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Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness
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Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness Hardcover - 2015

by Earl J. Hess

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  • Title Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness
  • Author Earl J. Hess
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher LSU Press, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Date 2015-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780807159378 / 0807159379
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.36 x 6.08 x 0.98 in (23.77 x 15.44 x 2.49 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Infantry drill and tactics - History - 19th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014033785
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.73

About the author

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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Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2015. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xxii, [2], 299, [5] pages. Includes Illustrations, Preface, Appendix: A Tactical Glossary of the Civil War, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Barcode sticker on back of DJ. Dr. Earl J. Hess (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1986) is a leading author of military histories of the Civil War. After terms at the University of Georgia, Texas Tech University, and the University of Arkansas, he settled at Lincoln Memorial University, in Harrogate, Tenn., in 1989, where he holds the Stewart McClelland Chair. Hess has published nearly twenty books and more than 120 journal articles and academic reviews. Dr. Hess's books offer new insights on Civil War battles and campaigns, and also focus on thematic topics such as the use of weapons, tactics, and transportation in the Civil War. He has been called "the premier military historian of the Civil War" and his work has garnered… Read More
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Hardback. New. 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… Read More
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