I need help tagging & categorizing this US Civil War family

Question

I am dreadfully behind on my knowledge of US Civil War tags & categories.  This family has multiple members that fought &/or died in the war.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I added the correct side for the Civil War and removed  end End of Watch template that someone added, which is NOT meant for using in war deaths. That is for first responders.

Answer 2

Cut and paste this into profile Replaceing the one you have in there.

{{US Civil War

|side=Confederate

|enlisted=1 Sep 1862

|mustered=21 Aug 1863

|regiment flag=Civil_War_Flags-16.png

|regiment name=Tennessee 13th Cavalry

|rank=Private

|unit=K Co.

}}

I am not sure what to do about the KIA. I know there are stickers for it and I think it will add him to the Honor Rolls.

Here is the Web site for Tennessee

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:%27%27Tennessee%27%27_Resource_Page_US_Civil_War:_War_Between_the_States.

Sorry never done one of the KIA tags

Comments

|unit= needs to be a category name and units are not categorized, so your template markup would cause a red-linked category, Jeff.

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Hello Natalie,  I did not know that! All of the ones in my tree are Union, but I will have to go back and check them. Thanks

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Hello again Natalie,

Sorry to keep pestering you but apparently, I am missing something?

 How do I check to see if a profile has this "Red-linked" Category?

 Again, sorry Categories are something I am still working on.

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Jeff, here is the link to the US Civil War Project page, it has hints and templates for the various stickers for the soldiers who fought in the American Civil War.   US Civil War: War Between the States Project    

On a profile page, at the very bottom you will find a box that shows categories, if a category shows up in red you'll know you have an incorrect category listed.

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Awsome! Thank you. Did not know about that. I will have to put that on my check list of things to do when creating a New Profile and go back and check all my Veteran profiles

Answer 3

I've added the Roll of Honor sticker for Killed in Action.

Answer 4

Thank you so much, but there are a couple more of this family that either fought &/or died in this war - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Choates-13

- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Choates-16

Comments

I've added categories and stickers to both profiles.