A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry

NEW YORK: D. VAN NOSTRAND, PUBLISHER, 192 BROADWAY. 1865.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, By D. VAN NOSTRAND, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
ALVORD, PRINTER.
The Author would feel obliged for any facts or suggestions which might enable him to render a future edition of this work more valuable.
Providence, R.I., July, 1865 .
Every complete military force consists of three arms,—Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry.
In battle, these three arms are united; and, other things being equal, that commander will prove victorious who is best acquainted with their combined use in the field.
In order thoroughly to understand the proper use of the three arms combined, we must obviously begin by learning the proper use of each of them separately.
Hence the importance of the subject of the present treatise. In discussing it, we shall commence with the
The subject will be considered under the following heads:—
Infantry attacks with its fire, or with the bayonet. Which of these is the more effective?
1. The object of an attack is to destroy or capture the hostile force, or, at least, to drive it from the field.