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Despite the absence of a robust and well-articulated conception of strategy, American military and political leaders during the Civil War had an intuitive sense of how military operations should be coordinated with larger political ends.
Infantry tactics in the Civil War had been developed around the use of the smoothbore musket, an inherently inaccurate weapon which (when combined with poor training and the general excitability of battle) was only effective at ranges of forty to sixty yards.
31 Μαρ 2022 · Infantry line tactics in the American Civil War can perplex the mind. Hundreds of years of line infantry tactics seem to be perfected to horrifying effect. Casualties from the outbreak of the war shocked the American public.
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
11 Οκτ 2019 · Most Civil War leaders only looked at the prospective battle (tactical issues), not at how each individual engagement fitted into a campaign (the operational level of war), and how this related to the nation’s military strategy (the methods for prosecuting it).
Infantry Tactics During the Civil War. Historian Garry Adelman explains why soldiers fought in “line of battle.”. This video is part of the American Battlefield Trust's In4 video series, which presents short videos on basic Civil War topics.
The area explored in this paper will focus on the turmoil in changing doctrine and tactics during the Civil War which is directly linked to the progression of tactical advancement of the three main branches; Cavalry, Infantry and Artillery, and examples of the progression up to the Vietnam War.
