Battle of Antietam (English Edition)

The U.S. Army has long used the staff ride as a tool for pro-fessional development, conveying the lessons of the past to contemporary soldiers. In 1906 Maj. Eben Swift took twelve of-ficer students from Fort Leavenworth’s General Service and Staff School to the Chickamauga battlefield on the Army’s first of-ficial staff ride. Since that time Army educators have employed the staff ride to provide Army officers with a better understand-ing of a past military operation, of the vagaries of war, and of military planning. It can also serve to enliven a unit’s esprit de corps—a constant objective in peacetime or war.