I don't have the impression (and here I'm less well versed than in Napoleonic and 18th Century formations) than either side used anything that looked like the French assault column during the ACW, even for bayonet charges.īurke seems to be advancing the idea in his posts that ACW regiments seldom fought in firing lines and I don't think this is anymore the case than is the misconception that the Napoleonic French never deployed in line. By 1861 many, if not most regiments were equipped with rifle muskets so these tactics make sense. Having said that, my impression is that the tactics in use in the US would probably best be described as very similar to British Rifle unit tactics in Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. I don't think it really is most people that have studied this know that ACW tactics were essentially Napoleonic. What he's really talking about is skirmishers and "light infantry" tactics, and he's generally correct in what he's saying - he's just saying it in a way to make it appear different/controversial. If you read far enough down, you finally get to the Napoleonic tie-in.
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