1861 Hardee Confederate Rifle & Light Infantry Tactic Battle Maps Civil War 2v
William Hardee’s Light Infantry Tactics was commissioned by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis and modernized American infantry drills, allowing for nimbler, faster-paced battle movements. In 1855, Hardee’s Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics became the standard instructional manual for the U.S. Army. Though Hardee was a Confederate general, both Confederate and Union armies used Hardee’s manual during the Civil War.
Hardee’s work assumed that troops would be armed with the model 1841 “Mississippi” rifle, a two-band weapon that had achieved popularity during the war with Mexico. He revised his work for the popular three band rifled percussion musket, which became the standard shoulder arm of the American Civil War. This revision was published in 1861, and again in an edition for North Carolina Troops, in 1862. This 1861 edition includes:
- Formation of a Regiment
- School of the Soldier
- School of the Company
- Instruction for Skirmishers
- School of the Battalion
This 1861 edition includes 66-fold out and full-page diagrams of soldier formations and drills as well as 20 pages of sheet-music!
1861 Hardee Confederate Rifle & Light Infantry Tactic Battle Maps Civil War 2v
William Hardee’s Light Infantry Tactics was commissioned by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis and modernized American infantry drills, allowing for nimbler, faster-paced battle movements. In 1855, Hardee’s Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics became the standard instructional manual for the U.S. Army. Though Hardee was a Confederate general, both Confederate and Union armies used Hardee’s manual during the Civil War.
Hardee’s work assumed that troops would be armed with the model 1841 “Mississippi” rifle, a two-band weapon that had achieved popularity during the war with Mexico. He revised his work for the popular three band rifled percussion musket, which became the standard shoulder arm of the American Civil War. This revision was published in 1861, and again in an edition for North Carolina Troops, in 1862. This 1861 edition includes:
- Formation of a Regiment
- School of the Soldier
- School of the Company
- Instruction for Skirmishers
- School of the Battalion
This 1861 edition includes 66-fold out and full-page diagrams of soldier formations and drills as well as 20 pages of sheet-music!
Item number: #8125
Price: $750
HARDEE, William Joseph
Rifle and light infantry tactics; for the exercise and manoeuvres of troops when acting as light infantry or riflemen.
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. 1st edition
Details:
- Collation complete with all pages:
- 2 Volumes
- Vol I – 250, [5]
- Vol II – 232, [2]
- 66 plates
- 20 pages of Music
- References: Sabin 30307
- Language: English
- RARE PROVENANCE
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- Size: ~5.5in X 4in (13.5cm x 9.5cm)
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8125
Categories
Americana, American History
Military & War
Authors
HARDEE, William Joseph
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete