PART FIRST: RIFLE AND INFANTRY TACTICS

General Principles (1)

PART SECOND: FORMATION OF THE COMPANY WITHOUT ARMS

Position of the Soldier (76); Alignments in One Rank (87); Alignments in Open Ranks (99); Formation of the Company (121)

PART THIRD: THE DIFFERENT STEPS

Common Time (149); Quick Time (156); Double Quick Time (158); Mark Time (169); Altering the Step (174); Route Step (177)

PART FOURTH: MARCHING

Forward (178); Backward (204); Retreat (208); Obliques (232)

PART FIFTH: FACINGS, FLANKS AND FILES

Facings from the Halt (239); Facings on The March (257); By File Right (Left) (277); By Company Into Line (279)

PART SIXTH: WHEELS AND TURNS

Wheels (287); Turns (311)

PART SEVENTH: PRINCIPLES OF THE MANUAL OF ARMS AND MANUAL FOR THE SWORD

Position of The Soldier With Arms (316); Manual of Arms for the Rifle Musket (339); Manual of the Sword or Sabre for Officers (446)

PART EIGHTH: FIRINGS

Inspection of Arms (450) Direct And Oblique Firings (462); Alternative Firing Methods (506); Direct Firings (518); Oblique Firing (554); Battalion Firings (561)

PART NINTH: DIVISION AND COMPLEX COMPANY DRILL

Forming Column by Wheeling (595); Changing Direction of a Column at Full Distance (613); Forming a Division From a Column of Companies (635); To Form Columns or Lines by File (652); Breaking And Reforming The Division (671); Breaking Files to The Rear And Causing Them to Re-enter Into Line (694); Halving the Company Front (712); Street Firing (717)

PART TENTH: INSTRUCTION FOR SKIRMISHERS

General Principles (725); Deployments (739); To Advance and Retreat (794); The Firings (830); The Rally, Forming Column, and The Assembly (851); To Deploy and Rally the Battalion as Skirmishers (902)

APPENDIX I:

Text from Casey's; Text from U.S. Regulations; Notes on Gilham's; Text from Cooper's

APPENDIX II: ILLUSTRATIONS