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Author | : Earl J. Hess |
Publisher | : LSU Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2015-04-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807159387 |
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EARL J. HESS is Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University and the author of fifteen books on the Civil War, including Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign ; The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee ; and The Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi.
Author | : Earl J. Hess |
Publisher | : LSU Press |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2015-04-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807159395 |
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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. Author Earl J. Hess challenges this deeply entrenched assumption. He 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 musket rifle's increased range. Drawing on the drill manuals available to officers 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. The linear system was far from an outdated relic that led to higher casualties and prolonged the war. Indeed, regimental officers on both sides of the conflict found the formations and maneuvers in use since the era of the French Revolution to be indispensable to the survival of their units on the battlefield. The training soldiers received in this system, combined with their extensive experience in combat, allowed small units a high level of articulation and effectiveness. Unlike much military history that focuses on grand strategies, Hess zeroes in on formations and maneuvers (or primary tactics), describing their purpose and usefulness in regimental case studies, and pinpointing which of them were favorites of unit commanders in the field. The Civil War was the last conflict in North America to see widespread use of the linear tactical system, and Hess convincingly argues that the war also saw the most effective tactical performance yet in America's short history.
Author | : William Joseph Hardee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1861 |
Genre | : Infantry drill and tactics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Major Richard E. Kerr Jr. |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 71 |
Release | : 2015-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782899413 |
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This thesis examines the effect the rifle had on infantry tactics during the Civil War. It traces the transition from smoothbore to rifle and the development of the Minie ball. The range and accuracy of various weapons are discussed and several tables illustrate the increased capabilities of the rifle. Tactics to exploit the new weapon are examined, primarily those of William Hardee. Using Hardee’s tactics as the standard rifle tactics before the war, the change in how infantry soldiers fought is documented with two battle analyses. The 1862 Maryland Campaign shows the start of tactical evolution as soldiers seek cover, expend large quantities of ammunition and are decisively engaged at greater distances. During the 1864 Wilderness-Spotsylvania battle, the concepts of fortification defense and skirmish offense take hold. Examining several current books that deal with the rifle and its effects, the thesis concludes that the rifle’s increased firepower was a major factor in the move away from Hardee’s formation tactics.
Author | : Paddy Griffith |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780300084610 |
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Military expert Paddy Griffith argues that despite the use of new weapons and of trench warfare techniques, the Civil War was in reality the last Napoleonic-style war. Illustrations.
Author | : Gordon L. Rottman |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2013-05-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1849085064 |
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This book reveals the evolving US, Viet Cong and NVA tactics at battalion level and below throughout the Vietnam War. Beginning with a description of the terrain, climate and the unique nature of operations in this theatre of war, the author, a Vietnam veteran himself, goes on to explain how unit organisation was broken down by combatant forces and the impact this had on the kind of tactics they employed. In particular, the author highlights how units were organised in reality on the battlefield as opposed to their theoretical tables of organisation. US tactics included the standard US tactical doctrine as prescribed by several field manuals and in which leaders and troops were rigourously trained. But it also reveals how many American units developed innovative small unit tactics specifically tailored to the terrain and enemy practices. In contrast, this book also reveals the tactics employed by Viet Cong and NVA units including their own Offensive Operations, Reconnaissance, Movement Formations and Security, and Ambushes.
Author | : United States. War Department |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780811700214 |
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A must-have book for historians, researchers, reenactors, and writers, this authorized book covers the instruction, exercise, and maneuvering of the U.S. Infantry during the Civil War. of field music. 76 drawings.
Author | : Paddy Griffith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : By Authority the Sec |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2006-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781847342959 |
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Author | : Grady McWhiney |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 1984-07-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817302298 |
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