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The Evolution of Cavalry Tactics: How Technology Drove Change (Part Two)

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Eric J. Wittenberg

(art two in a series) In the first part of this series, we learned Napoleon Bonaparte’s theories about the use of cavalry in the field. Those tactics relied on the short range of the long arms of the infantry and … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of Cavalry Tactics: How Technology Drove Change (Part One)

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Eric J. Wittenberg

(part one in a series) This is the first installment of a multi-part series on the evolution of Civil War cavalry tactics that is being developed exclusively for Emerging Civil War. The series will focus on cavalry tactics as they … Continue reading →

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