An elementary treatise on advanced-guard, out-post, and detachment service of troops, and the manner of posting and handling them in presence of an enemy.
Subtitle: Intended as a supplement to the system of tactics, adopted for the military service of the United States and especially for the use of officers of militia and volunteers.
By: By D.H. Mahan.
Contributors: Confederate States of America Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Bloomfield & Steel
Published: 1861
Place of publication: New Orleans
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army -- Guard duty; United States. Army -- Guard duty; Guard duty -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Tactics
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Mahan's out-post duty, &c.
Notes: Crandall, M.L.  Confederate imprints, 2454
First ed. 1847; another ed. New York, 1861 (168 p.)