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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. 32 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir 28 0 Browse Search
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James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 12 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 12 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 12 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.) 6 0 Browse Search
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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., Chapter 7: sea-coast defences..—Brief description of our maritime fortifications, with an Examination of the several Contests that have taken place between ships and forts, including the attack on San Juan d'ulloa, and on St. Jean d'acre (search)
gained advantage, are those of the attack on Copenhagen in 1801; the passage of the Dardanelles, in ender it incapable of any serious attempt on Copenhagen. We now proceed to consider the circumstances attending the attack and defence of Copenhagen itself. The only side of the town exposed to threater. The entrance into the Baltic between Copenhagen and Salthorn, is divided into two channels b Ground, which is situated directly opposite Copenhagen. To defend the entrance on the left of the ired a shot at the town or fortifications of Copenhagen; he destroyed a line of block-ships, prames,tood. What the result of the action between Copenhagen and the British fleet might ultimately have re altogether uncertain. The Bombardment of Copenhagen by Nelson, as it is generally styled, is the guns sent by the English to the attack upon Copenhagen, two ships carrying one hundred and forty-ei. 8th. That, consequently, the battle of Copenhagen cannot be regarded as a contest between ship[5 more...]
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., Chapter 15: military Education—Military schools of France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, England, &c.—Washington's reasons for establishing the West point Academy.—Rules of appointment and Promotion in foreign Services.—Absurdity and injustice of our own system. (search)
-Order by echelon on a wing. 24.--Order by echelon on the centre. 25.--Combined order of attack. 26.--Formation of infantry by two deployed lines. 27, 28.--Arrangements corresponding to depth of column. 29.--Formation by squares. 30.--Mixed formation of three battalions. 31.--Deep formation of heavy columns. 32.--Formation in columns by brigade. 33.--Formation of two brigades of cavalry, by the mixed system. 34.--Passage of the Sound by the British fleet, in 1807. 35.--Attack on Copenhagen. 36.--Attack on Algiers. 37.--Attack on San Juan d'ulloa. 38.--Attack on St. Jean d'acre. 39.--Plan of a regular bastioned front of a fortification. 40.--Section of do. do. 41.--Tenaillons. Fig. 42.--Demi-tenaillons, with a bonnet. 43.--A horn-work. 44.--A crown-work. 45.--A redan. 46.--A lunette. 47.--A mitre or priest-cap. 48.--A bastioned fort. 49.--Vertical section of a field intrenchment. 50.--Simple sap. 51.--Flying sap. 52.--Full sap. 53.--Crater of a military min