I think i can trust my Captain to "encourage" me to learn how to properly lead, also i don't think leading as a whole is that hard, the ability to make tactical decisions during your leadership would be more concerning to me.
But I suppose if you are starting an Officer Candidate School of a sort by all means go for it
Actually it was not that simple. ;-)
By September 1862 a number of drill books was in use north and south.
(Gilham, Hardee 1855, Hardee's revised, Chandler, US infantry tactics 1861, with two manuals of arms... and a few more)
The union did end up standardizing with Casey's version, but this didn't happen until after the campaign.
(and even then some units like the Wisconsin regiments in the Iron brigade ended up still mixing in a few bits from Chandler's manual of arms)
In Lee's army Gilhams and Hardee's revised was the two most common drill books by this time.
By later in the war, most units had changed to Hardee's revised. (so did VMI in 1864)
Obvious the changes was mostly in the manual of arms, since both books are based on Hardee's 1855 book, when to come to all the manĉuvre stuff... (and that was just a translation of a french 1845 drill book.)
Thomas Bernstorff Aagaard
I think it is a fine idea.
Just making a comment about how it was not as simply historical.
Thomas Bernstorff Aagaard
Your score is 87%
You've completed the exam. You scored 13.00 out of 15.00 points.
Passed
Got a 2%, probably for writing in MLA format and with my name.
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