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Image via: Battlefields PART I Who: The selected Lowest Maneuver Element (LME) for this essay is the 3rd brigade of the BG George Custer’s cavalry for MG Philip Sheridan’s Union cavalry, under the command of Colonel Henry Capehart, during the Sailor’s Creek Battle at Virginia. Henry Capehart was initially the chief surgeon of the 1st Regiment of the West Virginia Cavalry. He was very much familiar with the entire territory and was very remarkable in terms of offering valuable strategic fighting ideas to General Henry Eugene Davies. Davies was much impressed by the strategic sharpness of Capehart and thus when Colonel Richmond got injured, Davies replaced Richmond with Capehart and made him the new commander of1st West Virginia Cavalry on 23rd December of 1863. Later, in September 1864, Henry Capehart became the commander of the 3rd Brigade of Custer's cavalry division and became an integral part of the Sailor’s Creek battle. What: Under the strategic warfare of Colonel Henry Capehart, the 3rd brigade of Custer’s cavalry under the Sheridan’s Union cavalry, attained victory over the army of Gen. Robert E. Lee of the Confederate States. It was a remarkable victory towards the end of the American civil war that strengthened the power of the Union and offered a great setback to the Confederate States. This battle has been considered as the last most remarkable battle, fought between the Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army for the Confederate States, and Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant for United States Union. Where: The Sailor’s Creek Battle was fought near Farmville, in the state of Virginia. It was a part of the Appomattox Campaign, which was from March to April of 1865. Figure 1: Satellite View of Historic Sailor’s Creek Battle Location Via:: Benning Figure 2 Location of the Sailor’s Creek battle in the modern United States Via: Google Maps When: The Sailor’s Creek Battle was fought on the 6th of April of the year 1865. The battle took place during the final days of the American Civil War. Why: The primary doctrinal factor that led to the success of the selected LME - 3rd brigade led by Colonel Henry Capehart, is the ‘fundamentals of reconnaissance’. Fundamentals of reconnaissance are the leadership trait of implementing strategic fighting tactics that comprise of (U.S. Army. 2019) – · Assurance towards continuous reconnaissance (scouting), · Not keeping the assets of reconnaissance in reserve, · Orienting over the objective of the reconnaissance, · Reporting all kinds of information rapidly and accurately, · Retaining absolute freedom of the manoeuvre, · Attainment as well as maintaining threat-related contact, and · Developing determined situations for success. Along with that, there was the primary characteristic of delivering offence by using audacity as well as tempo in Capehart, which brought success to his brigade at the Sailor’s Creek battle. PART II The history of warfare and the contributions of military strategies comprise various operational and tactical approaches that are still very effective. In the battle of Sailor’s Creek, the application of fundamentals of reconnaissance in the operational and tactical lead of Col. Capehart brings in an innovative way of handling battles. The major role placed by the strategic setting and implementation of fundamentals of reconnaissance, along with offensive attack; by Col. Capehart, added a novel dimension to this doctrine. Hence, this approach has been analysed in this essay for gaining better usability of this doctrine in today’s doctrine of war. Strategic Setting To offer a persuasive argument in terms of analyzing the application of current US military doctrine for MCCC, about the historic battle; this essay considers the Sailor’s Creek Battle of 6th April of the year 1865. The core approach lies in critically evaluating and understanding the strategic approach of the lowest manoeuvre unit (LMU), headed by Colonel Henry Capehart, in this war. The tactics and the strategic lead of Col. Capehart brought the victory over GEN Robert E. Lee’s army and was recognized as a remarkable victorious milestone in the American Civil War. The valorous lead of LMU by Col. Capehart offers an important lesson for generating successful warfare for the leaders of manoeuvres and hence is the objective of this essay. In this essay, the operational, tactical and historical conditions of the Sailor's Creek battle will be analyzed to gain insight into the frontline lead of Col Capehart. Operational Setting As a leader, Col. Capehart was capable of generating extensive audacity, along with tempo among his army men. His valorous attitude gets well justified by his warfare tactics that leads to the assured amount of victory in almost all cases. The key to the success of Col. Capehart is his strategic implementation of reconnaissance fundamentals, particularly in terms of attaining success with adequate hold over the operational approach of the battle. In the case of Sailor’s Creek, Col. Capehart utilized the process of understanding the operational functionalities of the battle and the cavalry brigade was commanded to contact the Confederate army and thereby develop the possibilities of vulnerable points to strike through the Confederate line (Rhodes, 1900). At the same time, Col. Capehart was also very keen in terms of retaining the freedom of manoeuvre, as a part of the retreat in case the situation backfires. As Col. Capehart gets the news that near Deatonville, the army of Lee is retreating and taking the westward way to reach Farmville, he decided to gain the strategic operation offensive attack on this troop. Col. Capehart took the lead in breaking through the enemy’s line with a huge offensive charge. Capehart's men were all armed with used drawn sabres, Spencer carbines, and revolvers over the lines of Confederate infantry. The Capehart’s army strategically managed to surround a huge part of Ewell's army which made them nervous and demoralized them to fight back. As a result, the enemies were in great confusion and there was no scope to retreat. Many eventually got arrested and many surrendered, making Capehart capture more than 20% of the army of Gen. Lee. Col. Capehart operated this mission by capitalizing on the maximum amount of audacity as well as the valorous tempo of his regiment and eventually benefited to use of mobile firepower, which is only to be used by the horse cavalry. The 3rd under the command of Col. Capehart destroyed the entire line of the Confederate. The operations set that prevailed here is the use of horse cavalry against the infantries of Anderson and Ewell. Col. Capehart was well calculative enough in understanding the fact that in any operation the horse cavalry with the faster mode of tempo can get hold over the infantry of any size. As a result of the offensive attack by the cavalry of Col. Capehart both Anderson and Ewell were at a loss and never attained adequate time to make adjustments with their lines. With extensive mobility and a faster pace than the infantry, Col. Capehart was successful in restricting Anderson and Ewell from taking any defence over the offensive attack of his regiment. As a result of this operational setting, Col. Capehart was successful in capturing 1000s of soldiers and an obvious victory over Lee’s army. Tactical Setting The excellence of Col. Capehart in terms of understanding the collection method of the enemy forces, made him one of the most eminent tactical leaders of warfare. Col. Capehart has the capability of recognizing the ‘in the line’ structure of the enemy’s force. As he realized the ‘in the line’ structure of Lee’s army, Col. Capehart immediately lined up in a parallel structure to the northeastern edge of Anderson’s regiment. After settling the northeastern edge, Col. Capehart commanded his regiment to create a very tactical formation that can lead to his most drastic mode of offensive attack over the army of Gen. Lee. Under the command of Col. Capehart, two regiments were created up-online, whereby they could span a huge area of the Sailor’s Creek battlefield. They were all in horse cavalry with Spencer carbines in their hands. Further, under the strategic tactical plan of Col. Capehart, a third regiment was ordered to create a line up towards the right side of the squadron columns to reinforce the right side of Col. Capehart’s regiment. The purpose is this setting is to attain freedom of manoeuvre. It aimed to connect the gap between the left flank of Anderson with the right flank of Ewell. Col. Capehart knew that if he decides not to reinforce his right flank, then the Confederate enemy will have the power to defeat his regiment. It is the most sorted kind of approach that Col. Capehart was successful in comprehending. The right flank of Ewell was also subject to meeting the gap as the brigade of West Virginia rides through respective lines and thereby attempts to counterattack Col. Capehart’s rear. This Capehart formed his tactical setting from two specified angles (Schmiel, 2014). This entire tactical setting at Sailor’s Creek was based on Col. Capehart’s fundamentals of reconnaissance that get further enhanced by his approach to the offensive attack. The approach is very furious and there is no way that the enemy could escape. Historical event Though the state of Virginia was separated from the United States Union and was made a part of the Confederate States of America, many citizens were not in favour of this decision. Many people who were from the northwestern region of the state of Virginia decided to remain in association with the United States and were highly acclaimed for their loyalty towards the union of the United States. This loyal group of citizens from the state of Virginia formed the very first cavalry regiment and was named as 1st Regiment of the West Virginia Cavalry. Henry Capehart was the first chief surgeon of this regiment, who later became the commander and then the general of the regiment. It was under the leadership of Col. Capehart that the crucial victory over Gen. Lee’s army of the Confederate Union was attained at Sailor Creeks. On the 2nd and 3rd of April of 1865, the army of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which was deputed to Northern Virginia led the process of evacuating Petersburg as well as Richmond. The army started retreating to get connected with the army of Gen. Joseph Johnston, situated in North Carolina. In the process, on the 3rd and the 5th of April, the Union Army engaged the army of the Confederates at the Namozine Church battle and Amelia Springs battle, respectively. It was during this session that Gen. Lee realized that hid Danville route has been blocked by Maj. Gen. Sheridan of the Union cavalry. Thus, Gen. Lee decided to take the long route through the West. In the process, the army faced a scarcity of food ((Alger, 1985). However, the Commissary General of the Confederate assured Gen. Lee that he will make arrangements for 80,000 rations at Farmville, which was 25 miles towards the west. Gen. Lee followed the path and on the 6th of April, in the rainy morning, the battle fire declared about the pursuit of the Union Second Corps led by Gen. Andrew Humphrey and it is here that the cavalry of Gen. Sheridan cut off almost 1/4th of the retreating army of the Confederate. It is at this particular junction that in one of the three engagements, at the Sailor’s Creek battle Col. Capehart defeated the army of Lee and made it a big victory for the Union cavalry. The loss of Confederate was so heavy that the day was tagged as “Black Thursday” and Gen. Lee reported to Jefferson Davis, the President - “a few more Sailor’s Creeks and it will all be over.” According to the Federals, these encounters comprised 7,700 war prisoners, along with 6 generals. The role of Col Capehart in the encounter of Sailor’s Creek was a major warfare strategy that brings in great lessons for the leaders of LMEs, even in modern warfare. Detailed analysis of the strategic pursuit of Col. Capehart in this battle follows hereafter. The objective of the analysis is to understand its significance concerning the current doctrine of warfare, especially for the MCCC. Battle Analysis Concerning Today's Doctrine The objectives of the Maneuver Captains Career Course (MCCC), as a part of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command; is to handle field manuals for operation-based graphics and terms; organize brigade combat team (BCT); generate tactics for both offensive & defensive circumstances; attain stability in the operations; and manoeuvre companies as well as battalions (U.S. Army, 2018). In leading these objectives, the MCCC has been structured in terms of maintaining the doctrine of ‘fundamentals of reconnaissance’ as it was implied by Colonel Henry Capehart, during the Sailor Creek battle. The current doctrine of ‘fundamentals of reconnaissance’ for MCCC holds - ‘As we train to defeat future threats and attempt to predict the modern complex operating environment, the fundamentals of reconnaissance and security will remain the base of our training and execution of combined arms manoeuvre and wide area security.’ (U.S. Army, 2019) Keeping in consideration in-depth knowledge about ‘fundamentals of reconnaissance’, it is very necessary to understand its strategic way as was adopted by Colonel Henry Capehart for gaining success for his 3rd brigade, during the Sailor Creek battle. From the perspective of knowing the power of ‘fundamentals of reconnaissance’ by the LMU, this essay remains focused on analyzing the lead of Colonel Henry Capehart and gaining insight into war tactics in the best possible manner. Assurance towards continuous reconnaissance (scouting) Col. Capehart was much assured of implementing continuous reconnaissance as he decides to use the rolling terrain to the best of its advantage. Col. Capehart implied the used the inter-visibility lines of the rolling terrain to cover the approach of his regiment, with a maximum range of the Spencer carbines of the soldiers. Even during the offensive attack and after the completion of it, the reconnaissance continued. This strategic approach has been adopted by the MCCC as the students are made to navigate 15 kms of land areas for 7 hours with under load and cross-country margins in daylight and even under the conditions of limited visibility (U.S. Army. 2018a). It is here that the students are introduced to the fundamentals of reconnaissance to develop their capability to get equipped with the inventory of the Army. It is established hereby that it is the responsibility of the commander to conduct reconnaissance at every possible phase of the operations - before the operation, during the operation, and even after the operation. Not keeping the assets of reconnaissance in reserve As Col. Capehart reconnoitred the hill that separated his troop from the troop of Anderson, he left no assets of reconnaissance in the reserve’s corps. He attained all the data by reaching the hilltop and surveying the enemy position from the battle flags of the Confederate. In doing so, Col. Capehart placed the act of capitalizing the speed of his horse cavalry in a selection of drawn sabres, Colt revolvers or carbines, which could smash through the structured defensive lines of infantry of the Confederate. In the case of MCCC, the reconnaissance assets, such as artillery assets, are never considered to be kept in reserve and all the assets are utilized to meet the mission target. It is the responsibility of the commander to imply his reconnaissance assets as per the capabilities and demands of the situation. Thus the knowledge of critical information requirements (CCIR) is mandatory (GlobalSecurity, 2020). Orienting over the objective of the reconnaissance While orienting over the objective of the reconnaissance, Col. Capehart was quick in realizing the time needed for reloading rifles by the Confederates. It was his sharp observation that assisted him in charging the enemy when they were at the lost end of reloading their rifles. This strategic insight is an integral way of implementing transition while adapting the reconnaissance fundamentals, and is effective even in current military doctrine. In the current scenario the commanders are trained to achieve their war objectives, irrespective of counter-attacks and as time management and limitations of respective unit capabilities come under the shadow of the enemy, the unit is taught to utilize selected reconnaissance objectives to handle the reconnaissance effort (GlobalSecurity, 2020). Reporting all kinds of information in a rapid and accurate manner In the case of the Confederates, particularly the army of Gen. Lee, Col. Capehart implied his operational tactics to grasp the opposition with the offensive attack. This approach is noted as MCCC are trained to reconnaissance reports as ‘they see’ as well as ‘whatever they do not see’ (GlobalSecurity, 2020). They are taught that seemingly unimportant data or information can also be extremely relevant as it gets added to other information. Even negative reports are relevant to understand the activity of the enemy. The purpose is to collect all kinds of information and be able to manage the collected information to gain accurate knowledge about the capabilities and the strategies of the enemy at the front. Retaining absolute freedom of the manoeuvre Col. Capehart realized that the terrain of the Sailor’s Creek battlefield is manoeuvred off the road towards the northwest to meet the gap with Confederate lines. Thus, in the process of planning the offensive attack strategy, Col Capehart also reinforced the scope for the retreat of his manoeuvre to the initial Union lines, in case the situation arises. This strategy is even effective in the current military approaches as the standing operating procedures (SOP) are initiated with knowledge of the respective terrain for gaining grounds for freedom of movement of the manoeuvre (GlobalSecurity, 2020). The purpose of any strategic warfare also must remain well backed up with the plan to offer adequate freedom to the manoeuvre, if there is a risk to life. Safeguarding the life of the individual soldier is also an integral part of strategic war doctrine. Attainment as well as maintaining threat-related contact The leadership qualities of Colonel Henry Capehart were idealistically predominant based on attaining and further maintaining threat-related contact. In most of his strategic approaches, Col. Capehart was very particular about collecting all kinds of information that can generate the vulnerable gap in the opposite army. In today’s doctrine the use of surveillance, along with stealth, gets considered for the attainment of sufficient information to maintain any kind of threat-related contact with the enemy (GlobalSecurity, 2020). The collected contacts must be so synchronized that the army can attain every possible information related to the risks and the threats that the enemy beholds to apply. Developing a determined situation for success The creation of a determined situation for the attainment of success is the key to winning a battle. In the strategic doctrine of Col. Capehart at the Sailor’s Creek, there was no scope for the troops of Anderson and Ewell to escape as the Capehart regiment offers a quick offensive attack. It is from the strategic collection of information that Capehart analyzed the obstacles that Lee's army has created for the Union in the past. From these obstacles, Capehart commanded to attack the enemy infantry with his horse cavalry. Even in modern warfare, the skill to outperform the enemy's strategies, forces and weapon capabilities, is the key to determining the application of reconnaissance assets to gain decisive success (GlobalSecurity, 2020). Eventually, it can be stated that at Sailor’s Creek battle, the responsibility on Col. Capehart was manifold, as he was an essential part of thwarting Lee’s army of the Confederates at Sailor’s Creek. For this purpose, Col. Capehart was much involved in implementing the ‘fundamentals of reconnaissance’ in his warfare strategies. Though the follow-up of ‘fundamentals of reconnaissance’ was an integral part of warfare, the specialization of Col. Capehart was very much noteworthy as he was very efficient in amalgamating the ‘fundamentals of reconnaissance’ with the offensive attack. Thus from this historical battle and the innovative doctrine of Col. Capehart of adding ‘fundamentals of reconnaissance’ with the offensive attack, it appears very effective in generating success for today’s warfare doctrine. Sources Alger, John I. 1985. “Definitions and Doctrine of the Military Art.” The West Point Military History Series, Edited by Thomas E. Griess. Wayne, N. 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