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A. P. Hill
08-14-2016, 01:12 AM
So I've known about THIS (http://www.storymindmedia.com/angryalien/military_manuals.htm) page for some time.

But I figured I'd release it for community consumption. Please note that when using the references in this site, to make sure you keep your reading and usage of the information to the period. Anything before 1862 is good. Nothing after 1862 should be ignored.

Enjoy the references.

Respectfully,
Powell.

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DomDowg
08-14-2016, 06:26 AM
Damn good information here I recommend this! Great Job General Hill!

Alexander Greene
08-14-2016, 09:20 PM
Nice job man! I know a fair bit about Civil War Infantry Tactics and how they fought but to have the actual manuals from freaking WEST POINT in my computer will help me learn new ways to kill my enemies. Thanks man!

Wildcat
08-14-2016, 10:01 PM
very interesting

thomas aagaard
08-15-2016, 02:22 PM
Thanks for the link.

I do think their way of describing a book is rather strange.
Instead of the usual Name of author and year of publication. It use part of the title and year of printing.

Both "1862 Infantry Tactics" and "1863 Infantry Tactics" are just different prints of Casey's.

Similar there are a number of different pirate prints of Hardee's 1855 drill book.

More books is naturally a good thing, but some important books are missing. Like "US infantry tactics 61" and I can't find Gilhams...

Also many of the books are not official army production and some are even British...



Personally I prefer to use http://www.zipcon.net/~silas/links.htm

Much more clear who wrote a book and when without the need to open the file. And it got more of the relevant drill books.

Off cause in the long run, it really don't matter if one use Hardee, hardee revised, Casey or Gilhams... since the only difference is in the manual of arms... something we got no control over...

Sir Doctor Professor
08-18-2016, 12:55 PM
Nice! Thanks for sharing the link.

RhettVito
09-05-2016, 09:55 PM
I have all of this and more on my thread http://www.warofrightsforum.com/showthread.php?858-Historical-company-organization

Lt. Johnston
06-22-2017, 07:03 PM
Nice

A. P. Hill
08-26-2017, 07:45 PM
For those of you with a big interest in Artillery.

The Artillery Magazine Index for the past 35 years of publishing. (http://artillerymanmagazine.com/default.asp?39)

Enjoy!

72ndPA
01-19-2018, 12:00 PM
Thanks for this A. P. Hill

Salty Devil
10-27-2018, 04:11 PM
So I've known about THIS (http://www.storymindmedia.com/angryalien/military_manuals.htm) page for some time.

But I figured I'd release it for community consumption. Please note that when using the references in this site, to make sure you keep your reading and usage of the information to the period. Anything before 1862 is good. Nothing after 1862 should be ignored.

Enjoy the references.

Respectfully,
Powell.

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I love how on page 12-13 of a System of Target Practice they pretty much explain how DRY FIRING helped improve soldiers aim up to 300%. I've been preaching Dry Fire to my fellow officers for years to improve overall accuracy. Crazy

Prophet
12-04-2018, 09:27 PM
Great post, extremely helpful.

Wilhelm Dunkel
02-19-2020, 06:43 PM
Great info!

Ven0m
02-25-2020, 11:48 PM
Thanks for this!

R0NH20
07-09-2021, 04:23 PM
I found it to be hilarious when I first observed WoR videos on yooboob in 2018. First thing I noticed was everyone lining up like Dominos and mowing each other down like freak farmers on a crack bender. I noticed not one time did anyone take cover to reload. As a long term military history fan, I was reading Civil War books at age 12. My mom worked at Stanford and had a library card. I carried home arms full of thick manuals and color art work of battles. At the age of 12 I could see that in the artwork the troops almost always lined up and fired in ranks - in plain sight. This is entirely unrealistic and shows only a lazy artist. In real Life Americans never adopted Napoleonic Tactics of rank firing. Since Colonial Times Americans are the ones who hide to reload. The only time the British saw an American is when the American was aiming at them. Nobody stands in plain sight to reload. All the 'blanked out' heroes died on the first day. Now, after totally berating everyone in sight in the game itself I notice almost everyone ducking behind the 'rocks of life' that litter a battlefield - instead of standing in front of the rock and firing [then reloading] with 40 enemy soldiers aiming at you - while you do it.

Semper fi :cool:

Follow this page: https://youtu.be/BZvmHx4j7wo

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Bradley
07-12-2021, 01:13 PM
At the age of 12 I could see that in the artwork the troops almost always lined up and fired in ranks - in plain sight. This is entirely unrealistic and shows only a lazy artist.
Wait, so at the age of 12 you decided everything you were reading was wrong... just because it didn't make sense to you? And actual trained historians are just idiots? LOL

A. P. Hill
07-12-2021, 08:07 PM
Yup.

R0NH20
07-13-2021, 02:50 AM
Let's not be weird, ok? Whatever argument you tried to make died like roadkill the instant you got personal in a gaming forum with someone you do not know.

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Bradley
07-13-2021, 12:42 PM
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You shared a personal anecdote which I was responding to. I just thought it was funny. Anyway, the above was sketched by Theodore Davis, employed by Harpers Weekly and well respected for his attention to detail, who accompanied Gen. Grant's army on campaign. What you see is Union artillery firing into an ongoing line battle. So, yes, Americans actually stood in formation to reload, even in the backwoods of Mississippi where there were a lot of trees for everyone to hide behind.

A. P. Hill
07-14-2021, 12:33 AM
Surely you could have used a better print Bradley!?

Something like this:

https://archive.org/details/harpersweeklyv6bonn/page/232/mode/2up

The Battle of Winchester 1862 as sketched by Alfred Waud. The most renown artist of the time.

Bradley
07-15-2021, 02:47 PM
That is a stunning print!

A. P. Hill
07-15-2021, 08:04 PM
Yep. But, it's all fake. ;)

A. P. Hill
07-16-2021, 12:32 AM
Or .... this one ...

https://archive.org/details/harpersweeklyv6bonn/page/264/mode/2up

R0NH20
07-22-2021, 07:40 PM
Yes, it is all fake, the artwork is imagination. :cool:

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Bradley
07-26-2021, 02:21 PM
Yes, it is all fake, the artwork is imagination.


"In the time that I am writing every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before. It was never my fortune to witness a more bloody, dismal battlefield."

Gen. Joseph Hooker, Official Records (US War Dept), Series 1, Vol. 19, Pt 1, p. 218.

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