Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Military Websites on Uniforms, Maps, Downloadable Books, Paintings, etc..
Uniforms
All nations:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgtitle_tree.cfm?title_id=269277&level=1 or http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=all&collection_subjects=UniformsandRegimenta&col_id=206&more=yes The Vinkhuijzen Collection of military uniforms and Regimental Regalia held by the New York Public Library. The Collection contains nearly 20,000 prints, drawings, watercolors, and printed book and magazine illustrations of military costume as well as military medals, regalia, insignia, coats of arms, and regimental flags, from most times and places except the United States. Covers ancient to modern periods but use with a bit of caution a ssome items have been catalogued incorrectly. First link to uniforms by country whereas second to subject area.
http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/tafeln/knoetel.html Uniform plates by Knotel - not all of the Knotel plates are available.
http://www.histofig.com/history/empire/ Histofig (French site) – Very good, but very slow!! Lots of uniform plates for many nations.
http://www.darnault-mil.com/Galerie/index_galerie.htm Full access to Funcken’s volumes on the uniforms of France’s Revolutionary Armies & all sides in the Napoleonic Wars.
http://servicios.elcorreo.com/especiales/guerra-de-la-independencia-1808/index2.htm Spanish site on the Peninsular War. Has uniform plates on both Spanish & Franco-allied armies.
http://members.upnaway.com/~obees/soldiers/nap_uniforms/dframe.html Historex site with plates of Napoleonic uniforms covering France, Russian Cuirassiers, Kingdom of Italy (line infantry), Berg (lancers) and Great Britain (Black Watch, Scots Greys, Inniskilling Dragoons & 1815 line infantry).
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19454632/1686-to-1918-Military-Uniforms “Military Uniforms - 1686 to 1918" by Rene North.
http://www.mont-saint-jean.com/cent_jours/accueil.php Uniforms of the 1815 Waterloo campaign.
http://www.imagesdesoldats.com/ Andre Joineau, the author of all those superb uniform plates in the Hourtoulle Napoleonic campaign books (and more) has a new Website by which to market his wares.
http://www.brigade-uniform-tafeln.de/index.php/uniformplates.html?limit=all Uniform plates of various nations by Peter Bund. While these are for sale you can access many at a reasonable resolution on line.
http://frederic.berjaud.free.fr/plan_du_site.htm French site – a few uniform plates.
http://www.1789-1815.com/index.html French site by Bernard Coppens. Some of his drawings here freely available.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_Koeller.html The 1802 Uniform Plates of Friedrich Ludwig von Koeller covering a number of different countries.
http://www.regimentaldepot.com/Art%20Work/Napoleonic/Art%20Work%20Napoleonic.htm Some useful uniform plates.
http://www.editions-napoleon.com/dyn/galerie/index.php?t=2 Links to commercial seller of uniform books & plates, but some useful stuff.
http://uniform1812.ifrance.com/ French language page with uniforms for the French troops and their allies in the Russian campaign in 1812. Unfortunately, both slow to work with, as much influenced by banner ads and other stuff.
http://www.histunif.com/index.htm Uniforms of Kingdom of Italy, Italian Republics, Wurttemburg. Ultimate site about Italians and Wurttemberg in the Napoleonic period.
http://imtw.ru/index.php?showtopic=1590&st=0 Russian website with lots of plates covering all nations (some excellent ones of French troops by Sokolov & Marbot; Russians of 1812 by Parkhaeva, Austrians by Ottenfeld & Teuber; plus lots lots more).
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55524 Excellent US website with lots & lots of plates - need to join to gain full access.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427426d Collection of uniforms of the French army and its allies in 1812 by C. Weiland (note the white in some illustrations has deteriorated to a shade of grey).
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/augsburgerbilderserie.html Contemporary "Augsburger uniform or Series" covering 1802-1810. Almost every nation of the time was represented with at least one sheet, which was usually 5 per nation, including 2 each for the infantry and cavalry (often divided into light and heavy forces) and 1 for the artillery. Amongst these amazing plates are very interesting illustrations of Ottoman troops & Cossacks.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/koeller1802.html Plates on many countries created in 1802 in Kiel by Friedrich Ludwig von Koeller.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/neumann1813_15.html Militia and volunteer troops of 1813-1815 from Prussia, Hannover, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Hamburg, Lubeck, Bremen, Frankfurt, Hesse-Kassel, Saxe-Weimar, Bavaria, Wurzburg, Austria & Saxony, by Friedrich Neumann.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273670/f1. Uniforms of Foreign Troops – published in 1828. Ignore first 19 plates as they are post-Napoleonic period. Remainder comprise mix of Westphalian, Saxon & Polish troops.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7200268n/f1.planchecontact "Uniformes de l'armée française en 1812" & “Uniformes de troupes Alliees de l'armée Française vers 1812” by Grammont - 87 plates in total covering France, Italy, Naples, Warsaw, Portuguese Legion, Regiment Joseph Napoleon, Swiss Regiments & Croats.
France:
http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/lh/lh.html Uniforms of the French army from 1690 to 1900 by Dr. Lienhart & Humbert.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/vernet/c_vernet.html Napoleon-Series: 100 uniform plates of Vernet - Lami: The French Army 1791 – 1815.
http://fotki.lv/ru/Remi/627119/page-2/ Uniform plates by Lucien Rousselot.
http://assosehri.chez.com/planchesuniformo/index.html Here you will find scans of original uniform plates of various authors (Rousselot , Leroux , ... ) stored in a repository and digitized by the Society of Historical Studies revolutionary and imperial law.
http://georgianworld.tripod.com/uniforms/ Russian site containing images of the French and Russian uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars. The French plates were made by Veyland, Martinet around 1812, while the Russian plates are by Kill, Gubarev and Sokolsky.
http://caveantconsules.com/HussardsKno.html Site under development to cover all of the French Army. Currently good coverage of Hussar uniforms.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/Napoleons%20Irish%20Legion.pdf Links to article by Capt. Frank Forde on Napoleon's Irish Legion.
http://picasaweb.google.fr/wipyonline/Boisselier# Boisselier drawings of the French in the Peninsular.
http://sites.google.com/site/armeepolonaise/Home/l-armee-des-rois-de-pologne/l-armee-de-kosciuszko/les-legions-de-dabrowski/les-polonais-de-napoleon Poles in the service of Napoleon – covers the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Vistula Legion, Legion du Nord, Imperial Guard,
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b72000345.r=monographie+des+regiments.langEN 1st to 6th Hussars by René Louis covering Revolutionary to Napoleon & beyond.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7200035k.image.r=monographie+des+regiments.f1.langEN 7th to 14th Hussars by René Louis covering Revolutionary to Napoleon & beyond.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426851j Uniforms of ADCs - watercolours by Emile Fort.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426856m Uniforms of engineering, artillery & train troops from the Revolution to 2nd Empire - notes and watercolors by Emile Fort.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84269633 The Little Museum Collection of different military costumes of the French army troops by Martinet 1816.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426914m The French Army by Berka.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426902d Uniforms of the Imperial Guard by C. Baour – mix of colour & black & white pictures.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/bellange_soldatenfrankreich.html The soldiers of the French Republic & Empire by H Bellange.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/fieffe_fremdtruppen.html Illustrations from the great standard work on the foreign troops of France prepared in 1854 in 2 volumes of Eugène Fieffé published under the title “Histoire des Troupes étrangères au service de France depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours et de tous les leves dans les pays Regiment conquis sous la Première République et le'Empire”.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/pascal_histoire_armeefrancaise.html Uniform Plates by Felix Philippoteaux from the work of Adrien Pascal on the French Army Army 1786-1815.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426870w Costumes of the Imperial Court of Napoleon, Volume 1.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426872q Costumes of the Imperial Court of Napoleon, Volume 2.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84268719 Costumes of the Imperial Court of Napoleon, Volume 3.
Kingdom of Italy:
http://www.histunif.com/italie/italie2/ital000.htm Uniforms of Kingdom of Italy - this is currently the ultimate site about Italians in the Napoleonic period.
http://napitalia.org.uk/ Useful site on the army of the Kingdom of Italy.
http://www.collezioni-f.it/museo/gibellini.html Italian Military Museum with link to revolution era uniforms.
http://www.histunif.com/italie/italie3/cislap01.htm The troops of the Italian Republics (1799 - 1805).
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/jmurat/italia/uni.htm Kingdom of Italy 1805-14.
Austria:
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Austro-Hungarian%20Army%201798-1814.pdf This links to the Rawkins booklet on the Austrian army.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Austria/c_Mollo.html Taken from a copy of Abbildung der Neuen Adjustirung der K.K. Armee by Tranquillo Mollo and Joseph George Mansfield. These illustrations cover the uniforms of the Imperial Austrian Army from around 1798. In the Colas this source is indicated as 1796-1798. The very high degree of detail of the different types of uniform, both in the front and the back opinion, makes these illustrations an invaluable source for researching the Austrian Army from the early years of the Napoleonic Wars until 1805.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Austria/Landwehr/c_Eder.html Napoleon-Series: Austrian Landwehr in 1809: the Uniform Plates of Joseph Eder
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Austria/Landwehr/c_NeumannAustria.html Napoleon-Series: Austrian Freikorps and Landwehr of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84274146 Landwehr and Bürgergarde, 1805.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84272986 Vienna Freikorps 1797
http://vd18-proto.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/de-slub-vd18/content/pageview/8917751 Geschichte und bildliche Darstellung der Regimenter des Erzhauses Oesterreich. Wien: Reilly,1796. From the Digitale Bibliothek deutscher Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts – covers the Austrian army in 1796
Great Britain
http://www.napoleon-online.de/goddard_booth1812_england.html Uniform series of Goddard & Booth.
http://www.degreeminiatures.com/history.html Maltese Army units 1798 onwards.
Prussia:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_schiavonetti.html Prussian Uniforms Published by Schiavonetti in 1806.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Prussia/infantry/Schema/c_Schema1.html Prussian Infantry Uniforms of 1806.
http://befreiungskriege.wordpress.com/prussian-army-resources/ Knotel plates on the Prussian army.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427296c.r Uniforms of the Prussian army during the reign of Frederick William III . 1799-1800, illuminated by Blatter & published by Horvath (Potsdam)
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427384h.r Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427385x.r Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427314v.r Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273158.r Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273477 Geschichte und Bildliche Vorstellung der Königlich Preussischen Regimenter. Wien: Reilly, 1796 – covers the Prussian army in 1796
Russia:
http://www.memorandum.ru/viskowatov/imglist.html#T09 Russian site with the historical description of clothing and weapons of Russian troops by Viskovatov (18 volumes). Fascinating site containing every uniform and flag plate from Viskavatov's famous multi-volume tome on the Russian army - unfortunately in black and white. All text in Russian. However English translations of the text plus "missing" textual volumes can be found on http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/#Viskovatov
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Russia/c_Voltz.html The Russian Army in 1805 - 1807: the Uniform Plates of Johann Voltz.
http://georgianworld.tripod.com/uniforms/ Russian site containing images of the French and Russian uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars. The French plates were made by Veyland, Martinet around 1812, while the Russian plates are by Kill, Gubarev and Sokolsky.
http://home.kpn.nl/cossack-web-museum/regimentals/cossack_regimentals.htm Cossack uniforms.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427319x Russian Army, 1796-1801.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427371w Russian auxiliary corps of 1798 by T Moro (Vienna).
http://adjudant.ru/table/Rus_Army_1812_1.asp Infantry of 1812 by Parkhaev
http://adjudant.ru/table/Rus_Army_1812_2.asp Cavalry of 1812 by Parkhaev
http://adjudant.ru/table/Rus_Army_1812_3.asp Irregulars of 1812 by Parkhaev
http://adjudant.ru/table/Rus_Army_1812_4.asp Weapons, equipment & awards of 1812 by Parkhaev
Spain:
http://www.uniformes.s5.com/ Spanish military uniforms 1800-1980.
http://comandarte.iespana.es/mysite52/1789.htm Spanish infantry uniforms 1789.
http://servicios.elcorreo.com/especiales/guerra-de-la-independencia-1808/uniformes-espanoles/index2.htm Spanish uniforms 1808-14.
http://www.alabarda.net/uniformes/esp/inf/knotel/knotel.htm Knotel plates of Spanish Army plus access to plates of the uniforms of the Cadiz garrison in 1810.
http://clanguardias.com/foro/index.php Spanish TW site worth joining to gain access to Jose Maria Bueno’s excellent “Uniformes Espanoles de la Guerra Independencia” – see “Que haría falta para hacer un mod de unidades” topic.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Spain/c_Suhrspanish The Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers on the Spanish Romana Division in Hamburg (1807 - 1808).
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_spanart1808.html The Artwork of Dionisio Álvarez Cueto showing some Spanish units in 1808.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_bailenart.html The Artwork of Dionisio Álvarez Cueto showing some Spanish units at Bailen.
http://www.aulamilitar.com/pagiht09.htm?ID_SESION=DDTIZNDNGMGGYBWIQXFC Spanish Army 1805.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=album%20de%20la%20infanteria%20espa%C3%B1ola%2C%20del%20conde%20de% 20clonard&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDMQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Felmiradorespagnol.free.fr%2Fcosas%2FAlbumInfanteria.pdf&ei=Ebb3Tpr4LIyDhQf56oi0AQ&usg=AFQjCNFZVeSFUWYtfoY4I-b4-M_DLeUkhQ (Álbum de la Infantería by Conde de Clonard (1861) version with pictures & minimal text)
http://bvpb.mcu.es/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=407344 (Álbum de la Infantería by Conde de Clonard (1861) full text version & have to save each page individually.
http://regimiento-numancia.es/Cosas/ALBUM%20DE%20LA%20CABALLERIA%20ESPAGNOLA-I.pdf part 1 of Album de la Caballería by Conde de Clonard (1861)
http://regimiento-numancia.es/Cosas/ALBUM%20DE%20LA%20CABALLERIA%20ESPAGNOLA-II.pdf part 2 of Album de la Caballería by Conde de Clonard (1861)
http://regimiento-numancia.es/Cosas/ALBUM%20DE%20LA%20CABALLERIA%20ESPAGNOLA-III.pdf part 3 of Album de la Caballería by Conde de Clonard (1861)
Bavaria:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Bavaria/Cantler/c_cantler.html Napoleon-Series: Bavarian army - 275 illustrations of Judge Johann Cantler, which cover the period of 1800 to 1815
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Baviere/baviere.htm Covers 1806-13.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Bavaria/Landwehr/c_NeumannBavaria.html Napoleon-Series: Bavarian Volunteers and Landwehr of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Bavaria%201805-15.pdf The Rawkins booklet on the Bavarian Army 1805-15.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427409w Bavarian army uniforms, 1810-1816.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427436s Uniforms & organisation of Bavaria’s town guard 1807 plus musical scores.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427389k Munich town guard 1796-1807.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427316p/f21.planchecontactBavarian Army of 1813 series of 10 platespublished by Herzberg (Augsburg)
Saxony:
http://befreiungskriege.wordpress.com/saxon-army-resources/ Knotel plates on the Saxon army.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/SaxonyWeimar/c_NeumannWeimar.html Saxony-Weimar Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Saxons/c_Sauerweidsaxons1811.html The Uniforms of the Saxon Army in 1811.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Saxons/c_Sauerweidsaxons.html The Saxon Army in 1810: the Uniform Plates of Alexander Sauerweid.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Saxons/Landwehr/c_NeumannSaxony.html Saxon Volunteers and Landwehr of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_saxon1805.html Uniform Plates of the Saxon Army: 1805 – 1806.
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Saxe/saxe.htm 1806-13. Saxon Army 1806-13.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427391n New uniforms of the Saxon Army 1811.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273922 Uniforms of the Saxon Army 1806-1823 by Adam von Bärtsch.
Westphalia:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/pinhas/c_pinhas1.html The Pinhas Uniform Plates of the Westphalian infantry: 1811 – 1812.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Westphalia/c_Sauerweid.html The Uniform Plates of Alexander Sauerweid covering the Westphalian Guard in 1810.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Westphalia/c_SuhrHamburgWestphalia The Westphalian Army in Hamburg (circa 1809): the Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427394w National Guard of the Kingdom of Westphalia, (clearly the BNF description is incorrect as it has this relating to 1805 i.e. as Westphalia was formed after Tilsit in 1807).
Wurttemberg:
http://www.histunif.com/wurttemberg/wurttemberg1/wurt000.htmThe Kingdom of Wurttemberg 1806-1813.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_ebner.html The Ebner Uniform Plates of the Wurttemberg Army in 1807.
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Wurttemberg/wurttemberg.htm The Kingdom of Wurttemberg 1806-13.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Wurttemberg%201806-14.pdf The Rawkins booklet covering 1806-14.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_history_of_Deutscher_Bund
Stadlinger plates Wurttemberg
http://books.google.com/books?id=fr0RAAAAYAAJ Text: Stadlinger. Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens von der frühesten bis zur neuesten Zeit (1856). 682 pages:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/German_Uniforms_Stadlinger Pictures by Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger: Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens (History of Württemberg Military), K. Hofdruckerei zu Guttenberg Stuttgart, 1856
Grand Duchy of Warsaw:
http://www.geocities.com/alexanderbaden/uniforms/index.html Contains 32 out of Jan V. Chelminski’s 48 plates on the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw – those omitted are military schools, medical service or well known uniforms as 1st Lancer Regiment of French Guard.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/polen_stachowicz.html Uniform Series of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw by Stachowicz. The five panels show groups of in the period from 1810 to 1813.
http://sites.google.com/site/armeepolonaise/Home/l-armee-des-rois-de-pologne/l-armee-de-kosciuszko/les-legions-de-dabrowski/les-polonais-de-napoleon Poles in the service of Napoleon – covers the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Vistula Legion, Legion du Nord, Imperial Guard,
http://arsenal.org.pl/forum/album_cat.htm?cat_id=10 Album of plates by Bronislaw Gembarzewski - mix of colour & black & white (in Polish).
http://arsenal.org.pl/forum/album_cat.htm?cat_id=14&sort_method=pic_time&sort_order=DESC&start=0 Album of plates by Zygmunt Rozwadowski (in Polish).
Kingdom of Poland
http://sites.google.com/site/armeepolonaisesuite/l-armee-du-declin-de-la-pologne-1697-1794 Polish Army 1697-94.
http://sites.google.com/site/armeepolonaise/Home/l-armee-des-rois-de-pologne/l-armee-de-kosciuszko Polish Army of Kosciuszko in 1794.
Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz:
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Mecklenburg%201808-14.pdfLinks to the Rawkins booklet on the Army of Mecklemburg 1808-14.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Mecklenburg/c_NeumannMecklenburg.html Napoleon-Series: Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
Sweden:
http://www.swordandsabre.com/ Useful colour plates on Swedish uniforms.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_swedishuniforms.html Swedish Uniforms, circa 1810.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Sweden%201802-1814.pdf The Rawkins booklet on the Swedish Army 1802-14.
Portugal:
http://www.arqnet.pt/exercito/uniform.html Portuguese Army uniforms at the end of the Ancien regime.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=368825 Geronimo's excellent thread with plenty of pictures of Portuguese Uniforms.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/Dress%20of%20the%20Portuguese%20Army.pdf Links to article on Portuguese uniforms.
Ottoman:
http://www.bleublancturc.com/illustrations/costumes_turcs_brindesi.htm Ottoman Empire 19th century costumes from Museum of old Istanbul.
http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Military_costume_of_Turkey.html?id=098GAAAAQAAJ&redir_esc=y "Military Costume of Turkey"downloadable as pdf. Illustrations from life andhas supporting text. Produced in 1818 and depicts uniforms circa 1812.
Nassau:
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Nassau%201806-15.pdf Links to Rawkins booklet on the Nassau Army 1806-15.
Wurzburg:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Wurzburg/wurzburg.htm The Grand Duchy of Wurzburg 1806-13.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Wurzburg/Landwehr/c_NeumannWurzburg.html Würzburg Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
Baden:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Bade/bade.htm Grand Duchy of Baden 1806-13.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426953q Baden Uniforms, 1807 & 1809 by Marc Rosenberg 1896.
Berg:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Berg/berg.htm Grand Duchy of Berg 1806-13.
Saxon Duchies:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Duches%20saxons/duches.htm 1806-13 The Saxon Duchies 1806-13.
Kingdom of Holland/Batavian Republic:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Dutch/c_Suhrholland.html The Dutch Army in Hamburg (1807 - 1808): the Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers.
http://www.aldegarde.nl/Napoleonicwars.html although termed Dutch army 1792-1815, it currently covers just the Dutch Republic 1790-95.
Anhalt:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Anhalt_Lippe/anhalt.htm The Duchies of Anhalt 1807-13.
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Anhalt_Lippe&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Anhalt hyperlink to Knotel plate covering 1812.
Frankfurt:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Francfort/francfort.htm Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1806-13.
Lippe:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Anhalt_Lippe/lippe.htm Principalities of Lippe 1807-1813.
Reuss:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Reus/reuss.htm Principalities of Reuss 1807-1813.
Waldeck:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Waldeck/waldeck.htm Principality of Waldeck 1806-13.
Hanseatic Cities:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Hanseatic/c_NeumannHanseatic Hanseatic Cities (Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen) Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
Hesse-Darmstadt:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84274020 Uniforms of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1806-1816.
Hessen-Kassel:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Hessen-Kassel/c_NeumannKassel.html Hessen-Kassel Landwehr and Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427304g.r Uniforms 1776-1793
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273069.r Uniforms 1776-1793
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427313f.r Uniforms 1760-1799.
Hanover/KGL:
http://www.kgl.de/ German site with English Section about the KGL.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Hanoverian%20Army%201814-15%20-%20Infantry.pdf Links to the Rawkins booklet on Hanoverian infantry 1814-15.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273084.r=De+Ridder%2C+Gustave+%281861-1945%29.langEN Hanoverian troops 1813-1815 - Göhrde, Quatre-Bras, Waterloo,.by W. Aerts.
Naples:
http://picasaweb.google.fr/wipyonline/NapolitainsParPatriceRAYNAUD# Gennaro Aloja’s drawings of Joachim Murat’s Army of 1815.
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/jmurat/napoletani/nap.htm Neapolitan Army 1806-15.
Denmark:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/fm.cgi?n=373 Koller plates 1801.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Denmark/c_SuhrDenmark The Danish Army in Hamburg (1812 - 1814): the Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=378865 Danish-Norwegian uniforms thread.
Savoy/Piedmont/Kingdom of Sardinia:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bandsabaude/index1.html Flags & uniforms from the 16th century to 1850ish. (Site in Italian).
http://www.collezioni-f.it/sard/01.html Uniforms from 1814 to 1833 (in Italian).
Brunswick:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427346t.r Uniforms 1758-1815
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273440.r Uniforms 1814-15
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427343k.r Uniforms 1809
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427353z.r Uniforms 1809-1890
Schwarzburg:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Schwarzburg%2C_Waldeck%2C_Reuss&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Schwarzburg hyperlink to Knotel plate covering 1812.
Oldenburg:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Oldenburg&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Oldenburg hyperlink to Knotel plates covering 1808-67.
Netherlands:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Belgien&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Belgium hyperlink to list of Knotel plates covering 1814 -50.
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Belgien_%28Niederlande%29&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Dutch-Belgium hyperlink to list of Knotel plates covering 1815.
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Niederlande&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Netherlands & Kingdom of Holland hyperlink to list of Knotel plates covering 1668-1867.
Switzerland & Helvetian Republic:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Schweiz&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= and
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Helvetische_Republik&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Switzerland & Helvetian Republic hyperlink to list of Knotel plates covering 1770-1862.
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=2216159#post2216159 Swiss cantonal troops
Danzig & Hamburg:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Danzig&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Danzig hyperlink to Knotel plates covering 1740-1808.
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Hamburg&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Hamburg hyperlink to Knotel plates covering 1709-1867.
Spain - King Joseph Bonaparte
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427424k Spanish army of King Joseph Bonaparte Uniforms, 1808-1812.
Maps
http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/Search.do?text=&field2Op=AND&field1val=Mapas+espa%c3%b1a&numfields=3&field3Op=AND&colection=Geograf%c3%ada.+Biograf%c3%adas.+Historia%7cHistoria+de+Espa%c3%b1a&field3=todos&field3val=&field2=todos&field1Op=AND&exact=&advanced=true&field1=coleccion&media=&field2val=&pageNumber=1Maps of Peninsular War.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/c_maps.html Napoleon Series Map Archives - high quality maps on various battles, campaigns, & other items of interest on the Napoleonic Wars. Maps from variety of sources and about 75% of them are in colour.
http://www.archive.org/details/atlastoalisonshi00alis As below, but in this case the entire public domain book and all maps have been digitized and converted into a pdf download for FREE, courtesy of archive.org!
http://www.files.maproom.org/00/13/index.php Nearly 120 maps of Napoleonic battles and campaigns, plus Siborne’s maps of 1815.
http://www.thehistoricalarchive.com/ Firm specializing in antique and historical maps on CD ROM. Alison's Atlas is available on CD ROM and well worth the few shekels the vendor is asking.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k209323m.r=adolphe+thiers+atlas.langFR Thiers Atlas of the French Revolutionary Wars,
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57108103.r=adolphe+thiers+atlas.langFR Thiers Atlas of the Wars of the Consular & Empire periods.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1383 Craan map of the Battle of Waterloo.
http://www.clockwk.com Displays evolving, dynamic map of Europe and the Middle East. Freedemo covering the Napoleonic Period may be downloaded from the site.
http://www.emersonkent.com/maps.htm Maps on trhe napoleonic Wars showing the changes in Europe plus maps from Ancient times to the present day; also has lots of stuff on historical people.
http://www.kbr.be/collections/cart_plan/ferraris/ferraris_nl.html Superb coloured map of the whole of Belgium as at 1777 by van Ferraris. Country divided into numbered rectangles which can be expanded.
http://books.google.com/books?id=jMFDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=thumbnail&q&f=false Atlas of battles etc 1792-1815 by Ferdinand von Dürrich, Franz Georg Friedrich von Kausler, J. E. Woerl
http://www.1806-1807.napoleon-online...tegory&catid=3 Maps showing evolution of the battle of Jena.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/1812_karten.html Maps from 1812 campaign in Russia including battles of Smolensk, Polotsk (both battles), Malo-Jaroslawetz, Krasnoye & others.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/1814karten.html Maps of battles of La Rothière, Montmirail, Montereau, Craonne, Laon & others from 1814.
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/napoleon/napoleon%20war%20index.htm Maps of the Napoleonic Wars from the US Military Academy.
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/1812/war%20of%201812%20%20index.htm Maps of the War of 1812 between Britain & the USA from the US Military Academy.
Naval
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Index.html All six volumes of the “Naval History of Great Britain from 1793 to 1827” by William James.
http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=home Lots of data on ships – names, when commissioned , fates, ratings, orders of battles, etc.
http://www.awiatsea.com/Links.html Lots of links to useful naval stuff – mainly American War of Independence.
http://www.ahrtp.com/HallofFameOnline3/MaritimeHistoryLinks2.htm Again lots of useful links on naval stuff.
http://marinepremierempire.free.fr/accueil_453.htm A French site about the Napoleonic French navy.
http://www.sailingnavies.com/index.php One more site devoted to sailing navy history.
www.ageofnelson.org/ Another site dedicated to the great age of sailing warfare. This one contains the old list of British warships and a list of all commissioned British naval officers.
http://www.musee-marine.fr/public/virtuel/vie%20a%20bord/index.html Life on-board a 74 gun ship of the line at the end of the 18th century – nice interactive presentation by Musée national de la marine in French, English & Spanish.
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html#1790 Late 18th to early 20th century naval and naval social history – includes lists of ships of the Royal Navy and its foes.
http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk/ Broadside is a collection of pages describing life in Royal Navy in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the time of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Heritage/1797/Victory/index.html Virtual tour of HMS Victory.
Flags and standards
http://www.warflag.com/napflags/index.htm Useful site containing flags and standards of many of the participants in the Napoleonic wars. Site covers France, Austria, Baden, Bavaria (infantry only), Berg, Brunswick (1815), Denmark (infantry only for 1813 Auxiliary Corps), small German Principalities (Anhalt, Mecklemburg, Lippe, Nassau, Wurzburg etc) Great Britain (infantry for Waterloo campaign), Hesse-Darmstadt (infantry only), Hesse-Kassel (infantry only), Kingdom of Italy (infantry only), Kingdom of Naples (infantry only), Netherlands/Kingdom of Holland/Batavian Republic (infantry only), Portugal, Prussia, Russia (infantry only), Saxony, USA (War of 1812), Westphalia & Wurttemburg (infantry only).
http://www.drapeaux.org/ A superb website covering French military flags through the ages, ready to download and print. Continuously updated, often with near impossible to find data and illustrations.
http://www.warflag.com/ Website for free downloadable flags.
http://www.banderasmilitares.com/listado_paises.php Spanish site detailing flags.
http://tmg110.tripod.com/archive.htm Flags for many nations.
http://www.1uptravel.com/flag/flags/index.html Flags of the World (FOTW) claims to be the Internet's largest site devoted to the study of flags with more than 19,000 pages about flags and over 36,000 images of flags.
http://www.ancruzeiros.pt/ancbandeiras.html Portuguese Naval Flags.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/a/a4/20091114205238%21Naval_flags_of_the_World_1794.jpg Naval flags of the world 1794.
Downloadable Books
http://biblioteka.cc/forum/61-militarija/ Russian website with links to Bernard Coppens/Patrice Courcelle/Michel Petard/Daniel Lordey 2 Volume work entitled "Les Uniformes des Guerres Napoleonienes", the various volumes of Bucquoy, Funcken, Joineau, Rousselot plates, Knotel plates, Bueno's books on the Spanish Army etc plus lots on WW2/Ancient/ACW, as well as some very good Russian books.... To gain access you will need to join.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=125893 List of books on Napoleonic subjects available for free download.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/bibliographic/internetbooks/c_internetbooks1.html Present index lists books digitized by various institutions, but mainly the Google Corp. for its Google Books project. Only full version titles are included and interested parties can search the entire Google Books database at http://books.google.com/. This index represents only a fraction of tens of thousands of books added daily to the Google Books and is continuously updated.
http://www.napoleonica.org/us/index.html Access to lots of original documents, books etc,
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles.htm Some useful articles for download.
http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/ Classic Napoleonic literature - books and artwork reproduced here are out-of-copyright.
http://anne.messageboard.nl/29197/viewtopic.php?t=76 Links to downloadable books.
http://bvpb.mcu.es/independencia/es/micrositios/indice_campo.cmd?campo=idtitulo Links to downloadable books in mix of English, Spanish, French & German languages.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=128566 Links to downloadable drill manuals.
http://www.jeux-histoire.fr/bibliographie.html Lots of links to downloadable copies of books on campaigns, battles etc from the Revolutionary period to Waterloo in mix of English, French & German.
http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/AgeOfNapoleon/BibMenu.html Massive bibliography of Napoleonic Fiction, Poetry & Drama with links to digital texts on this site as well as other sites see below for downloadable text link:
http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/AgeOfNapoleon/E-Texts/Fiction.html Downloadable texts here but unfortunately not all links work.
http://www.historicalnovels.info/Napoleonic.html Most not downloadable, but useful list of Napoleonic novels.
http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Link to Google Books search page.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ Links to Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France) search page.
http://www.archive.org/details/texts Internet text Archive: Free Books - Download & Streaming : Ebook and Texts Archive. Very useful for those in the UK & Europe who cannot access full texts that US citizens can on Google Books due to the different limits on expiry of copyright - sometimes blocks do occur.
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/o Link to Gutenberg Project search page.
http://www.napoleon.org/en/napoleonica/library/nouveautes.asp#2 The Fondation Napoléon Digital Collection - digitised documents fully searchable, images can be viewed using zoom feature.
Orders of Battle
http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/nafziger/index.asp George Nafziger's orders of battle from the 1600s to 1945. Nafziger graciously donated his entire collection on his retirement to the US Army Command & General Staff College where every OB file resides as a free download.
Regimental names:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399424 Austria
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=408864 France
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=385953 Great Britain
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399681 Prussia
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=402583 Russia
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=436889 Minor States/Nations - so far : Baden, Bavaria, Grand Duchy of Berg, Brunswick, Hesse-Darmstadt,Hessen-Kassel, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Naples, Oldenburg,Sardinia, Saxony, Two Sicilies, Duchy of Warsaw, Westphalia& Wurttemberg
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=460616Spain- 1814 entry to do
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=9917327#post9917327 Sweden
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=469295 Ottoman Empire
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10364723#post10364723 Hanover
Paintings of Battles, Portraits etc
http://www.realartist.ru/names/averyanov/?SHOWALL_1=1 Paintings mainly of 1812 by Averyanov Alexander Y.
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55906 Lots of Napoeonic Pictures
http://www.jacqueslouisdavid.org/ The complete works of Jacques Louis David includes Napoleon at the StBernard pass 1801,
http://www.g-rava.it/opere/era_napoleonica.htm Paintings by Giuseppe Rava.
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/English/Painting/Rubo/index.html Borodino paintings by Franz Alekseevitch Rubo.
http://www.allworldwars.com/The%20Batlle%20of%20Borodino%20September%207%201812.html Pictures of the Battle of Borodino.
http://www.napoleon-empire.net/battles/montenotte.php This site seems to have pictures of Napoleonic battles from Montenotte to Waterloo (click enlarge below picture to get reasonable resolution).
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/English/Painting/ver/index.html Series of Canvases by Vasiliy Vasilyevich Vereschagin (1842-1904) on The Patriotic War of 1812.
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/English/Painting/gess/index.html Peter von Hess' paintings of the battles of 1812.
http://www.100megsfree4.com/rusgeneral/gal000.htm some pictures by famous Russian and Polish artists. The main theme of this collection is Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812. These pictures are from "The Patriotic War of 1812 " by Bozherianov printed in St.Petersburg 1911.
http://souverainsdefrance.free.fr/premier_empire_1142.htm Many high quality portraits of Napoleon and the imperial family.
http://www.firstempire.0catch.com/Imperial_Museum/Imperial_Museum_Page_1/imperial_museum_page_1.html Many paintings in this virtual museum – but a bit too many pop-ups!
http://wwwcano.lagravure.com/napoleon_sommaire.htm Series of drawings & prints of the Napoleonic era.
Biographies/Pen Pictures of Generals
http://napoleon1er.perso.neuf.fr/E-Mare.html Pictures and short bios on Napoleon’s Marshals.
http://100megsfree4.com/rusgeneral/conteng.htm Pictures and bios on 43 Russian generals.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/Prussia/PrussianGenerals/c_Prussiangenerals1.html Prussian Generals of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/BritishGenerals/c_Britishgenerals1.html British Generals of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
http://partners.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ruwiki/284934 Contains the portraits of the Russian Generals who participated in the War of 1812.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/index.html Detailed biographies of 94 Austrian Field Marshals & Generals, many with a contemporary portrait. (In German)
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html French Army Generals who Served during 1789 - 1815
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/commanders/c_twenty.html Top Twenty French Cavalry Commanders
http://www.napoleon-series.org/images/heads/hr_biographies.gif Biographical Dictionary of Austrian Generals during the Napoleonic Wars.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_russianbios.html Biographical Dictionary of Russian Generals during the Napoleonic Wars.
http://www.arqnet.pt/portal/biografias/index.html Biographical notes. some with picture of English, French, Portuguese & Spanish generals & others (in Portuguese).
http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/a.htm A-Z searchable dictionary of Portuguese generals, nobles etc, some with picture (in Portuguese).
Peninsular War
http://peninsularwar200.org/ The Peninsular War 200 Years On
http://www.peninsular-resource.com/ Good resource on the Peninsular War.
http://www.portalcultura.mde.es/Galerias/revistas/ficheros/R_Ejercito_805_extraordinario_2008.pdf Bicentario de la guerre de la independencia N°1 (publication in Spanish, some nice pictures).
N°2 http://www.portalcultura.mde.es/Galerias/revistas/ficheros/R_Ejercito_811_Extra_2008.pdf Bicentario de la guerre de la independencia N°2 (publication in Spanish, some nice pictures).
http://www.sitiohistoricolosarapiles.com/diorama.php Nice Spanish site on the battle of Salamanca, complete with an excellent diorama using Fantassin miniatures.
http://www.1808-1814.org/ Peninsular war from a Spanish perspective.
http://www.arqnet.pt/portal/portugal/invasoes/index.html Portuguese site on the French Invasions and Portuguese Legion.
The War of 1812
Links added at post 6.
Medals, Awards, Honours etc
http://www.medals.org.uk/index.htm Medals of the world for all eras.
http://blackwatch.napoleonicmedals.org/ Medals & orders of the Napoleonic period.
http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/ Napoleonic & Revolutionary medals.
Museums & Monuments
http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/ National Army Museum, London
http://www.invalides.org/pages/menu.html Musee de l’Armee, Paris
http://www.hgm.or.at/index.html?&L=1 Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna (English and German).
http://austroarchiv.com/kjm/index.php Kaiser Jager Museum, Bergerseil.
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/index.html Russian 1812 internet project – site in Russian & English.
http://www.borodino.ru/ Borodino battlefield museum.
http://www.kulichki.com/gusary/istoriya/ Russian Hussar Museum (in Russian).
http://www.sfhm.se/templates/pages/ArmeStandardPage.aspx?id=1069&epslanguage=SV Swedish Army Museum
http://www.bayerisches-armeemuseum.de/ Bavarian Army Museum – covers middle ages to modern times.
http://www.muzeumwp.pl/ Polish Army Museum, Warsaw, covers the 10th century to the World War 2.
http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/index.html Musee de Legion d’Honneur.
http://www.legermuseum.nl/get?site=legermuseum.nl Leger Museum, Delft.
http://www.warmuseums.nl/ Website offers information about the war museums in Europe that the creators have visited. Each museum has its own 'gallery' where they give some general information about the museum (facilities etc.), a description of the museum (e.g. exhibits, highlights) and a selection of photos taken 'on the spot'.
http://www.musees-nationaux-napoleoniens.org/en/index.htm Museums of Napoleonic France: Château de Malmaison, Château de Bois-Preau, The Bonaparte House in Ajaccio, L’Ile d’Aix, Château de Compiegne, and Château de Fontainbleu. Site in English & French.
http://napoleon-monuments.eu/Napoleon1er/index_EN.htm Monuments and Memorials of the Napoleonic Era – some great pictures of monuments and graves.
Other
http://www.grenadiers-idf.com/histoiredelagarde.htm Lots on the Imperial Guard Grenadiers a Pied & Fusilier Grenadiers – history, uniforms, regulations, armaments etc.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/index.html Covers a wide range of Napoleonic stuff…..
http://www.napoleonguide.com/index.htm The Napoleonic Guide is one of the best reference source for everything you need to know about the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte. It has more than 2000 pages of information
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.es/ Spanish site covering all things Napoleon.
http://napoleon.org.pl/indexen.php Napoleonic website built by Polish enthusiaists. Main focus is on the Duchy of Warsaw, but general information available too. Text in Polish and English.
http://www.graymo.clara.co.uk/index.htm Battlefield Anomalies Website, very nicely done. From Napoleonic period covers Eylau, Heilsberg, the 1812 invasion of Russia and Ligny.
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/ Comprehensive Dutch site.
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Army/index.html A website for Russian - inspired campaign of 1812. Contains lots on Russian infantry and cavalry. Language: Russian / English
http://www.100megsfree4.com/rusgeneral/gal000.htm - Very interesting page from Russia (in English). A large Number of battle paintings and portraits.
http://www.multi.fi/~goranfri/ One of the lesser known conflicts the Russian- Swedish war is covered here. Some uniform images are available.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/ Napoleon Online is the German-language Internet portal, which deals with all aspects of the Napoleonic era and the era of the Revolutionary War. The primary focus on areas of military and military history , various partner sites , but also deal with civil and political events of the time.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/c_organization.html Very useful site.
http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/index.html Tons of useful information and graphics.
http://britishbattles.com/ This site tends to look quite favourably on the Red Coats, but there are some fine maps to be had.
http://hem.bredband.net/b111807/English/index-eng.htm Another great site, in English no less, with a huge selection of uniform and flag data on the Swedish military towards the end of the 18th century.
http://www.jpflahaut.fr/ French site that provides access to multiple sites covering the French Revolution through the 2d Empire.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/topics.mv?id=18 The Napoleonic Discussion Group - a lot of subject matter experts here.
http://www.zinnfigurenfreunde-leipzig.de/ Could not resist including this for the miniature wargamers amongst us. An absolutely spectacular diorama of the 1813 Battle of Nations using Zinnfiguren flats - website in German. The pictures say it all!
http://shadojak.tripod.com/ Orders of battle, Napoleon's maxims and other resources. Graphic intense.
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/askb/index.html The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.
http://www.militar.org.ua/foro/ Spanish military forum.
http://www.newarkirregulars.org.uk/links/mhresearch.html Hundreds of useful links (though not all work) covering all ages of warfare and history.
http://www.editions-napoleon.com/dyn/galerie/index.php?t=2 French site with Napoleonic magazine for sale – but can access a few pages from each edition. Plenty of useful material.
http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Didactitiel/Napoleon/index.htmlNapoleon’s system of heraldry.
http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/ Excellent site of Mark Conrad with his translations of Russian works covering pre-Petrine to Soviet period.
http://www.military-info.com/freebies/maximsn.htm Military maxims of Napoleon.
http://esfdb.websites.bta.com/The European State Finance Database (edited by Dr Catherine Casson), is an international project for the collection, archiving and dissemination of data on European fiscal history from the medieval to modern periods. The data is available free of charge.A wide range of countries are covered including Austria, England, France, the Low Countries, Poland, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Spanish America and Switzerland. Much of the data relates to different types of taxes, but there is also material relating to army size, wool and cloth exports and imports and stock prices. Full instructions on how to use the database are on the bottom of the first page.
http://www.aulamilitar.com/regimientos.hts Lists in pdf format of Spanish infantry regiments and battalions by individual year from the 18th to 20th centuries.
http://www.wtj.com/wars/napoleonic/ The Napoleonic Wars Series – has links to various memoirs, Napoleon’s correspondence.
http://www.napoleonprisonnier.com/ Site (in French) aimed at giving a better understanding of Napoleon. Copies of original documents, and interesting stuff concerning his death.
http://www.histoire-image.org/index.php Free public service on the History of France (in images) through museum collections and archival materials covering 1789 to 1939.
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/napoleon//index.htm The Macgill University digital collection.
http://www.histoire-empire.org/docs/veterans/veterans.htm Some of the earliest photographs of veterans of Napoleon’s army, taken when these old soldiers were in their 70s or 80s.
All nations:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgtitle_tree.cfm?title_id=269277&level=1 or http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=all&collection_subjects=UniformsandRegimenta&col_id=206&more=yes The Vinkhuijzen Collection of military uniforms and Regimental Regalia held by the New York Public Library. The Collection contains nearly 20,000 prints, drawings, watercolors, and printed book and magazine illustrations of military costume as well as military medals, regalia, insignia, coats of arms, and regimental flags, from most times and places except the United States. Covers ancient to modern periods but use with a bit of caution a ssome items have been catalogued incorrectly. First link to uniforms by country whereas second to subject area.
http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/tafeln/knoetel.html Uniform plates by Knotel - not all of the Knotel plates are available.
http://www.histofig.com/history/empire/ Histofig (French site) – Very good, but very slow!! Lots of uniform plates for many nations.
http://www.darnault-mil.com/Galerie/index_galerie.htm Full access to Funcken’s volumes on the uniforms of France’s Revolutionary Armies & all sides in the Napoleonic Wars.
http://servicios.elcorreo.com/especiales/guerra-de-la-independencia-1808/index2.htm Spanish site on the Peninsular War. Has uniform plates on both Spanish & Franco-allied armies.
http://members.upnaway.com/~obees/soldiers/nap_uniforms/dframe.html Historex site with plates of Napoleonic uniforms covering France, Russian Cuirassiers, Kingdom of Italy (line infantry), Berg (lancers) and Great Britain (Black Watch, Scots Greys, Inniskilling Dragoons & 1815 line infantry).
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19454632/1686-to-1918-Military-Uniforms “Military Uniforms - 1686 to 1918" by Rene North.
http://www.mont-saint-jean.com/cent_jours/accueil.php Uniforms of the 1815 Waterloo campaign.
http://www.imagesdesoldats.com/ Andre Joineau, the author of all those superb uniform plates in the Hourtoulle Napoleonic campaign books (and more) has a new Website by which to market his wares.
http://www.brigade-uniform-tafeln.de/index.php/uniformplates.html?limit=all Uniform plates of various nations by Peter Bund. While these are for sale you can access many at a reasonable resolution on line.
http://frederic.berjaud.free.fr/plan_du_site.htm French site – a few uniform plates.
http://www.1789-1815.com/index.html French site by Bernard Coppens. Some of his drawings here freely available.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_Koeller.html The 1802 Uniform Plates of Friedrich Ludwig von Koeller covering a number of different countries.
http://www.regimentaldepot.com/Art%20Work/Napoleonic/Art%20Work%20Napoleonic.htm Some useful uniform plates.
http://www.editions-napoleon.com/dyn/galerie/index.php?t=2 Links to commercial seller of uniform books & plates, but some useful stuff.
http://uniform1812.ifrance.com/ French language page with uniforms for the French troops and their allies in the Russian campaign in 1812. Unfortunately, both slow to work with, as much influenced by banner ads and other stuff.
http://www.histunif.com/index.htm Uniforms of Kingdom of Italy, Italian Republics, Wurttemburg. Ultimate site about Italians and Wurttemberg in the Napoleonic period.
http://imtw.ru/index.php?showtopic=1590&st=0 Russian website with lots of plates covering all nations (some excellent ones of French troops by Sokolov & Marbot; Russians of 1812 by Parkhaeva, Austrians by Ottenfeld & Teuber; plus lots lots more).
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55524 Excellent US website with lots & lots of plates - need to join to gain full access.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427426d Collection of uniforms of the French army and its allies in 1812 by C. Weiland (note the white in some illustrations has deteriorated to a shade of grey).
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/augsburgerbilderserie.html Contemporary "Augsburger uniform or Series" covering 1802-1810. Almost every nation of the time was represented with at least one sheet, which was usually 5 per nation, including 2 each for the infantry and cavalry (often divided into light and heavy forces) and 1 for the artillery. Amongst these amazing plates are very interesting illustrations of Ottoman troops & Cossacks.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/koeller1802.html Plates on many countries created in 1802 in Kiel by Friedrich Ludwig von Koeller.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/neumann1813_15.html Militia and volunteer troops of 1813-1815 from Prussia, Hannover, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Hamburg, Lubeck, Bremen, Frankfurt, Hesse-Kassel, Saxe-Weimar, Bavaria, Wurzburg, Austria & Saxony, by Friedrich Neumann.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273670/f1. Uniforms of Foreign Troops – published in 1828. Ignore first 19 plates as they are post-Napoleonic period. Remainder comprise mix of Westphalian, Saxon & Polish troops.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7200268n/f1.planchecontact "Uniformes de l'armée française en 1812" & “Uniformes de troupes Alliees de l'armée Française vers 1812” by Grammont - 87 plates in total covering France, Italy, Naples, Warsaw, Portuguese Legion, Regiment Joseph Napoleon, Swiss Regiments & Croats.
France:
http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/lh/lh.html Uniforms of the French army from 1690 to 1900 by Dr. Lienhart & Humbert.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/vernet/c_vernet.html Napoleon-Series: 100 uniform plates of Vernet - Lami: The French Army 1791 – 1815.
http://fotki.lv/ru/Remi/627119/page-2/ Uniform plates by Lucien Rousselot.
http://assosehri.chez.com/planchesuniformo/index.html Here you will find scans of original uniform plates of various authors (Rousselot , Leroux , ... ) stored in a repository and digitized by the Society of Historical Studies revolutionary and imperial law.
http://georgianworld.tripod.com/uniforms/ Russian site containing images of the French and Russian uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars. The French plates were made by Veyland, Martinet around 1812, while the Russian plates are by Kill, Gubarev and Sokolsky.
http://caveantconsules.com/HussardsKno.html Site under development to cover all of the French Army. Currently good coverage of Hussar uniforms.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/Napoleons%20Irish%20Legion.pdf Links to article by Capt. Frank Forde on Napoleon's Irish Legion.
http://picasaweb.google.fr/wipyonline/Boisselier# Boisselier drawings of the French in the Peninsular.
http://sites.google.com/site/armeepolonaise/Home/l-armee-des-rois-de-pologne/l-armee-de-kosciuszko/les-legions-de-dabrowski/les-polonais-de-napoleon Poles in the service of Napoleon – covers the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Vistula Legion, Legion du Nord, Imperial Guard,
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b72000345.r=monographie+des+regiments.langEN 1st to 6th Hussars by René Louis covering Revolutionary to Napoleon & beyond.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7200035k.image.r=monographie+des+regiments.f1.langEN 7th to 14th Hussars by René Louis covering Revolutionary to Napoleon & beyond.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426851j Uniforms of ADCs - watercolours by Emile Fort.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426856m Uniforms of engineering, artillery & train troops from the Revolution to 2nd Empire - notes and watercolors by Emile Fort.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84269633 The Little Museum Collection of different military costumes of the French army troops by Martinet 1816.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426914m The French Army by Berka.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426902d Uniforms of the Imperial Guard by C. Baour – mix of colour & black & white pictures.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/bellange_soldatenfrankreich.html The soldiers of the French Republic & Empire by H Bellange.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/fieffe_fremdtruppen.html Illustrations from the great standard work on the foreign troops of France prepared in 1854 in 2 volumes of Eugène Fieffé published under the title “Histoire des Troupes étrangères au service de France depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours et de tous les leves dans les pays Regiment conquis sous la Première République et le'Empire”.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/pascal_histoire_armeefrancaise.html Uniform Plates by Felix Philippoteaux from the work of Adrien Pascal on the French Army Army 1786-1815.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426870w Costumes of the Imperial Court of Napoleon, Volume 1.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426872q Costumes of the Imperial Court of Napoleon, Volume 2.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84268719 Costumes of the Imperial Court of Napoleon, Volume 3.
Kingdom of Italy:
http://www.histunif.com/italie/italie2/ital000.htm Uniforms of Kingdom of Italy - this is currently the ultimate site about Italians in the Napoleonic period.
http://napitalia.org.uk/ Useful site on the army of the Kingdom of Italy.
http://www.collezioni-f.it/museo/gibellini.html Italian Military Museum with link to revolution era uniforms.
http://www.histunif.com/italie/italie3/cislap01.htm The troops of the Italian Republics (1799 - 1805).
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/jmurat/italia/uni.htm Kingdom of Italy 1805-14.
Austria:
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Austro-Hungarian%20Army%201798-1814.pdf This links to the Rawkins booklet on the Austrian army.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Austria/c_Mollo.html Taken from a copy of Abbildung der Neuen Adjustirung der K.K. Armee by Tranquillo Mollo and Joseph George Mansfield. These illustrations cover the uniforms of the Imperial Austrian Army from around 1798. In the Colas this source is indicated as 1796-1798. The very high degree of detail of the different types of uniform, both in the front and the back opinion, makes these illustrations an invaluable source for researching the Austrian Army from the early years of the Napoleonic Wars until 1805.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Austria/Landwehr/c_Eder.html Napoleon-Series: Austrian Landwehr in 1809: the Uniform Plates of Joseph Eder
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Austria/Landwehr/c_NeumannAustria.html Napoleon-Series: Austrian Freikorps and Landwehr of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84274146 Landwehr and Bürgergarde, 1805.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84272986 Vienna Freikorps 1797
http://vd18-proto.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/de-slub-vd18/content/pageview/8917751 Geschichte und bildliche Darstellung der Regimenter des Erzhauses Oesterreich. Wien: Reilly,1796. From the Digitale Bibliothek deutscher Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts – covers the Austrian army in 1796
Great Britain
http://www.napoleon-online.de/goddard_booth1812_england.html Uniform series of Goddard & Booth.
http://www.degreeminiatures.com/history.html Maltese Army units 1798 onwards.
Prussia:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_schiavonetti.html Prussian Uniforms Published by Schiavonetti in 1806.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Prussia/infantry/Schema/c_Schema1.html Prussian Infantry Uniforms of 1806.
http://befreiungskriege.wordpress.com/prussian-army-resources/ Knotel plates on the Prussian army.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427296c.r Uniforms of the Prussian army during the reign of Frederick William III . 1799-1800, illuminated by Blatter & published by Horvath (Potsdam)
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427384h.r Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427385x.r Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427314v.r Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273158.r Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273477 Geschichte und Bildliche Vorstellung der Königlich Preussischen Regimenter. Wien: Reilly, 1796 – covers the Prussian army in 1796
Russia:
http://www.memorandum.ru/viskowatov/imglist.html#T09 Russian site with the historical description of clothing and weapons of Russian troops by Viskovatov (18 volumes). Fascinating site containing every uniform and flag plate from Viskavatov's famous multi-volume tome on the Russian army - unfortunately in black and white. All text in Russian. However English translations of the text plus "missing" textual volumes can be found on http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/#Viskovatov
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Russia/c_Voltz.html The Russian Army in 1805 - 1807: the Uniform Plates of Johann Voltz.
http://georgianworld.tripod.com/uniforms/ Russian site containing images of the French and Russian uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars. The French plates were made by Veyland, Martinet around 1812, while the Russian plates are by Kill, Gubarev and Sokolsky.
http://home.kpn.nl/cossack-web-museum/regimentals/cossack_regimentals.htm Cossack uniforms.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427319x Russian Army, 1796-1801.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427371w Russian auxiliary corps of 1798 by T Moro (Vienna).
http://adjudant.ru/table/Rus_Army_1812_1.asp Infantry of 1812 by Parkhaev
http://adjudant.ru/table/Rus_Army_1812_2.asp Cavalry of 1812 by Parkhaev
http://adjudant.ru/table/Rus_Army_1812_3.asp Irregulars of 1812 by Parkhaev
http://adjudant.ru/table/Rus_Army_1812_4.asp Weapons, equipment & awards of 1812 by Parkhaev
Spain:
http://www.uniformes.s5.com/ Spanish military uniforms 1800-1980.
http://comandarte.iespana.es/mysite52/1789.htm Spanish infantry uniforms 1789.
http://servicios.elcorreo.com/especiales/guerra-de-la-independencia-1808/uniformes-espanoles/index2.htm Spanish uniforms 1808-14.
http://www.alabarda.net/uniformes/esp/inf/knotel/knotel.htm Knotel plates of Spanish Army plus access to plates of the uniforms of the Cadiz garrison in 1810.
http://clanguardias.com/foro/index.php Spanish TW site worth joining to gain access to Jose Maria Bueno’s excellent “Uniformes Espanoles de la Guerra Independencia” – see “Que haría falta para hacer un mod de unidades” topic.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Spain/c_Suhrspanish The Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers on the Spanish Romana Division in Hamburg (1807 - 1808).
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_spanart1808.html The Artwork of Dionisio Álvarez Cueto showing some Spanish units in 1808.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_bailenart.html The Artwork of Dionisio Álvarez Cueto showing some Spanish units at Bailen.
http://www.aulamilitar.com/pagiht09.htm?ID_SESION=DDTIZNDNGMGGYBWIQXFC Spanish Army 1805.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=album%20de%20la%20infanteria%20espa%C3%B1ola%2C%20del%20conde%20de% 20clonard&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDMQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Felmiradorespagnol.free.fr%2Fcosas%2FAlbumInfanteria.pdf&ei=Ebb3Tpr4LIyDhQf56oi0AQ&usg=AFQjCNFZVeSFUWYtfoY4I-b4-M_DLeUkhQ (Álbum de la Infantería by Conde de Clonard (1861) version with pictures & minimal text)
http://bvpb.mcu.es/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=407344 (Álbum de la Infantería by Conde de Clonard (1861) full text version & have to save each page individually.
http://regimiento-numancia.es/Cosas/ALBUM%20DE%20LA%20CABALLERIA%20ESPAGNOLA-I.pdf part 1 of Album de la Caballería by Conde de Clonard (1861)
http://regimiento-numancia.es/Cosas/ALBUM%20DE%20LA%20CABALLERIA%20ESPAGNOLA-II.pdf part 2 of Album de la Caballería by Conde de Clonard (1861)
http://regimiento-numancia.es/Cosas/ALBUM%20DE%20LA%20CABALLERIA%20ESPAGNOLA-III.pdf part 3 of Album de la Caballería by Conde de Clonard (1861)
Bavaria:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Bavaria/Cantler/c_cantler.html Napoleon-Series: Bavarian army - 275 illustrations of Judge Johann Cantler, which cover the period of 1800 to 1815
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Baviere/baviere.htm Covers 1806-13.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Bavaria/Landwehr/c_NeumannBavaria.html Napoleon-Series: Bavarian Volunteers and Landwehr of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Bavaria%201805-15.pdf The Rawkins booklet on the Bavarian Army 1805-15.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427409w Bavarian army uniforms, 1810-1816.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427436s Uniforms & organisation of Bavaria’s town guard 1807 plus musical scores.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427389k Munich town guard 1796-1807.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427316p/f21.planchecontactBavarian Army of 1813 series of 10 platespublished by Herzberg (Augsburg)
Saxony:
http://befreiungskriege.wordpress.com/saxon-army-resources/ Knotel plates on the Saxon army.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/SaxonyWeimar/c_NeumannWeimar.html Saxony-Weimar Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Saxons/c_Sauerweidsaxons1811.html The Uniforms of the Saxon Army in 1811.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Saxons/c_Sauerweidsaxons.html The Saxon Army in 1810: the Uniform Plates of Alexander Sauerweid.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Saxons/Landwehr/c_NeumannSaxony.html Saxon Volunteers and Landwehr of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_saxon1805.html Uniform Plates of the Saxon Army: 1805 – 1806.
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Saxe/saxe.htm 1806-13. Saxon Army 1806-13.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427391n New uniforms of the Saxon Army 1811.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273922 Uniforms of the Saxon Army 1806-1823 by Adam von Bärtsch.
Westphalia:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/pinhas/c_pinhas1.html The Pinhas Uniform Plates of the Westphalian infantry: 1811 – 1812.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Westphalia/c_Sauerweid.html The Uniform Plates of Alexander Sauerweid covering the Westphalian Guard in 1810.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Westphalia/c_SuhrHamburgWestphalia The Westphalian Army in Hamburg (circa 1809): the Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427394w National Guard of the Kingdom of Westphalia, (clearly the BNF description is incorrect as it has this relating to 1805 i.e. as Westphalia was formed after Tilsit in 1807).
Wurttemberg:
http://www.histunif.com/wurttemberg/wurttemberg1/wurt000.htmThe Kingdom of Wurttemberg 1806-1813.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_ebner.html The Ebner Uniform Plates of the Wurttemberg Army in 1807.
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Wurttemberg/wurttemberg.htm The Kingdom of Wurttemberg 1806-13.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Wurttemberg%201806-14.pdf The Rawkins booklet covering 1806-14.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_history_of_Deutscher_Bund
Stadlinger plates Wurttemberg
http://books.google.com/books?id=fr0RAAAAYAAJ Text: Stadlinger. Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens von der frühesten bis zur neuesten Zeit (1856). 682 pages:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/German_Uniforms_Stadlinger Pictures by Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger: Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens (History of Württemberg Military), K. Hofdruckerei zu Guttenberg Stuttgart, 1856
Grand Duchy of Warsaw:
http://www.geocities.com/alexanderbaden/uniforms/index.html Contains 32 out of Jan V. Chelminski’s 48 plates on the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw – those omitted are military schools, medical service or well known uniforms as 1st Lancer Regiment of French Guard.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/polen_stachowicz.html Uniform Series of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw by Stachowicz. The five panels show groups of in the period from 1810 to 1813.
http://sites.google.com/site/armeepolonaise/Home/l-armee-des-rois-de-pologne/l-armee-de-kosciuszko/les-legions-de-dabrowski/les-polonais-de-napoleon Poles in the service of Napoleon – covers the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Vistula Legion, Legion du Nord, Imperial Guard,
http://arsenal.org.pl/forum/album_cat.htm?cat_id=10 Album of plates by Bronislaw Gembarzewski - mix of colour & black & white (in Polish).
http://arsenal.org.pl/forum/album_cat.htm?cat_id=14&sort_method=pic_time&sort_order=DESC&start=0 Album of plates by Zygmunt Rozwadowski (in Polish).
Kingdom of Poland
http://sites.google.com/site/armeepolonaisesuite/l-armee-du-declin-de-la-pologne-1697-1794 Polish Army 1697-94.
http://sites.google.com/site/armeepolonaise/Home/l-armee-des-rois-de-pologne/l-armee-de-kosciuszko Polish Army of Kosciuszko in 1794.
Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz:
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Mecklenburg%201808-14.pdfLinks to the Rawkins booklet on the Army of Mecklemburg 1808-14.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Mecklenburg/c_NeumannMecklenburg.html Napoleon-Series: Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
Sweden:
http://www.swordandsabre.com/ Useful colour plates on Swedish uniforms.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_swedishuniforms.html Swedish Uniforms, circa 1810.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Sweden%201802-1814.pdf The Rawkins booklet on the Swedish Army 1802-14.
Portugal:
http://www.arqnet.pt/exercito/uniform.html Portuguese Army uniforms at the end of the Ancien regime.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=368825 Geronimo's excellent thread with plenty of pictures of Portuguese Uniforms.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/Dress%20of%20the%20Portuguese%20Army.pdf Links to article on Portuguese uniforms.
Ottoman:
http://www.bleublancturc.com/illustrations/costumes_turcs_brindesi.htm Ottoman Empire 19th century costumes from Museum of old Istanbul.
http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Military_costume_of_Turkey.html?id=098GAAAAQAAJ&redir_esc=y "Military Costume of Turkey"downloadable as pdf. Illustrations from life andhas supporting text. Produced in 1818 and depicts uniforms circa 1812.
Nassau:
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Army%20of%20Nassau%201806-15.pdf Links to Rawkins booklet on the Nassau Army 1806-15.
Wurzburg:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Wurzburg/wurzburg.htm The Grand Duchy of Wurzburg 1806-13.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Wurzburg/Landwehr/c_NeumannWurzburg.html Würzburg Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
Baden:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Bade/bade.htm Grand Duchy of Baden 1806-13.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8426953q Baden Uniforms, 1807 & 1809 by Marc Rosenberg 1896.
Berg:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Berg/berg.htm Grand Duchy of Berg 1806-13.
Saxon Duchies:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Duches%20saxons/duches.htm 1806-13 The Saxon Duchies 1806-13.
Kingdom of Holland/Batavian Republic:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Dutch/c_Suhrholland.html The Dutch Army in Hamburg (1807 - 1808): the Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers.
http://www.aldegarde.nl/Napoleonicwars.html although termed Dutch army 1792-1815, it currently covers just the Dutch Republic 1790-95.
Anhalt:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Anhalt_Lippe/anhalt.htm The Duchies of Anhalt 1807-13.
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Anhalt_Lippe&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Anhalt hyperlink to Knotel plate covering 1812.
Frankfurt:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Francfort/francfort.htm Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1806-13.
Lippe:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Anhalt_Lippe/lippe.htm Principalities of Lippe 1807-1813.
Reuss:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Reus/reuss.htm Principalities of Reuss 1807-1813.
Waldeck:
http://www.histunif.com/confederation/Waldeck/waldeck.htm Principality of Waldeck 1806-13.
Hanseatic Cities:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Hanseatic/c_NeumannHanseatic Hanseatic Cities (Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen) Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
Hesse-Darmstadt:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84274020 Uniforms of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1806-1816.
Hessen-Kassel:
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Hessen-Kassel/c_NeumannKassel.html Hessen-Kassel Landwehr and Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427304g.r Uniforms 1776-1793
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273069.r Uniforms 1776-1793
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427313f.r Uniforms 1760-1799.
Hanover/KGL:
http://www.kgl.de/ German site with English Section about the KGL.
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles/The%20Hanoverian%20Army%201814-15%20-%20Infantry.pdf Links to the Rawkins booklet on Hanoverian infantry 1814-15.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273084.r=De+Ridder%2C+Gustave+%281861-1945%29.langEN Hanoverian troops 1813-1815 - Göhrde, Quatre-Bras, Waterloo,.by W. Aerts.
Naples:
http://picasaweb.google.fr/wipyonline/NapolitainsParPatriceRAYNAUD# Gennaro Aloja’s drawings of Joachim Murat’s Army of 1815.
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/jmurat/napoletani/nap.htm Neapolitan Army 1806-15.
Denmark:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/fm.cgi?n=373 Koller plates 1801.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Denmark/c_SuhrDenmark The Danish Army in Hamburg (1812 - 1814): the Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=378865 Danish-Norwegian uniforms thread.
Savoy/Piedmont/Kingdom of Sardinia:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bandsabaude/index1.html Flags & uniforms from the 16th century to 1850ish. (Site in Italian).
http://www.collezioni-f.it/sard/01.html Uniforms from 1814 to 1833 (in Italian).
Brunswick:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427346t.r Uniforms 1758-1815
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273440.r Uniforms 1814-15
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427343k.r Uniforms 1809
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427353z.r Uniforms 1809-1890
Schwarzburg:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Schwarzburg%2C_Waldeck%2C_Reuss&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Schwarzburg hyperlink to Knotel plate covering 1812.
Oldenburg:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Oldenburg&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Oldenburg hyperlink to Knotel plates covering 1808-67.
Netherlands:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Belgien&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Belgium hyperlink to list of Knotel plates covering 1814 -50.
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Belgien_%28Niederlande%29&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Dutch-Belgium hyperlink to list of Knotel plates covering 1815.
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Niederlande&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Netherlands & Kingdom of Holland hyperlink to list of Knotel plates covering 1668-1867.
Switzerland & Helvetian Republic:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Schweiz&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= and
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Helvetische_Republik&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Switzerland & Helvetian Republic hyperlink to list of Knotel plates covering 1770-1862.
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=2216159#post2216159 Swiss cantonal troops
Danzig & Hamburg:
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Danzig&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Danzig hyperlink to Knotel plates covering 1740-1808.
http://www.chakoten.dk/cgi-bin/knoetel.cgi?nation=Hamburg&submit=Send+foresp%F8rgsel&action=3&lang= Hamburg hyperlink to Knotel plates covering 1709-1867.
Spain - King Joseph Bonaparte
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427424k Spanish army of King Joseph Bonaparte Uniforms, 1808-1812.
Maps
http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/Search.do?text=&field2Op=AND&field1val=Mapas+espa%c3%b1a&numfields=3&field3Op=AND&colection=Geograf%c3%ada.+Biograf%c3%adas.+Historia%7cHistoria+de+Espa%c3%b1a&field3=todos&field3val=&field2=todos&field1Op=AND&exact=&advanced=true&field1=coleccion&media=&field2val=&pageNumber=1Maps of Peninsular War.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/c_maps.html Napoleon Series Map Archives - high quality maps on various battles, campaigns, & other items of interest on the Napoleonic Wars. Maps from variety of sources and about 75% of them are in colour.
http://www.archive.org/details/atlastoalisonshi00alis As below, but in this case the entire public domain book and all maps have been digitized and converted into a pdf download for FREE, courtesy of archive.org!
http://www.files.maproom.org/00/13/index.php Nearly 120 maps of Napoleonic battles and campaigns, plus Siborne’s maps of 1815.
http://www.thehistoricalarchive.com/ Firm specializing in antique and historical maps on CD ROM. Alison's Atlas is available on CD ROM and well worth the few shekels the vendor is asking.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k209323m.r=adolphe+thiers+atlas.langFR Thiers Atlas of the French Revolutionary Wars,
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57108103.r=adolphe+thiers+atlas.langFR Thiers Atlas of the Wars of the Consular & Empire periods.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1383 Craan map of the Battle of Waterloo.
http://www.clockwk.com Displays evolving, dynamic map of Europe and the Middle East. Freedemo covering the Napoleonic Period may be downloaded from the site.
http://www.emersonkent.com/maps.htm Maps on trhe napoleonic Wars showing the changes in Europe plus maps from Ancient times to the present day; also has lots of stuff on historical people.
http://www.kbr.be/collections/cart_plan/ferraris/ferraris_nl.html Superb coloured map of the whole of Belgium as at 1777 by van Ferraris. Country divided into numbered rectangles which can be expanded.
http://books.google.com/books?id=jMFDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=thumbnail&q&f=false Atlas of battles etc 1792-1815 by Ferdinand von Dürrich, Franz Georg Friedrich von Kausler, J. E. Woerl
http://www.1806-1807.napoleon-online...tegory&catid=3 Maps showing evolution of the battle of Jena.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/1812_karten.html Maps from 1812 campaign in Russia including battles of Smolensk, Polotsk (both battles), Malo-Jaroslawetz, Krasnoye & others.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/html/1814karten.html Maps of battles of La Rothière, Montmirail, Montereau, Craonne, Laon & others from 1814.
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/napoleon/napoleon%20war%20index.htm Maps of the Napoleonic Wars from the US Military Academy.
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/1812/war%20of%201812%20%20index.htm Maps of the War of 1812 between Britain & the USA from the US Military Academy.
Naval
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Naval_History/Index.html All six volumes of the “Naval History of Great Britain from 1793 to 1827” by William James.
http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=home Lots of data on ships – names, when commissioned , fates, ratings, orders of battles, etc.
http://www.awiatsea.com/Links.html Lots of links to useful naval stuff – mainly American War of Independence.
http://www.ahrtp.com/HallofFameOnline3/MaritimeHistoryLinks2.htm Again lots of useful links on naval stuff.
http://marinepremierempire.free.fr/accueil_453.htm A French site about the Napoleonic French navy.
http://www.sailingnavies.com/index.php One more site devoted to sailing navy history.
www.ageofnelson.org/ Another site dedicated to the great age of sailing warfare. This one contains the old list of British warships and a list of all commissioned British naval officers.
http://www.musee-marine.fr/public/virtuel/vie%20a%20bord/index.html Life on-board a 74 gun ship of the line at the end of the 18th century – nice interactive presentation by Musée national de la marine in French, English & Spanish.
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html#1790 Late 18th to early 20th century naval and naval social history – includes lists of ships of the Royal Navy and its foes.
http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk/ Broadside is a collection of pages describing life in Royal Navy in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the time of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Heritage/1797/Victory/index.html Virtual tour of HMS Victory.
Flags and standards
http://www.warflag.com/napflags/index.htm Useful site containing flags and standards of many of the participants in the Napoleonic wars. Site covers France, Austria, Baden, Bavaria (infantry only), Berg, Brunswick (1815), Denmark (infantry only for 1813 Auxiliary Corps), small German Principalities (Anhalt, Mecklemburg, Lippe, Nassau, Wurzburg etc) Great Britain (infantry for Waterloo campaign), Hesse-Darmstadt (infantry only), Hesse-Kassel (infantry only), Kingdom of Italy (infantry only), Kingdom of Naples (infantry only), Netherlands/Kingdom of Holland/Batavian Republic (infantry only), Portugal, Prussia, Russia (infantry only), Saxony, USA (War of 1812), Westphalia & Wurttemburg (infantry only).
http://www.drapeaux.org/ A superb website covering French military flags through the ages, ready to download and print. Continuously updated, often with near impossible to find data and illustrations.
http://www.warflag.com/ Website for free downloadable flags.
http://www.banderasmilitares.com/listado_paises.php Spanish site detailing flags.
http://tmg110.tripod.com/archive.htm Flags for many nations.
http://www.1uptravel.com/flag/flags/index.html Flags of the World (FOTW) claims to be the Internet's largest site devoted to the study of flags with more than 19,000 pages about flags and over 36,000 images of flags.
http://www.ancruzeiros.pt/ancbandeiras.html Portuguese Naval Flags.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/a/a4/20091114205238%21Naval_flags_of_the_World_1794.jpg Naval flags of the world 1794.
Downloadable Books
http://biblioteka.cc/forum/61-militarija/ Russian website with links to Bernard Coppens/Patrice Courcelle/Michel Petard/Daniel Lordey 2 Volume work entitled "Les Uniformes des Guerres Napoleonienes", the various volumes of Bucquoy, Funcken, Joineau, Rousselot plates, Knotel plates, Bueno's books on the Spanish Army etc plus lots on WW2/Ancient/ACW, as well as some very good Russian books.... To gain access you will need to join.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=125893 List of books on Napoleonic subjects available for free download.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/bibliographic/internetbooks/c_internetbooks1.html Present index lists books digitized by various institutions, but mainly the Google Corp. for its Google Books project. Only full version titles are included and interested parties can search the entire Google Books database at http://books.google.com/. This index represents only a fraction of tens of thousands of books added daily to the Google Books and is continuously updated.
http://www.napoleonica.org/us/index.html Access to lots of original documents, books etc,
http://www.napoleonicassociation.org/research/articles.htm Some useful articles for download.
http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/ Classic Napoleonic literature - books and artwork reproduced here are out-of-copyright.
http://anne.messageboard.nl/29197/viewtopic.php?t=76 Links to downloadable books.
http://bvpb.mcu.es/independencia/es/micrositios/indice_campo.cmd?campo=idtitulo Links to downloadable books in mix of English, Spanish, French & German languages.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=128566 Links to downloadable drill manuals.
http://www.jeux-histoire.fr/bibliographie.html Lots of links to downloadable copies of books on campaigns, battles etc from the Revolutionary period to Waterloo in mix of English, French & German.
http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/AgeOfNapoleon/BibMenu.html Massive bibliography of Napoleonic Fiction, Poetry & Drama with links to digital texts on this site as well as other sites see below for downloadable text link:
http://www.napoleonic-literature.com/AgeOfNapoleon/E-Texts/Fiction.html Downloadable texts here but unfortunately not all links work.
http://www.historicalnovels.info/Napoleonic.html Most not downloadable, but useful list of Napoleonic novels.
http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Link to Google Books search page.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ Links to Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France) search page.
http://www.archive.org/details/texts Internet text Archive: Free Books - Download & Streaming : Ebook and Texts Archive. Very useful for those in the UK & Europe who cannot access full texts that US citizens can on Google Books due to the different limits on expiry of copyright - sometimes blocks do occur.
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/o Link to Gutenberg Project search page.
http://www.napoleon.org/en/napoleonica/library/nouveautes.asp#2 The Fondation Napoléon Digital Collection - digitised documents fully searchable, images can be viewed using zoom feature.
Orders of Battle
http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/nafziger/index.asp George Nafziger's orders of battle from the 1600s to 1945. Nafziger graciously donated his entire collection on his retirement to the US Army Command & General Staff College where every OB file resides as a free download.
Regimental names:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399424 Austria
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=408864 France
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=385953 Great Britain
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399681 Prussia
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=402583 Russia
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=436889 Minor States/Nations - so far : Baden, Bavaria, Grand Duchy of Berg, Brunswick, Hesse-Darmstadt,Hessen-Kassel, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Naples, Oldenburg,Sardinia, Saxony, Two Sicilies, Duchy of Warsaw, Westphalia& Wurttemberg
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=460616Spain- 1814 entry to do
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=9917327#post9917327 Sweden
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=469295 Ottoman Empire
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10364723#post10364723 Hanover
Paintings of Battles, Portraits etc
http://www.realartist.ru/names/averyanov/?SHOWALL_1=1 Paintings mainly of 1812 by Averyanov Alexander Y.
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55906 Lots of Napoeonic Pictures
http://www.jacqueslouisdavid.org/ The complete works of Jacques Louis David includes Napoleon at the StBernard pass 1801,
http://www.g-rava.it/opere/era_napoleonica.htm Paintings by Giuseppe Rava.
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/English/Painting/Rubo/index.html Borodino paintings by Franz Alekseevitch Rubo.
http://www.allworldwars.com/The%20Batlle%20of%20Borodino%20September%207%201812.html Pictures of the Battle of Borodino.
http://www.napoleon-empire.net/battles/montenotte.php This site seems to have pictures of Napoleonic battles from Montenotte to Waterloo (click enlarge below picture to get reasonable resolution).
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/English/Painting/ver/index.html Series of Canvases by Vasiliy Vasilyevich Vereschagin (1842-1904) on The Patriotic War of 1812.
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/English/Painting/gess/index.html Peter von Hess' paintings of the battles of 1812.
http://www.100megsfree4.com/rusgeneral/gal000.htm some pictures by famous Russian and Polish artists. The main theme of this collection is Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812. These pictures are from "The Patriotic War of 1812 " by Bozherianov printed in St.Petersburg 1911.
http://souverainsdefrance.free.fr/premier_empire_1142.htm Many high quality portraits of Napoleon and the imperial family.
http://www.firstempire.0catch.com/Imperial_Museum/Imperial_Museum_Page_1/imperial_museum_page_1.html Many paintings in this virtual museum – but a bit too many pop-ups!
http://wwwcano.lagravure.com/napoleon_sommaire.htm Series of drawings & prints of the Napoleonic era.
Biographies/Pen Pictures of Generals
http://napoleon1er.perso.neuf.fr/E-Mare.html Pictures and short bios on Napoleon’s Marshals.
http://100megsfree4.com/rusgeneral/conteng.htm Pictures and bios on 43 Russian generals.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/Prussia/PrussianGenerals/c_Prussiangenerals1.html Prussian Generals of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/BritishGenerals/c_Britishgenerals1.html British Generals of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
http://partners.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ruwiki/284934 Contains the portraits of the Russian Generals who participated in the War of 1812.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/index.html Detailed biographies of 94 Austrian Field Marshals & Generals, many with a contemporary portrait. (In German)
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html French Army Generals who Served during 1789 - 1815
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/commanders/c_twenty.html Top Twenty French Cavalry Commanders
http://www.napoleon-series.org/images/heads/hr_biographies.gif Biographical Dictionary of Austrian Generals during the Napoleonic Wars.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_russianbios.html Biographical Dictionary of Russian Generals during the Napoleonic Wars.
http://www.arqnet.pt/portal/biografias/index.html Biographical notes. some with picture of English, French, Portuguese & Spanish generals & others (in Portuguese).
http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/a.htm A-Z searchable dictionary of Portuguese generals, nobles etc, some with picture (in Portuguese).
Peninsular War
http://peninsularwar200.org/ The Peninsular War 200 Years On
http://www.peninsular-resource.com/ Good resource on the Peninsular War.
http://www.portalcultura.mde.es/Galerias/revistas/ficheros/R_Ejercito_805_extraordinario_2008.pdf Bicentario de la guerre de la independencia N°1 (publication in Spanish, some nice pictures).
N°2 http://www.portalcultura.mde.es/Galerias/revistas/ficheros/R_Ejercito_811_Extra_2008.pdf Bicentario de la guerre de la independencia N°2 (publication in Spanish, some nice pictures).
http://www.sitiohistoricolosarapiles.com/diorama.php Nice Spanish site on the battle of Salamanca, complete with an excellent diorama using Fantassin miniatures.
http://www.1808-1814.org/ Peninsular war from a Spanish perspective.
http://www.arqnet.pt/portal/portugal/invasoes/index.html Portuguese site on the French Invasions and Portuguese Legion.
The War of 1812
Links added at post 6.
Medals, Awards, Honours etc
http://www.medals.org.uk/index.htm Medals of the world for all eras.
http://blackwatch.napoleonicmedals.org/ Medals & orders of the Napoleonic period.
http://www.napoleonicmedals.org/ Napoleonic & Revolutionary medals.
Museums & Monuments
http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/ National Army Museum, London
http://www.invalides.org/pages/menu.html Musee de l’Armee, Paris
http://www.hgm.or.at/index.html?&L=1 Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna (English and German).
http://austroarchiv.com/kjm/index.php Kaiser Jager Museum, Bergerseil.
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/index.html Russian 1812 internet project – site in Russian & English.
http://www.borodino.ru/ Borodino battlefield museum.
http://www.kulichki.com/gusary/istoriya/ Russian Hussar Museum (in Russian).
http://www.sfhm.se/templates/pages/ArmeStandardPage.aspx?id=1069&epslanguage=SV Swedish Army Museum
http://www.bayerisches-armeemuseum.de/ Bavarian Army Museum – covers middle ages to modern times.
http://www.muzeumwp.pl/ Polish Army Museum, Warsaw, covers the 10th century to the World War 2.
http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/index.html Musee de Legion d’Honneur.
http://www.legermuseum.nl/get?site=legermuseum.nl Leger Museum, Delft.
http://www.warmuseums.nl/ Website offers information about the war museums in Europe that the creators have visited. Each museum has its own 'gallery' where they give some general information about the museum (facilities etc.), a description of the museum (e.g. exhibits, highlights) and a selection of photos taken 'on the spot'.
http://www.musees-nationaux-napoleoniens.org/en/index.htm Museums of Napoleonic France: Château de Malmaison, Château de Bois-Preau, The Bonaparte House in Ajaccio, L’Ile d’Aix, Château de Compiegne, and Château de Fontainbleu. Site in English & French.
http://napoleon-monuments.eu/Napoleon1er/index_EN.htm Monuments and Memorials of the Napoleonic Era – some great pictures of monuments and graves.
Other
http://www.grenadiers-idf.com/histoiredelagarde.htm Lots on the Imperial Guard Grenadiers a Pied & Fusilier Grenadiers – history, uniforms, regulations, armaments etc.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/index.html Covers a wide range of Napoleonic stuff…..
http://www.napoleonguide.com/index.htm The Napoleonic Guide is one of the best reference source for everything you need to know about the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte. It has more than 2000 pages of information
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.es/ Spanish site covering all things Napoleon.
http://napoleon.org.pl/indexen.php Napoleonic website built by Polish enthusiaists. Main focus is on the Duchy of Warsaw, but general information available too. Text in Polish and English.
http://www.graymo.clara.co.uk/index.htm Battlefield Anomalies Website, very nicely done. From Napoleonic period covers Eylau, Heilsberg, the 1812 invasion of Russia and Ligny.
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/ Comprehensive Dutch site.
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Army/index.html A website for Russian - inspired campaign of 1812. Contains lots on Russian infantry and cavalry. Language: Russian / English
http://www.100megsfree4.com/rusgeneral/gal000.htm - Very interesting page from Russia (in English). A large Number of battle paintings and portraits.
http://www.multi.fi/~goranfri/ One of the lesser known conflicts the Russian- Swedish war is covered here. Some uniform images are available.
http://www.napoleon-online.de/ Napoleon Online is the German-language Internet portal, which deals with all aspects of the Napoleonic era and the era of the Revolutionary War. The primary focus on areas of military and military history , various partner sites , but also deal with civil and political events of the time.
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/c_organization.html Very useful site.
http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/index.html Tons of useful information and graphics.
http://britishbattles.com/ This site tends to look quite favourably on the Red Coats, but there are some fine maps to be had.
http://hem.bredband.net/b111807/English/index-eng.htm Another great site, in English no less, with a huge selection of uniform and flag data on the Swedish military towards the end of the 18th century.
http://www.jpflahaut.fr/ French site that provides access to multiple sites covering the French Revolution through the 2d Empire.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/topics.mv?id=18 The Napoleonic Discussion Group - a lot of subject matter experts here.
http://www.zinnfigurenfreunde-leipzig.de/ Could not resist including this for the miniature wargamers amongst us. An absolutely spectacular diorama of the 1813 Battle of Nations using Zinnfiguren flats - website in German. The pictures say it all!
http://shadojak.tripod.com/ Orders of battle, Napoleon's maxims and other resources. Graphic intense.
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/askb/index.html The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.
http://www.militar.org.ua/foro/ Spanish military forum.
http://www.newarkirregulars.org.uk/links/mhresearch.html Hundreds of useful links (though not all work) covering all ages of warfare and history.
http://www.editions-napoleon.com/dyn/galerie/index.php?t=2 French site with Napoleonic magazine for sale – but can access a few pages from each edition. Plenty of useful material.
http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Didactitiel/Napoleon/index.htmlNapoleon’s system of heraldry.
http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/ Excellent site of Mark Conrad with his translations of Russian works covering pre-Petrine to Soviet period.
http://www.military-info.com/freebies/maximsn.htm Military maxims of Napoleon.
http://esfdb.websites.bta.com/The European State Finance Database (edited by Dr Catherine Casson), is an international project for the collection, archiving and dissemination of data on European fiscal history from the medieval to modern periods. The data is available free of charge.A wide range of countries are covered including Austria, England, France, the Low Countries, Poland, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Spanish America and Switzerland. Much of the data relates to different types of taxes, but there is also material relating to army size, wool and cloth exports and imports and stock prices. Full instructions on how to use the database are on the bottom of the first page.
http://www.aulamilitar.com/regimientos.hts Lists in pdf format of Spanish infantry regiments and battalions by individual year from the 18th to 20th centuries.
http://www.wtj.com/wars/napoleonic/ The Napoleonic Wars Series – has links to various memoirs, Napoleon’s correspondence.
http://www.napoleonprisonnier.com/ Site (in French) aimed at giving a better understanding of Napoleon. Copies of original documents, and interesting stuff concerning his death.
http://www.histoire-image.org/index.php Free public service on the History of France (in images) through museum collections and archival materials covering 1789 to 1939.
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/napoleon//index.htm The Macgill University digital collection.
http://www.histoire-empire.org/docs/veterans/veterans.htm Some of the earliest photographs of veterans of Napoleon’s army, taken when these old soldiers were in their 70s or 80s.
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