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Weapons improved rapidly after the Civil War, raising difficult questions about the battle tactics employed by the United States Army. The most fundamental problem was the dominance of the tactical defensive, when defenders protected by fieldworks could deliver deadly fire from rifles and artillery against attackers advancing in close-ordered lines. The vulnerability of these offensive forces as they crossed the so-called ""deadly ground"" in front of defensive positions was even greater with the improvement of armaments after the Civil War.

In addition to contributing to the Federal victory at Gettysburg, Hancock also served during the Mexican-American War, Reconstruction and the Indian Wars. This title introduces readers to an American soldier who put his mark on many of the important military and political events of his lifetime.