[LibKill]

Also, most engagements don't begin with large numbers of guys wandering up to each other and blazing away--patrols tend to bump into enemy patrols or positions, and everyone would start shooting at each other while the commanders tried to figure out what the heck was going on.

If memory serves, that's what happened at Gettysburg.

[Poohbah]

And if memory serves...the Army of Northern Virginia was trying to get SHOES...