There are as many pre-conceptions as there are battles during the English Civil War. There are also many generalisations. There are different schools of thought even in relation to Cavalry tactics.
The English Civil War, like any war of the period is one of materiel and economic sustainability. The production not only of soldiers willing to fight for your cause but also of the weapons for them to fight with. During a time when the common Infantryman was relying far on the far more precision-reliant musket than on more simple pike and where artillery, in its proliferation of types required not only intensive production facilities but standardised munitions for the variety of weapons available to one of a number of oft scattered forces...
The English Civil War, like any war of the period is one of materiel and economic sustainability. The production not only of soldiers willing to fight for your cause but also of the weapons for them to fight with. During a time when the common Infantryman was relying far on the far more precision-reliant musket than on more simple pike and where artillery, in its proliferation of types required not only intensive production facilities but standardised munitions for the variety of weapons available to one of a number of oft scattered forces...