establishment of the artillery school at fort monroe in 1868 and you have the establishment of the cal valerie and infantry school in 1881 and the u.s. army war college. one of the questions that dominates the army after the civil war is the question of tactics. the civil war scholarship, whether it represented the last napoleonic war or the first modern war or is it both? a lot of times this question comes down to technology and how technology influences tactics. war,f you study the civil uc frontal assault. this is a depiction of pickets from the psychodrama. where you have long, linear assaults with thousands of soldiers standing shoulder to soldier. and what you get are incredibly -- the excellence of makes civil war officers questioned the future of that. so what to go lessons does the united states military take from the civil war? note that all three branches of the army question this. -- color he is going through it changes the way the utility very will be used. this is something that the infantry also questions. how can we move away from these archaic, obsolete linear and a loose orde

establishment of the artillery school at fort monroe in 1868 and you have the establishment of the cal valerie and infantry school in 81 and the u.s. army war college. one of the questions that dominates the army after the civil war is the question of tactics. the civil war scholarship, whether it represented the last napoleonic war or the first modern war or is it both? a lot of times this question comes down to technology and how technology influences tactics. >> if you study the civil war, this is a depiction of pickett's charge where you have these these at assaults with thousands of shoulder to shoulder like we see here on july 30. what you get our high casualties. the influence of technology whether it the in the infantry artillery makes post-civil war officers question the future of tactics. on is noare very clear more cold harbors. groth -- ulysses grant said this is an assault he regret. what tactical lessons does the united states military take from the civil war? armyhree branches of the are questioning this. throughis going post-civil war conversation. the question is whether or no