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H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 82 0 Browse Search
Emil Schalk, A. O., The Art of War written expressly for and dedicated to the U.S. Volunteer Army. 24 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 16 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 16 0 Browse Search
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 14 0 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 14 0 Browse Search
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War. 12 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 12 0 Browse Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 1 10 0 Browse Search
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army . 10 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], The bivouac. (search)
He left the camps and the long lines of heavy and slow moving wagons behind. His soldiers built their fires where they halted; the foragers swept the country for provisions; supper and bed were improvised beside the blaze; and in the morning, at the sound of the drum and trumpet, the army rose to its feet as one man, ready for the march. There was no camp to take care of; and the legions of the conqueror were on the enemy while he was rubbing his eyes open or cooking his breakfast. Napoleon's innovations were imitated by the rest of Europe, and the night bivouac particularly has become the practice of all modern armies that find quick and unencumbered movements necessary or advantageous. There is something picturesque and sublime in it. The long lines of fires flickering and glowing in the night; the group of tired soldiers, their free and easy attitudes, their arms on the ground ready to be caught up at any instant; the simple fare, the men cooking their supper, the long-str