Note the covered water batteries (A) and (B); simple redan (D) with 32-pounder batteries; indented line (F); simple curtain with artillery (C). Also note its advanced rifle pits (1) whose job it was to skirmish and harass the attacking sappers as they advanced. If the forward pits were taken in a rush of force, the skirmishers fell back while harassing the attackers Return to The Engineers More ACW Rifle-Musket ACW: Introduction ACW: Infantry ACW: Infantry Tactics (Examples) ACW: Cavalry ACW: Artillery ACW: Engineers ACW: Entrenchments ACW: Grand Tactics ACW: Tactics: Auerstadt 1806 vs. New Market 1864 ACW: Conclusion and Bibliography Back to Conflict Number 7 Table of Contents Back to Conflict List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1974 by Dana Lombardy This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com