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Charles Blair Mayne has written: 'Infantry fire tactics for the Canadian Militia' -- subject(s): Infantry drill
Officer of the militia. has written: 'The soldier's monitor' -- subject(s): Drill and tactics, United States, United States. Army. Infantry
Cromwell Stacey has written: 'Company training (infantry)' -- subject(s): Militia, Handbooks, manuals
W.N.O Swarthout has written: 'History second regiment infantry national guard' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Montana. National Guard. Infantry, 2nd, Montana, Militia
While not entirely accurate, this approximates the way the battle of Gettysburg began. Gettysburg was selected as a location for the fight by Robert E Lee because of the excellent road network there. Lee's soldiers had raided many of the nearby towns and hoped to force Gettysburg to give them a warehouse full of shoes and boots. They were surprised by the presence of a Union cavalry company when they had only expected a few untrained militia. They did not know that nearly 100,000 Union soldiers were within one day of arriving at the scene.
That African Americans be accepted into the Union military Allowed African-Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers
G. A. Raikes has written: 'Historical Records Of The First Regiment Of Militia Or Third West York Light Infantry'
That African Americans be accepted into the Union military Allowed African-Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers
That African Americans be accepted into the Union military Allowed African-Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers
James Grant Gilchrist has written: 'A manual for infantry officers of the national guard ..' -- subject- s -: Officers' handbooks, Militia
He held the rank of Colonel in the Tennesse Militia, but historians do not record the nature of his service, or if he ever experienced combat.
Major Walter Taylor tells General Lee that General Hill discounts reports of a Union cavalry in Gettysburg. Major Taylor also tells Lee that General Hill thinks there is only a militia in Gettysburg.