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For the infantry: the criteria of employment were those based upon General Hardee's manual. They were substantially like those of the Union Army and European Armies:
on the forefront a swarm of skirmishers (a quarter of the total force engaged),
about 150 feet behind, a line of infantry, followed after further 250 feet behind by a second line. It was supposed or theorized that, when the unit would be close to the enemy formation, the two lines would have gone beyond the skirmishers, attacking the enemy with the bayonets.
This style of combat would have soon become outdated because of adoption of rifled guns and minié bullets. Anyway, the Confederate infantry would further remain excessively inclined to resolve everything by clash.
For the artillery: still in 1863 the Confederates were inclined to make an obsolete use of the artillery, giving the preference to smooth-bore guns to accompanying fire at closer range. Then, compelled by the high losses and lacking of effectiveness of that arm, due to a.m. adoption of rifled guns, they changed their mind, improving the organization, the equipment and the way of employ. By so doing they led their artillery to reach a very high level, even if it never reached that of Union's.
For the cavalry: since from beginning of war, the Confederate cavalry gave up, soon followed by that of Union's, the obsolete European's criteria of employment and equipment , which would have endured up to the eve of WW1. They were the first to create independent Great Units or Corps of Cavalry, which tasks was of being the eyes and shield of the Great Infantry Units and often of being appointed to act as an army for long range raids behind the enemy lines, striking the Union's line of communications, depots etc., able to effectively fight also dismounted and, in so doing anticipating the great performances of the WW2's large motorized columns.
About the strategy, The Confederates leaders, like their Northerners opponents, were deeply imbibed of the theories expressed by the Baron Anthony Henry de Jomini. Their basic concepts would have strategically dominated their way of warfare almost in the early stage of the conflict. And for most of them (excluding Lee, Jackson, Longstreet and Joseph Johnston and few others), that "domination"
practically endured up to the end of the war, because they didn't realize that those concepts had already become obsoletes and unworthy of being followed.
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Which army used preventive strikes in the Civil War?
The Confederate army used preventive strikes first in the Civil War. One such occurred in 1861 in New Mexico by the Texas army.
What army represent the South in the civil war?
the confederate army
What army has an advantage in the Civil War?
the confederate states army
What wars did the Confederate Army win?
None, the Confederate Army lost the war, though they won many battles in the early part of the war.
How did Lincoln end the war?
He did not. The war was ended by the Union Army defeating the Confederate Army.
Who was the confederate army captains during the civil war?
There were too many Captains in the Confederate Army to list individually.
Who commanded the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee was the general of the Confederate Army for the vast majority of the Civil War.
What type of armies did the civil war have?
The confederate army and the union army.
Who was the confederate in the Chickamauga war?
The general was Braxton Bragg and the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Did the Continental Army win or the confederate army win in the American revolution?
It was the Continental army that won the American revolutionary war. The Confederate army did not appear until the Civil War, many years later.
Was George Washington commander in chief of the Confederate army?
George Washington was commander-in-chief of the Continental army (Revolutionary War). The Confederate army fought for the South during the Civil War.
Was it the army or the military that fought in civil war?
Army is part of the military.....sooo you're dumb and it was the Army that fought the Civil war. you had the confederate Army as well as the Union Army, battled against eachother....north was the union and the south was the confederate.
