Emory upton infantry tactics instructor
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A Comparison of the 1866 Infantry Tactics, by Emory Upton, with the 1861 Infantry Tactics, by William J.
Hardee, and Commentary on its Applications to Reenacting the American Civil War.
By Leonidas Jones,
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6th Regiment, 1st Division, ANV
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Foreword
School of the Soldier
School of the Company
Instruction for Skirmishers
School of the Battalion
Addenda
Afterword
Works Cited
Foreword
In 1866, Brevet Major General Emory Upton prepared a new system of Infantry Tactics.
His goals were to make tactics more similar from one branch of service to another, to simplify the learning process, and to make massive bodies of troops more maneuverable. He learned from the problems encountered in the late war, and accounted for the developments in armament, both in line and skirmishing.
Emory Upton was born in Batavia, New York, on August 27th, 1939.
He decided on a military c