Successive Formations - Civil War Drill history
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Moving hundreds and thousands of men effectively around a Civil War battlefield took skill, practice, and knowledge of the drill manuals. Understanding not only the instructions provided in the manuals but also when the various formations should be utilized. Will shares insight into a set of maneuvers in the books called Successive Formations. Thank you to the Historic Fort Wayne Coalition for providing a great location to talk about drill!
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Your comment at 6:30 was really key. It helped me understand why you see some many official reports in which battalions are formed in column of divisions doubled on center. Thank you!
Glad it helped!!
Put a drone up and film formations from the air. Narrating that would be exceptionally informative, being able to see the real size formations.
With the right group of guys and space, it would be grand.
Always a good day when you guys upload. Thanks for all the content.
That was a refreshing end to this day. (Not that it was bad, went to the range and threw a bunch of rounds from a 1877 Springfield carbine).
Just got done packing up for an event next weekend and found this in my feed. Perfect.
Have a great event!
Lost me at the latter half. I wish there’re more visual representation (maybe next time).
Good work, thanks for the video.
Been following you guys for years now and really appreciate what you guys are doing and bringing to the masses... fantastic informative, interesting content, practical demo's, first class... than you so much
Thank you very kindly!!!
I love these battalion drill videos, very useful for the War of Rights battalion drills
Glad they help!
@@CivilWarDigitalDigest hope you make some more drill formation videos, they are very interesting
It’s always fascinated me that many of the commanders from the Union and the Confederacy went to West Point Academy together (where Robert E. Lee was the Superintendent from 1852 to 1857) where they learned the wisdom of these drills.
Many were stationed together in places like Texas along the Frontier forts and camps in Comancheria.
Please add references in the description of the manuals. Exact titles would be helpful.
Absolutely amazing!!!!!!!! I LOVE this!!!!!!! Thanks so much for uploading.
1:45 a 1st sergeant of a different company talked about that lozenge for that rank
Change fronts replaced wheeling. Wheeling a battalion is slow, awkward, and does not allow for firing until the formation is complete.
Very informative video! Looking forward to the next one.
Wonderful video. Great visual instruction.
Man, you are so many! I wish we could get that many napoleonic reenactors to shoot a video over here in europe...
I’m glad you wrote! I would like to chat with you a little bit about Napoleonic War living history. Would you reach out through our website contact form?
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I like these battallion drill formations, if there is anything in the Civil War that confuses me it is Battallion drill...
I tell people it’s like synchronized swimming between companies. It’s beautiful, but complex.
Just awesomeness!
Thanks!!
Another great video Will. Have you ever thought of also using toy soldiers to show the movements of the men within a company to make it more clear who is going where when? I used this many years ago to help my reenactment unit friends understand why they had to go where at a certain time.
So kinda like march in colome then move in this way to a wide line for fireing...
Some things just don’t change until we get rid of fighting in lines…
Yall really need to do a officer's sword manuel video!
We will take a look into it. In the meantime, most of the manual that the officers would’ve had come out of the back of the infantry drill manuals. Suffice to say, there isn’t much there. One would be well advised to either salute, hold the sword at your side, or keep it in the scabbard.
@CivilWarDigitalDigest a great info Video on manuel of the sword and how to wear your sword would be awesome! Most reenactors mess up how to wear it. The sword should be worn "backwards" with the tip of the scabbard forward and not behind you with the hilt to the rear. Would be a great informational Video to go with the musket Manual of arms Video! One for enlisted and one for officer. Thanks for the consideration!
excellent video!! question: when does the captain of the first company returns to his proper position? at guides post?
Any company commander or guide sergeant returns at guides posts.
Thanks for another great video!
Glad you enjoyed!
Napoleonic tactics with rifles. Clever!
Crossroads in military history. Tactics often seem one war behind…
Actually the tactics changed from Napoleonic. The idea that linear tactics did not adjust from one period to the next is incorrect. The tactics were in use for one simple reason Firepower. A line of men shoulder to soldier in two ranks maximizes the fire. There is no other effective formation.
Thank you, civil war Steve Martin lol. Where did you get access to those manuals???
Not as funny! Lol
The stack of manuals has been collected over 30 years. You can find them at reputable living history vendors.
Now talk about this with the regiment taking a lot of casualties and there are bodies all over the ground.
Is there a correct order of steps and pivots that a soldier must make coming into line wherever they are in line? I'm comparing this to modern close order drill. Because in the field when it's done it always looks like your hurting chickens. It always looks bad. Thanks for your great videos. I always enjoy them.
I agree, but reenactors never do as much drill as the men of the war did.
So the reason the Civil War lasted so long was all this positioning of troops.
I really wanted to understand what you were saying, but there was too much jargon for a novice to follow. If you could add some kind of animation with labels it would make much more visual sense. If not animation, how about some drone footage of real people performing the maneuver, with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one.
We’d love to have. The drone is the easy part. The 55-60 men, minimum, is the challenge.
Drone idea is excellent. I’m a reenactor and your description was hard even for me to follow. Visuals. Add visuals, please. This video is of no use as a precursor to our COI.
Noted! We'd love to. Consider joining us a a patron, please. What we can do in episodes often comes down to dollars, sadly...
R u army officer or veteran
I am not.
teacher?@@CivilWarDigitalDigest
absolutely too rapid and completely unintelligble
Okay, so the third file of the second line moves to the left of the right file’s first line, then moves three paces behind the third file’s second line…no wait…I’ve got it….the first third of the first file of the second line….oh we’ve all been bayoneted to death. 🫤