The 1863 U.S. Infantry Tactics: Infantry of the Line Light Infantry and Riflemen

About this book

Written in 1861 at the direction of the War Department and copiously illustrated this was the book used to train lead and maneuver U.S. Infantry units on Civil War battlefields. It contains the school of the soldier the company and battalion or fielded regiment along with all-important instructions for skirmishers. Over 15 pages of field music the articles of war in use at the time and a dictionary of Civil War military terminology completes this extensive work. The work was authorized and adopted by the Secretary of War on May 1 1861. This is the second edition issued in 1863.