A fact from Byron Root Pierce appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Byron Root Pierce was Michigan's last living Civil War general? Source: "Pierce was a member of the GAR and MOLLUS and was Michigan's last living Civil War general" (Finney & McIntosh, Remembering Michigan's Civil War Soldiers, p. 19)
ALT1: ... that General Byron Root Pierce participated in all of the major battles in the east during the American Civil War? Source: "He would be wounded five times by the war's end, and was present at every major battle in the east from First Bull Run to Appomattox". (Miller, Richard, Harvard's Civil War, p. 385)
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Article is long enough and new enough (created in draftspace on 7 Dec but moved to mainspace yesterday). Earwig looks good and hook is sourced here and in the body of the article (AGF offline source). Looks good to go. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:42, 22 December 2021 (UTC)Reply