A Military Book List

[Mobhack]

One thought did occur to me while reading your post concering entrenchments and the ease that these could be overcome by a more aggressive force. A regiment fighting in 1860 is not the same as the same regiment fighting 2 to 3 years later. Casualities were high but a core of veterans would survive who could deliver a murdurous fire to an advancing force. Would this account for the heavy entrenchments towards the end of the war?

Griffiths notes an increase in average range from 120 or so yards early war to 150 later war (68 in the pines and so on, but that was close country). Coukd be that some veterans influenced this, but maybe in the "we have been here before, let's hang back" sort of way?. i.e these guys may have been to the well a few times too often.

Cheers
Andy