Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness

by Earl J. Hess

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807159379
• ISBN13: 9780807159378
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"