{"id":19380,"date":"2021-11-11T08:13:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/emory-upton-father-of-the-modern-u-s-army\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T08:13:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:13:50","slug":"emory-upton-father-of-the-modern-u-s-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/emory-upton-father-of-the-modern-u-s-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Emory Upton: Father of the Modern U.S. Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XGpwQypXlq8?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The title &#8220;Father of the Modern U.S. Army&#8221; might seem a bit lofty, but Major General Emory Upton earned every bit of it. He emerged from the battlefields of the Civil War as one of the military&#8217;s top strategic minds.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote books on tactics for infantry, cavalry, and artillery. He scoured the globe observing other militaries to find the best practices. He gave the first in-depth, methodical analysis of the U.S. military, resulting in numerous proposals including: a standing Army, standardized promotions, an emphasis on military education, and even basic battlefield maneuvers. <\/p>\n<p>His name isn&#8217;t as well known as many military heroes, but Upton&#8217;s effect, his legacy, is far longer lasting.<\/p>\n<p>#emoryupton #civilwar #army<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title &#8220;Father of the Modern U.S. Army&#8221; might seem a bit lofty, but Major General Emory Upton earned every bit of it. He emerged from the battlefields of the Civil War as one of the military&#8217;s top strategic minds. He wrote books on tactics for infantry, cavalry, and artillery. He scoured the globe observing&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/emory-upton-father-of-the-modern-u-s-army\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Emory Upton: Father of the Modern U.S. Army<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":19381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}