How to tag movements within area, such as "to action" or "to Wagon Line"?
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How to tag movements within area, such as "to action" or "to Wagon Line"?
For example "Battery D moved a section into action"
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"Battery A with horses moved to Wagon Line"
Is this considered a unit movement? If not is is to be tagged as something else?
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cyngast
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The unit movement tag is best used to describe the movements of the larger unit, such as an artillery brigade or an infantry battalion moving out of the line to a back area after being relieved.
For artillery, the phrase "into action" seems to be best tagged as being in the line. There was quite a discussion at one point, and I apologize that I cannot find the thread now, about whether it meant actually firing the guns or just getting them into position and ready to fire if needed. Sometimes you may see "Battery A went into action but did not shoot." so we decided on tagging that phrase as "in the line."
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