Raynors HCA 2015-08
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Confederate Imprint, “Hutton & Freligh’s Edition of HARDEE’S TACTICS; Rifle and Light Infantry...” Memphis, 1861, 202pp., original light board covers with paper label title, VG. From the verso of of the title page, “Publisher’s Notice, Supplies of this work from the North having been stopped as contraband, this edition is got up for practical purposes and immediate use ... and a considerable portion of remarks and matter ... has been omitted." the edition contains dozens of diagrams. Commissioned by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, William Hardee's Light Infantry Tactics modernized American infantry drill, allowing for nimbler, faster-paced battle movements. Though Hardee was a Confederate general, both Confederate and Union armies used Hardee's manual during the Civil War.
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