Instances of square use during the civil war

[mitra76]

I found this old forum topic with a interesting list:

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=134213

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1) 69th NY at 1st Bull Run
2) 55th Illinois at Shiloh (to protect against infantry!)
3) Lane's Brigade Confederates at Gettysburg 1st day
4) Orphan Brigade at Murfreesboro
5) Confederates at Winchester
6) Confederates at Five Forks
7) Confederates at Sailors Creek
8) 27th Tennessee Infantry, Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 1864:
9) The Thirty-second Indiana at Rowlett's Station, Ky
10)67th Indiana at Grand Coteau, La
11)123rd Il returning from an unspecified scout
12) Confederates at Nashville
13) 8th Ga at Olustee
14) 8th NH at Bayou LaForche
15) The 5th Wisconsin Infantry formed a square in the Battle of Willamsburg during the Peninsula campaign
16) The 41st Illinois formed a square at Jackson, Mississippi durin the Vicksburg campaign
17) Companies of the 36th Illinois Infantry formed squares during the Battle of Pea Ridge.
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Not common but not completly unknown

[con20or]

Interesting - thanks!