This monograph analyzes the Confederate Maryland campaign of 1862 in regard to several key concepts of military theory. As an operation involving extended effort and multiple battles, the campaign serves as a case study reinforcing the utility of...
This monograph discusses the importance of learning lessons from a study of operations by the Confederate Army of Tennessee during the American Civil War, using a theoretical model developed by Mr. James J. Schneider in Theoretical Paper No. 3. Mr....
This study addresses the question that, even though such items as strength, ammunition, rations, transportation, equipment, etc., can easily be charted from reports and war diaries, how can the factors that are so essential to true combat strength,...
This study seeks to determine the potential causes for unit collapse in combat through a comparison and analysis of two American divisions. The first, the 35th Infantry Division fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in September 1918, in World War...
This field service document is broken down into three categories: organization, operations (information, security, orders, marches and convoys, combat, shelter), and administration (service of the interior, service of the theater of operations,...
A series of lectures by Colonel Applin of the British General Staff on the importance of discipline, training and how to instruct, and hints to officers proceeding on active service for the first time.
This study examines the effects of halting the exchanges of prisoners during the American Civil War. When exchanges were ceased by General Grant in April 1864, both the Union and Confederate Armies were thereafter deprived of a badly needed source...
This study investigates Major General Daniel Harvey Hill's performance during the Chattanooga campaign, focusing specifically on the Battle of Chickamauga. Hill's early life and performance in the Army of Northern Virginia are evaluated for...
This study discusses the 79th Division encounter with gas warfare in the Montfaucon operation and covers types of gases, military operations, lack of training, and analyzes the actual attack.
Revised operational plan for the Allied Forces Western Naval Task Force to firmly establish the Fifth Army in positions ashore in the Gulf of Salerno and will support its advance to capture Naples and adjacent airfields.
This field service document is broken down into three categories: organization, operations (information, security, orders, marches and convoys, combat, shelter), and administration (service of the interior, service of the theater of operations,...
This field service document is broken down into three categories: organization, operations (information, security, orders, marches and convoys, combat, shelter), and administration (service of the interior, service of the theater of operations,...
Looks at principles of modern warfare as illustrated by campaigns of the American Civil War, including Bull Run, Shiloh, Jackson’s Valley, Manassas, Antietam, Stones River, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg , Vicksburg, Chickamauga,...
Marches are classified under two general heads-those executed in the presence of the enemy, in which tactical considerations govern, and those executed in the absence of the enemy.
"Ask a doughboy or an officer about 'over there' these days, and nine times out of ten his answer will be, 'Oh, what's the use of talking about it? Folks are tired of hearing about the war."