This is a reprint of the second edition of this important work prepared by the Military History and Publication Section of The Infantry School under the directi

EARL J. HESS is Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University and the author of fifteen books on the Civil War, including Kennesaw Mount

This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.

Despite all technological advances, final mastery of any battlefield depends upon the tight-knit group of footsoldiers trained to manoeuvre, shoot and dig in. T