Excerpt from Revised System of Cavalry Tactics
These, together with several otherminor considerations, have induced cavalry officers of: most experience both in Europe and Ame1'ica,'to prefer the single to double ranks.
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Excerpt from Revised System of Cavalry Tactics: For the Use of the Cavalry and Mounted Infantry, C. S. A
These, together with several otherminor considerations, have induced cavalry officers of: most experience both in Europe and Ame1'ica,'to prefer the single to double ranks.
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