In the air

[sgtabj]

"In the air"

Term used to describe an unprotected or unanchored flank.....

 

[donna]

In the air The common description of a unit's flank that has become separated from the main fighting line and therefore vulnerable to attack. A key to the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville in 1863 was the discovery that the Union right flank was in the air and could be attacked by "Stonewall" Jackson's troops.

From "The Language of the Civil War" by John D. Wright page 157.

 

[Blessmag]

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