Crossing the deadly ground
Subtitle: United States Army tactics, 1865-1899
By: Perry D. Jamieson.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: United States. Army. Infantry -- Drill and tactics -- History -- 19th century.
Description: With the advent of better weapons, the American army learned that massing tight lines of soldiers to attack dug-in defenders would not work as well as it had. Soldiers began to study the issue and develop new field tactics. In 1891 Fort Leavenworth published the first true tactical manual. Not until the advent of the field radio was the problem solved of communicating with troops spread much farther apart.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-220) and index.