36204 - French Imperial Guard Kneeling Defending, No.2 K&C Cattle Drive at Gettysburg the Brigade engaged

at Gettysburg the Brigade engaged in vicious hand-to-hand combat in The Wheatfield

Some conflicts were waged for economic and political goals

“There are times when a corps commander’s life does not count

This Confederate wears a single breasted frock coat based on the U

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36204 - French Imperial Guard Kneeling Defending, No.2 K&C Cattle Drive at Gettysburg the Brigade engagedFrench Imperial Guard Kneeling Defending, No. 2 Before the flintlock musket and socket bayonet, the infantry was composed of matchlock musketeers and pikemen. The pike was the main infantry weapon of the middle ages, but by 17th century it found a new role providing defense for musketeers. While unreliable and slow to load, the matchlock musket was more effective than the pike as an offensive weapon, defensively it was little more than a glorified