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TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPENDIX I. THE PRUSSIAN ADVANCE FROM KÖNIGGRÄTZ TO THE DANUBE.
APPENDIX II. THE CAMPAIGN IN WESTERN GERMANY.
MAP OF GERMANY PREVIOUS TO THE WAR OF 1866.
THE
Campaign of Königgrätz,
A Study of the Austro-Prussian Conflict in the Lightof the American Civil War.
—BY—
ARTHUR L. WAGNER,
First Lieut. 6th U. S. Infantry,
Assistant Instructor in the Art of War, at the U. S. Infantry andCavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS,
1889.
PREFACE.
The greater part of the subject-matter of this volumewas originally given as a lecture to the officers at the U.S. Infantry and Cavalry School. The kindly receptionaccorded to the lecture has encouraged me to revise andamplify it, and to publish it in its present form.
As to the narrative portion of the book, no otherclaim is made than that it is based upon the story of thecampaign as given in the Prussian Official History of theCampaign of 1866, Hozier’s “Seven Weeks’ War,” Derrécagaix’s“La Guerre Moderne,” and Adams’ “Great Campaignsin Europe.” I have not deemed it necessary tocumber the p