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Military theorist, Carl von Clausewitz wrote his works on warfare based on the Prussian wars and the Napoleonic era wars. He observations determined that very often a defeated army could maneuver a successful retreat and live to fight another day. This was frequently the result of US Civil War battles. For Clausewitz, a strong cavalry was the key to the pursuit required to hamper an enemy army's retreat. In the US Civil War, the value of cavalry troops were lessened due to the firepower of rifles. Therefore, no effective pursuit of a defeated army was available.

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