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Author	Hess, Earl J., author
Title	Civil War Infantry Tactics : Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness / Earl J. Hess
Imprint	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2015]

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Description xxi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-290) and index

Contents The European tactical heritage -- The North American tactical heritage -- Tactical manuals and the management of men -- Training -- Moving forward and the art of skirmishing -- Multiple lines, echelons, and squares -- Changing front -- Columns -- Multiple maneuvers -- Large formations -- Tactical developments after the Civil War -- Comparison and context -- Conclusion: a tactical summary of the Civil War

Summary "For decades, military historians have argued that the introduction of the rifle musket--with a range five times longer than that of the smoothbore musket--made the shoulder-to-shoulder formations of linear tactics obsolete. Earl J. Hess ... contends that long-range rifle fire did not dominate Civil War battlefields or dramatically alter the course of the conflict because soldiers had neither the training nor the desire to take advantage of the rifle musket's increased range. Drawing on officers' drill manuals and a close reading of battle reports, Civil War infantry tactics demonstrates that linear tactics provided the best formations and maneuvers to use with the single-shot musket, whether rifle or smoothbore"--Dust jacket

Subjects United States. Army. Infantry -- Drill and tactics -- History -- 19th century

Confederate States of America. Army. Infantry -- Drill and tactics

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns

Infantry drill and tactics -- History -- 19th century

LC NO E470 .H59 2015

Dewey No 973.7/3 23

OCLC # 894313600

ISBN 9780807159378 (cloth ; alk. paper)

0807159379 (cloth ; alk. paper)

9780807159385 (pdf)

9780807159392 (epub)

9780807159408 (mobi)

0807159387

Isn/Std # (OCoLC)894313600

LCCN 2014033785

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