ELEMENTS

OF

MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE:

OR,

COURSE OF INSTRUCTION

IN

STRATEGY, FORTIFICATION, TACTICS OF BATTLES, &c

EMBRACING

THE DUTIES OF STAFF, INFANTRY, CAVALRY,
ARTILLERY, AND ENGINEERS.

ADAPTED TO THE USE OF

VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA.

Second Edition.

WITH CRITICAL NOTES ON THE MEXICAN AND CRIMEAN WARS.

BY

H. WAGER HALLECK, A. M.,

LATE CAPT CF ENGINZZES, U. 8. AKMÝ.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

443 & 445 BROADWAY.

LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN.

1861.

1

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1846,

By D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

TO VINU
AIMBOLIAD

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.-Dr. Wayland's Arguments on the Justifiable

ness of War briefly examined

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5

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7

II. STRATEGY.-General Divisions of the Art.-Rules for planning

a Campaign.-Analysis of the Military Operations of Na-

poleon

III. FORTIFICATIONS.-Their importance in the Defence of States

proved by numerous Historical Examples...........

IV. LOGISTICS.-Subsistence.-Forage.-Marches.-Convoys.-Cas-

trametation .................

V. TACTICS.-The Twelve Orders of Battle, with Examples of

each.-Different Formations of Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery,

and Engineers on the Field of Battle, with the Modes of

bringing Troops into action...........................

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61

88

114

VI. MILITARY POLITY.-The Means of National Defence best suited

to the character and condition of a Country, with a brief Ac-

count of those adopted by the several European Powers.... 135

VII. DEFENCE OF OUR SEA-COAST.-Brief Description of our Mari-

time Fortifications, with an Examination of the several Con-

tests that have taken place between Ships and Forts, inclu-

ding the Attack on San Juan d'Ulloa, and on St. Jean

d'Acre.........

VIII. OUR NORTHERN FRONTIER DEFENCES.-Brief Description of

the Fortifications on the Frontier, and an analysis of our

Northern Campaigns....

IX. ARMY ORGANIZATION.-Staff and Administrative Corps.-Their

History, Duties, Numbers, and Organization

X. ARMY ORGANIZATION.-Infantry and Cavalry.-Their History,

Duties, Numbers, and Organization

XI. ARMY ORGANIZATION.-Artillery.-Its History and Organiza-

tion, with a Brief Notice of the different kinds of Ordnance,

the Manufacture of Projectiles, &c..........

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210

235

256

..... 275

XII. ARMY ORGANIZATION.-Engineers.-Their History, Duties, and

Organization,-with a Brief Discussion, showing their im-

portance as a part of a modern Army Organization

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... 300