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Discussion on Bayonet Usage During the Civil War
Dana Shoaf, the editor of Civil War Times magazine, talked about the history of the bayonet as a weapon and how changes in gun technology affected its use and practicality during the U.S. Civil War. He also described the difference in opinion between Civil War officers and enlisted men on how and if the bayonet should be used in battle
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From Gods and Generals: Jackson: Captain White.How fare the scholars of Washington College? Are they making their transition from books to bullets? White: A few more days of drill, and my boys will surpass the cadets of VMI. Jackson: Drill, Professor White, drill and drill. Remember Alexander in Anatolia. Caesar in Gaul. Napoleon in lberia. White: We march by day, and read Xenophon by night. We will be your Greek phalanx. Jackson: Then you must begin with the bayonet. The bayonet must be for a Virginian what the sarissa was for a Macedonian. If the Yankees dare set foot in Virginia, we must show them the bayonet. Train with the bayonet, and we shall keep our freedom.