Template:Did you know nominations/Nichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:06, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Nichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment

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24-pounder howitzer

... that when the unit was formed, about two-thirds of the men of Nichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment were unarmed? Ref 9 in text
- ALT1:~~... that Nichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment helped capture a 24-pounder howitzer (example pictured) at the Battle of Byram's Ford?~~ Ref 18 in the text

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frances Spatz Leighton

Improved to Good Article status by Hog Farm (talk). Self-nominated at 03:18, 13 December 2020 (UTC).

@Hog Farm: This article is a newly promoted GA and meets the newness and length criteria. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. The ALT1 hook would be satisfactory but the image is ineligible for DYK because it does not appear in the article. ALT0 is not borne out by the article as it does not mention two thirds of the recruits being unarmed. You could craft a hook about the attack on Glasgow, the city in Scotland being much better known than its Missouri namesake. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:45, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

- ALT2:... that Nichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment attacked Glasgow, trying to acquire weapons for its unarmed recruits?
  - Cwmbiraeth - ALT0 is in the last paragraph of the Background and organization section. Hog Farm _Bacon 14:18, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

OK, approving the original hook, but not ALT1. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:29, 16 December 2020 (UTC)