Talk:James Abercrombie (British Army colonel)

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[edit] Which side?

The article offers only hints (in both directions!) about which side he fought on at Bunker Hill. His father's article might suggest the Brit side; the now removed anachronism that he was a US lt. col. suggests the Yanks. I have an opinion based on the article on the battle, but we should be able to verify better than that. Help, historians! --Jerzy (t) 19:03, 2005 May 5 (UTC)

[edit] Accuracy

See the DoCB citation I have added to the page. First, it is unlikely that he was the other Ambercrombies son. Second, the article title is wrong, since he never used Jr., and third, he fought for the British, not for the Americans. The article needs a serious overhaul. Fawcett5 20:33, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

1. Yes, the excruciatingly documented DoCB article makes it unlikely enuf as to warrant mention of that theory only as an apparent error, among the other theories. Someone should rewrite accordingly.
2. Renaming to James Abercrombie (Bunker Hill), & inserting Minimum Astonishment wording.
3. As to which army he was part of, IMO the DoCB utterly closes the case by offering the only evidence, in saying

On 17 June he was wounded leading his men against the American positions near Bunker Hill

--Jerzy•t 09:32, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Son or not, that doesn't preclude somebody, especially in that time period, from referring him to "Junior" as the younger of a couple of people with the same name. Gene Nygaard 20:20, 16 October 2007 (UTC)