An Annotated Chronology of American Military Earthworks

The battlefields of the American Civil War became the proving ground for Mahan’s theories. 1861-1865 The Civil War. American officers entered the Civil War with two conflicting military doctrines. The first hearkened back to Napoleon’s reliance on mobility, surprise, and attack; the second favored the entrenched defense. ................
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