Excerpt from Infantry Tactics, Double and Single Rank: Adapted to American Topography and Improved Fire-Arms Within the present year our Artillery has been required to serve as Mounted Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry; the Cavalry, from the nature of the arm, serves equally mounted and on foot; while the Infantry is frequently called upon to serve as Artillery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.