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Weapons improved rapidly after the Civil War, raising difficult questions about the battle tactics employed by the United States Army. The most fundamental problem was the dominance of the tactical defensive, when defenders protected by fieldworks could deliver deadly fire from rifles and artillery against attackers advancing in close-ordered lines. The vulnerability of these offensive forces as they crossed the so-called deadly ground in front of defensive positions was even greater with the improvement of armaments after the Civil War.
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Crossing the Deadly Ground : United States Army Tactics, 1865-1899
author
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Jamieson, Perry D.
publisher
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University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
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0817307605
print isbn13
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9780817307608
ebook isbn13
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9780585287850
language
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English
subject
United States.--Army.--Infantry--Drill and tactics--History--19th century.
publication date
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1994
lcc
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UD160.J36 1994eb
ddc
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356/.183
subject
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United States.--Army.--Infantry--Drill and tactics--History--19th century.
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Crossing the Deadly Ground
United States Army Tactics, 18651899
Perry D. Jamieson
Page iv
Copyright 1994 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America designed by Paula C. Dennis
The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Jamieson, Perry D. Crossing the deadly ground : United States Army tactics, 18651899 / Perry D. Jamieson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-0720-6 (alk. paper) 1. United States. Army. InfantryDrill and tacticsHistory 19th century. I. Title. UD160.J36 1994 356'.183dC20 93-45318
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available
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For Adaline Jamieson
Page vii
Contents
Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
1 No More Cold Harbors Issues in Tactics, 18651880
1
2 Hard and Dangerous Service The Challenges of Indian Warfare, 18651890
22
3 The Same Principle as at Atlanta Tactics and Strategy of the Indian Wars, 18651890
36
4 Individual Skill and the Hazard of Battle Marksmanship and Training, 18801898
54
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5 The Deadly Ground Issues in Tactics, 18801898
70
6 Great Changes Now and to Come The Leavenworth Board Manuals, 1891
92
7 No Final Tactics Questions without Answers, 18801898
113
8 Charging against Entrenchments and Modern Rifles The Spanish-American War and the First Phase of the Philippine War, 18981899
131
Notes
155
Select Bibliography
207
Index
221
Page ix
Illustrations
1. Samuel Beatty's Brigade
5
2. Emory Upton
7
3. William T. Sherman
8
4. Stephen C. Mills with Indian Scouts
39
5. Twelve of the Army's Best Marksmen
57
6. Philip H. Sheridan
58
7. Guy V. Henry
67
8. Signal Corps Soldiers with Field Telephones
74
9. Two Plates from the 1891 Infantry Manual
77
10. A Gatling Gun and Its Crew
80
11. "Position of Carry Saber, Mounted"
88
12. The Class of 1891 at Fort Leavenworth
95
13. Company B of the Seventh Infantry
102
14. "The Whistle," an Advertisement
107
15. A Plate from the 1891 Infantry Manual
115
16. A View Along the Trenches, Santiago, 1898
152
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Preface
Military historians have written countless volumes about the Civil War, World War II, and other major American wars but relatively few books about the United States Army during the late nineteenth century. The great campaigns and bloody battles of our history have attracted far more attention than have the last decades of the 1800s, a period of peace and limited conflicts.
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