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1862 1ed Civil War Infantry Tactics General Silas Casey
1862 1ed Civil War Infantry Tactics General Silas Casey
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1862 1ed Civil War Infantry Tactics General Silas Casey Military POW ProvenanceOWNED BY A CIVIL WAR ARMY CAPTAIN POW!

A fine Civil War-era set of book on military and infantry tactics, exercises, and studies.Silas Casey (1807 – 1882) was a career United States Army officer who rose to the rank of Major General during the American Civil War.

Main author: Silas Casey

Title: Infantry tactics : for the instruction, exercise, and manœuvres of the soldier, a company, line of skirmishers, battalion, brigade, or corps d’armée

Published: New York : D. Van Nostrand, 1862.

Language: English

Notes & content:

•1st edition

•Illustrated with 68 plates

•2 volumes

◦1. Schools of the soldier and company. Instructions for skirmishers and music. —

◦2. School of the battalion. —

•From Preface: “The following volumes of Infantry Tactics are based upon the French ordonnances of 1831 and 1845, for the manoeuvres of heavy infantry and chasseurs a pied. Both of these systems have been in use in our service for some year; the former having been translated by Lieutenant-General Scott, and the latter by Lieutenant-Colonel Hardee … In this School [of the Battalion], several battalion manoeuvres have been introduced not in the original, several thrown out, and others changed and modified.”

•Owner history:

◦Hubert F. Peebles (Civil War soldier)

▪From Waterloo, Iowa.

▪Officer, gained Captain status 8/8/1862

▪Listed as POW 4/9/1864

▪Wounded 4/9/1864

▪Died of wounds 4/25/1864

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Wear: wear as seen in photos

Binding: tight and secure leather binding

Pages: complete with all 279 + 279 pages; plus indexes, prefaces, and such

Publisher: New York : D. Van Nostrand, 1862.

Size: ~5.5in X 3.5in (13.5cm x 9cm)

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