From an earlier post about bows versus muskets that might help.

I have written quite a bit on the subject of bows over muskets. Perhaps also looking at these would help.

/u/elos_ wrote this post that I highly enjoy. Another post that you might have to sift through. I wrote this post on French skirmishers which will help in understanding warfare of the era. I'm sure there are more answers that I have given but I haven't been patient enough to go through my entire comment history. None the less, if these don't help, I'm more than willing to answer any follow up questions.

/u/Who8in makes a good comment here as a snapshot of line formation tactics around the American Revolutionary War and /u/elos_ has a comment here that analyzes changes in the use of line formations and tactics from the Napoleonic Wars to the Franco-Prussian War.

I'd highly recommend /u/elos_ and /u/donaldfdraper as the experts to ask on this topic since they have made good posts on it before (that are rather difficult to locate via the FAQ or the search engine) and are overall quite informed about warfare just before, during, and times after the period.

EDIT: The two users I recommended above have also recently answered this question and linked to their earlier posts here. Popping some followup questions in there might grant you more visibility.