jstagg over at Atlanta Metblogs wrote a nice piece on Shoupades used along the Chattahoochee


He has a picture of one that still sort of exists in Smyrna. Here's his succinct definition of a Shoupade:
They’re called “Shoupades” after their designer, Francis Shoup, a Indiana-born Confederate Brigadier General.

The Shoupade is sort of arrowhead-shaped with the business end pointed towards the advancing foe. A particular advantage is that two Shoupades could provide crossfire into an area that would typically be defended by a longer, traditional trench. Focused point defenses can, in the right terrain, be murderously effective. And it could be done with fewer defenders, meaning more would be available for flanking counterattacks.

Worth a read:
http://atlanta.metblogs.com/2010/03/29/shoupade-at-river-line-park-in-smyrna

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