Regulations and Instructions for the Field Service of the U. S. Cavalry in Time of War (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

George Brinton McClellan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331137349 ISBN 13 : 9781331137344

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the essentials of Civil War cavalry operations with this authoritative field manual.

This volume presents practical rules for marching, camp security, outposts, patrols, and the handling of convoys, drawn from McClellan’s time-tested guidance. It offers clear, step-by-step directions that help officers and NCOs train effective units in real-world scenarios. The book covers a full range of topics, from moving troops near the enemy to securing trains, forming squares, and coordinating skirmishers. It emphasizes simple, reliable methods, rapid decision-making, and keeping the force concentrated where it matters most.

• Movements of troops, trains, and defensive setups during marches and in camp
• Outpost and patrol duties, vedettes, and the chain of sentinels
• Defense and management of convoys, including formations and corral techniques
• Special detachments, sudden attacks, reconnoissance, and foraging

Ideal for readers of military history and those curious about 19th-century cavalry tactics and discipline.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The nature of cavalry service in the United States being quite different from that performed by any in Europe, we ought not to follow blindly any one system, but should endeavor to select the good features, and engraft them upon a system of our own. The proper organization of our cavalry must depend upon the consideration of three things: 1st, the nature of its service against the I ndians; 2d, its employment against a civilized enemy invading our territory; 3d, its service in an offensive war, carried on against our neighbors. The I ndians, against whom our cavalry are brought to bear, are generally irregular light horsemen, sometimes living and acting altogether on the plains, in other localities filing back into the broken country when pursued: the difficulty, always, is to catch them; to do so, we must be as light and quick as they are, and then superiority of weapons and discipline must uniformly give us the advantage. A ny army invading our territory must necessarily be deficient in cavalry; in addition, the nature of the parts of our frontiers most liable to attack is not suited to the action of large bodies of cavalry, while in partial operations, light cavalry, well handled, ought always to be superior to heavy cavalry. Canada, Central 3I exico, and the West I ndies, are also un-. suited to the operations of masses of cavalry, and in none of them are we likely to encounter heavy cavalry, or large numbers of light cavalry; infantry and artillery must generally do most of the work, while light cavalry will afford invaluable assistance and in Northern Mexico play an important part. It would, therefore, seem that heavy cavalry would be worse than useless for our purposes, and that we need only light cavalry, in the true and strictest sense of the term.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331137349
• ISBN 13: 9781331137344
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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