1861 Rifle And Light Infantry Tactics by Lieut-Col W.J. Hardee Vol.II, Civil War

Description

BASIC INFORMATION
Title:
Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics; For the Exercise and Maneuvers of Troops When Acting as Light Infantry or Riflemen. Vol. II School of the Battalion
Author:
Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. J. Hardee
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1861
Format: Hardcover with title in gilt on leather-trimmed spine
Condition: Stained boards, corners bumped and frayed, wear at top of and along spine cover, pages foxed/stained, edge wear and chipping of a few fold-out illustrated pages, back end paper torn, field notes on end papers, binding secure.
Content:
In 1853, then-Secretary of War Jefferson Davis ordered Hardee to write an updated manual on the use and tactics of the new weapons available, percussion rifles, which would be used throughout the Civil War. The book was finished by 1855, and became the standard manual on March 20 of that year. The manual has had multiple different prints, the most common of which being in 1861 and 1862. At that time, Hardee had joined the Confederate Army and held the rank of lieutenant general. The manual was in use with the United States Army as well as the Confederate States Army during the war. Its purpose was to act as a guide for commissioned officers in the instruction of their command.
232 pages with numerous illustrations. Measures 3 5/8 x 5 ¼ inches
Always shipped well-packed. United States only.
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