The 1862 Army Officer’s Pocket Companion: A Manual for Staff Officers in the Field

This book describes in crisp text all the information commanders and staff officers need to know about ‘how the army works’. It includes command organisation and administration; principles of employment of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and signal; logistics (ordinance, quartermaster, transportation, subsistence, and medical); movement of armies; camps and bivouacs; reconnaissance and patrols; order of battle for attack, defence, siege, and retreat; and use of field fortifications, obstacles, spies, and agents. The book also includes is information on promotions, courts-martial, military honours, and even cooking and the design and use of field ovens.