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Title: Infantry tactics, or, Rules for the exercise and manoeuvres of the Confederate States Infantry in the evolutions of the line
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Richardson, John H Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873
Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army
Publisher: Richmond, Va. : West & Johnson
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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olors; the lieutenant-colonel and major ofeach battalion will promptly assure the color-bearerand general guides of their battalions on the newdirection : all the bearers will carry their colorsperpendicularly between their eyes, and the corpo-rals of their rank will fall back into their placesin line. 1569. These arraBgements being made, theGeneral will add: 2. Guides, on the line. 1570. This having been repeated, it will be ex-ecuted in conformity with what is prescribed, No.642, and following; and as soon as the guides areassured on the line, each colonel will cause his bat-talion to be aligned upon its centre without regu-lating itself on the other battalions. 157 1. All the battalions being aligned, the Ge-neral will command: 3. Colors and guides—Posts. 1572. If the new direction should throw one ormore battalions back from the position occupiedat halting, each co onel of these battalions, as soonas he perceives the necessity by the direction of EVOLUTIONSOFTHE LINE / it. <9
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83^ j-Qyi 120 EVOLUTIONS OF THE LINE. 121 the colors, will face his battalion about, march itto the rear, and then face it about when it ha?;passed the new direction. Article III.Change of direction marching in line of hattlc. 1573. A deployed line, marching in the orderin battle, when the General shall wish to cause itto change direction, so as to throw forward a wing,the movement will be executed as follows : 1574. If the left wing be the one intended tobe thrown forward, the General will go to tlie rightbattalion and place before it, on the new directionhe may wish to give to the line of battle, twomarkers, distant from each othe!- fifty or sixty-paces, the first marker at the point of appui (rest)for the right of the line; the markers being estab-lished, he will cause the line to be prolonged bymounted officars. 1575. These dispositions made, the General will command: 1. Change direction to the rght. 2. March, (or double-quick—Macrh.) 1576. At the command morch, briskly repeat-ed,

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