Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics: For The Exercise and Maneuvers of Troops When Acting As Light Infantry or Riflemen. (Vol. I. Schools of the Soldier and Company; Instruction for Skirmishes. / Vol. II. School of the Battalion.)
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. First Edition, early printing. Hardcover. Two volumes. 24mo. 5.25 x 3.5 inches. Quarter black leather over pebbled brown cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with tissue-stock plates. Vol. I: 250pp, including music and table of contents at rear; 31 plates (2 foldouts), including frontispiece. Vol II: 232pp, including table of contents at rear; 37 plates (15 foldouts). Light overall shelf wear. Binding tight. Volume I spine expertly repaired, retaining original material. Previous owner’s name penciled on ffep, both volumes. Dealer’s sticker affixed to Vol I front pastedown. Pages clean, unmarked, lightly age toned. Occasional light creasing or wrinkling. Small chip to lower leading edge of plate 126/127. Else, all plates/foldouts intact. Hardee's Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics, a guide for commissioned officers in the training of their command, was completed in 1855 under order of Jefferson Davis, United States Secretary of War, and became the standard instructional manual for the U.S. Army. Although Hardee became a Confederate general, both Confederate and Union armies used the manual during the American Civil War. Scarce as a complete set in this condition. Very Good / No jacket as issued. Item #298
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