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Civil War Infantry Tactics : Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness by Earl J. Hess (author) (author) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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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 mu
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- Author
- Earl J. Hess (author) (author)
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780807159392
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, United States, Military History
- Rating
- 4.38 / 5 (18 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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