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It's back. An updated version of the booklet I created for Banks is now available for anyone to print by following the instructions at http://www.zipcon.net/~silas/Drill/guidespickets.htm My only request is that when a preservation hat gets passed around, anyone who prints a copy drops a buck into the hat.
Content is the same as the prior booklet ; however, this booklet has a few new illustrations which were taken from original manuals. The text is entirely from period sources. The featured instructors are Mahan, Gilham, Hardee and Butterfield plus a nod to Kautz. The size is also different. This booklet is 8.5 x 5.5 inches (half sheet of paper) while the prior was a quarter sheet. The entire booklet is only fourteen sheets of paper so you can bind it easily by popping a couple staples into it or by sewing it with a machine.
This booklet addresses tasks that soldiers in the field were expected to know. Since we don't get to spend this much consecutive time in the field, we're all a bit rusty on details we ought to know about guards, pickets, camps and marches. Pop one of these in your pocket, and make your sergeant's day because he won't have to explain fundamentals again and again and again.
Piney Woods is one of those rare events where you get to live the life of a common soldier for an extended period of time. This booklet will make some of the tasks much easier to understand. Also, if you ruin it in the field, you can always print another.
Content is the same as the prior booklet ; however, this booklet has a few new illustrations which were taken from original manuals. The text is entirely from period sources. The featured instructors are Mahan, Gilham, Hardee and Butterfield plus a nod to Kautz. The size is also different. This booklet is 8.5 x 5.5 inches (half sheet of paper) while the prior was a quarter sheet. The entire booklet is only fourteen sheets of paper so you can bind it easily by popping a couple staples into it or by sewing it with a machine.
This booklet addresses tasks that soldiers in the field were expected to know. Since we don't get to spend this much consecutive time in the field, we're all a bit rusty on details we ought to know about guards, pickets, camps and marches. Pop one of these in your pocket, and make your sergeant's day because he won't have to explain fundamentals again and again and again.
Piney Woods is one of those rare events where you get to live the life of a common soldier for an extended period of time. This booklet will make some of the tasks much easier to understand. Also, if you ruin it in the field, you can always print another.
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