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The Free Manual Of Arms From Hardees Revised Tactics (1861) What a great find, Barrycdog Between Google Books, Project Gutenburg (45000+ free ebooks), Library of Congress online offerings, various and sundry other free resources - and this site so much great stuff to read, so little time
Light Infantry as a Civil War term. This general order is not referring to the volume in which it is published (in mid-1861) It is referring to the existing systems (Scott's and Hardee's) approved by the War Department (1835 and 1855), and of which the volume linked is just another edition put out to meet public demand
Alternative Arms Stacking | Reenactors Forum - Join, Drill, See the . . . The Kentucky swing is a k a the revised Hardees Ellsworth method, as opposed to the methods of stacking arms in Scotts Caseys Here is a famous image of Federal troops with P53s stacked in the so-called Kentucky swing Expired Image Removed
Trail arms? | Reenactors Forum - Join, Drill, See the Elephant As noted Hardees Casey's tactics as used in the 1860s adopted the old light infantry shoulder-arms as standard for all foot troops; and included trail arms too Pickett's division made their charge at Gettysburg at trail arms
What if William Hardee not John bell Hood replaced Joe Johnston But if the stars could have lines up right, the movement of Hardees Corp would have had ample time to transverse around the McDonough Rd into the enfiladed position of the Union army as had been hoped for, than maybe Sherman would have pulled back some to reconsider his options Hood vs Hardee…
During the Battle of Shiloh what did the Confederate cavalry do? On Sunday morning (the 6th) I was awaiting orders from General Hardee, when General Beauregard and staff, taking position near our line, he ordered us to do duty during the fight with Colonel Adams regiment of cavalry, stationed upon the extreme right, near Greer's Ford, and sent us with Major Brewster, of General Breckinridge's brigade, as a guide
Impressions - Correct hat? | Reenactors Forum - Join, Drill, See the . . . A lot depends on the unit you are portraying As an example the 4th MN VI didn't have any forage caps at least through Vicksburg and they were still had Hardees through the grand review Western troops prefered the Slouch hat or the issue Hardee while the Eastern troops had the forage cap
Color Guard in Confederate Infantry: Who Carried the Flag A Ton of . . . Captain seniority was supposed to dictate where a company was to be positioned, but in many cases the Colonel knew which companies were to be trusted regardless of their captain The colors dictated the direction, through commands of the Colonel 30 paces to the rear of the guard (Hardees), with the Lt Col out front with the color guard
Why Gilham used load in 9 and 10 times? The one for rifles used in Hardees 1855 book (right hand holding the rifle around the small of the stock and the triggerguard) Gilhams book was originally indented for use by US state militias He included both manuals of arms When the war broke out the federal published the US infantry tactics 1861 or Cameron edition