Chapter I: Front Matter

A TREATISE

ON THE

TACTICAL USE OF THE THREE ARMS:

INFANTRY, ARTILLERY, AND CAVALRY.

BY

FRANCIS J. LIPPITT,

EX-COLONEL SECOND INFANTRY, CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS.

NEW YORK: D. VAN NOSTRAND, PUBLISHER, 192 BROADWAY. 1865.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865,

By D. VAN NOSTRAND,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

ALVORD, PRINTER.

TO THE MILITARY PUBLIC.

The Author would feel obliged for any facts or suggestions which might enable him to render a future edition of this work more valuable.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., _July, 1865_.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Tactical Use of Infantry 3

I. ITS ATTACK, GENERALLY 4
II. FORMATIONS FOR ATTACK 8
III. THE ATTACK, HOW MADE 19
IV. BAYONET CHARGES 24
V. DEFENCE AGAINST INFANTRY 27
VI. DEFENCE AGAINST ARTILLERY 34
VII. DEFENCE AGAINST CAVALRY 36
VIII. SQUARES 40
IX. SKIRMISHERS 49
A. THEIR USE 50
B. HOW POSTED 53
C. HOW HANDLED 55
D. RULES FOR INDIVIDUAL SKIRMISHERS 56

Tactical Use of Artillery 59

I. HOW POSTED WITH RESPECT TO THE GROUND 59
II. HOW POSTED WITH RESPECT TO OUR OWN TROOPS 63
III. HOW POSTED WITH RESPECT TO THE ENEMY 66
IV. POSTING OF BATTERIES AND OF PIECES AS BETWEEN THEMSELVES 68
V. HOW USED 70
A. GENERALLY 70
B. IN OFFENSIVE COMBAT 72
C. IN DEFENSIVE COMBAT 75
D. AGAINST INFANTRY 78
E. AGAINST CAVALRY 82
F. AGAINST ARTILLERY 83
VI. ITS FIRE 85
VII. ITS SUPPORTS 89

Tactical Use of Cavalry 93