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Arthur L. (Arthur Lockwood) Wagner
1853–1905
A frontier officer, teacher, and army reformer, he helped shape how the U.S. Army studied tactics and prepared its officers for modern war. His writing and teaching made him one of the military’s most influential thinkers at the turn of the twentieth century.
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The Campaign of Königgrätz : A study of the Austro-Prussian conflict in the light of the American Civil War
by Arthur L. (Arthur Lockwood) Wagner
About the author
Born in Ottawa, Illinois, in 1853, Arthur Lockwood Wagner graduated from West Point and served in the infantry during campaigns against Native nations in the American West. He later became known less for battlefield fame than for the force of his ideas, building a reputation as a serious student of tactics and military education.
Wagner taught at Fort Leavenworth and was widely respected as a military instructor and writer. His books on tactics, security, and information were important professional texts for American officers, and later historians have described him as a key figure in the reform of the U.S. Army before the twentieth century’s major wars.
He also served in staff roles during the Philippine-American War and was among the early officers connected with the Army’s developing General Staff and War College system. He died in 1905, but his influence lasted through the officers he trained and the more modern, study-driven army he helped encourage.