The 1862 Army Officer’s Pocket Companion: A Manual for Staff Officers in the Field

Unique summary of “military science” as it stood at the beginning of the Civil War Excellent description of strategies tactics and operations at higher level units This amazingly complete book describes in crisp text all the information commanders and staff officers need to know about “how the army works.” Includes command organization and administration; principles of employment of infantry cavalry artillery engineers and signal; logistics (ordinance quartermaster transportation subsistence and medical); movement of armies; camps and bivouacs; reconnaissance and patrols; order of battle for attack defense siege and retreat; and use of field fortifications obstacles spies and agents. Also included is information on promotions courts-martial military honors and even cooking and the design and use of field ovens.