TABLE OF CONTENTS
List
of Figures
List of Maps
Tables
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
• The Battle of Monroe's
Crossroads Staff Ride: An Exercise in Leadership Training
• Setting
the Stage
• Small Arms
at Monroe's Crossroads
• Field
Artillery
• Tactics
• The
Battle Staff Ride Exercise
• The
Tenets of Army Operations
• The
Dynamics of Combat Power
• The
Principles of War
• Staff
Ride Purpose and Objectives
THE
BATTLE
• Situation
• Mission
• Execution
•
Confederate Reconnaissance
• Dawn
Attack
• The
Swamp Stops the Federal Rout
• Kilpatrick's
Scouts Arrive
• Lieutenant
Stetson Reaches His Guns
• Confederates
Counterattack
• The
Confederates Retire
Bibliographic
Essay
Appendices:
• A:
Union Order of Battle
• B:
Confederate Order of Battle
•
C: Union Commanders
•
D: Confederate Commanders
Kenneth
Belew
with
an Introduction by
Kenneth Belew and Douglas D. Scott
Dedicated to the American Soldier
Prepared
for:
United States Army
XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
By:
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Midwest Archeological Center
Lincoln, Nebraska
and
Southeast Archeological Center
Tallahassee, Florida
Editing
and Design for the 1997 book:
Sharyn Kane & Richard Keeton
Marietta, Georgia
2000
Web Page Design:
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National Park Service
Tallahassee, Florida
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