Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness - Paperback
by Earl J. Hess
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Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807179581ISBN-10:807179582UPC:9780807179581Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States, StrategySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.73 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC065VPN54
Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807179581ISBN-10:807179582UPC:9780807179581Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States, StrategySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.73 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC065VPN54
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.
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