ABSTRACT OF INFANTRY TACTICS; including Exercises and Maneuvers of Light-Infantry and Riflemen for the Use of the Militia of the United States

Board of Officers (Winfield Scott, President of the Board)

Verlag: Moss, Brothers & Co., Philadelphia, 1861

Beschreibung

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, 138 pgs, 30 plates, including the two folding; bugle calls. Original brown stamped cloth with gilt flag on cover, gilt titled spine. Yellow endpapers. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Gilt is bright, light cover rubbing. Interior pages are clean and tight. Some evidence of glue on front free endpaper. Overall remarkable condition. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: This manual, Abstract of Infantry Tactics , published in 1829, provided instructions for training noncommissioned officers. The purpose of this instruction was to ensure that all NCOs possessed an accurate knowledge of the exercise and use of their firelocks, of the manual exercise of the soldier, and of the firings and marching. Field officers and the adjutant were required to assemble noncommissioned officers frequently for both practical and theoretical instruction. Field officers were to ensure that company officers provided proper instruction to their noncommissioned officers. With the outbreak of war, again published for use by the Union forces and the large numbers of new state regiments. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1223094

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Titel: ABSTRACT OF INFANTRY TACTICS; including ...

Verlag: Moss, Brothers & Co., Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1861

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition