance

Blenker was not born in "Worms, Germany". He was born in Worms, Empire of France. And even if he had been born across the Rhine, he would not have been born "in Germany", because there was no Germany in 1812. --Reibeisen (talk) 12:13, 3 August 2019 (UTC)