Napoleonic Links

[Druzhina]

These links are adapted from those of the Prince of Essling at the Total War Center forum.
Uniforms
All nations:
      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 assome items havebeen catalogued incorrectly. First link to uniforms by country whereas second to subject area. Or use:
      Vinkhuijzen search by Uniforms & Regiment
      Uniform plates by Knotel - not all of the Knotel plates are available.
      Danish Military Historical Society – some uniform plates are available.
      Histofig (French site) – Very good, but very slow!! Lots of uniform plates for many nations.
      Spanish site on the Peninsular War. Has uniform plates on both Spanish & Franco-allied armies.
      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).
      Les uniformes pendant la campagne des Cent Jours Uniforms of the 1815 Waterloo campaign.
      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.
      French site – a few uniform plates.
      French site by Bernard Coppens. Some of his drawings here freely available.
      The 1802 Uniform Plates of Friedrich Ludwig von Koeller covering a number of different countries. Napoleon-Series.
      Some useful uniform plates.
      Uniforms of Kingdom of Italy, Italian Republics, Wurttemburg. Ultimate site about Italians and Wurttemberg in the Napoleonic period. histunif.com
      imtw.ru 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).
      Armchair General Excellent US website with lots & lots of plates - need to join to gain full access.
      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). BnF
      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. Napoleon Online, Portal zur Epoche 1792-1815
      Plates on many countries created in 1802 in Kiel by Friedrich Ludwig von Koeller. Napoleon Online, Portal zur Epoche 1792-1815
      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. Napoleon Online, Portal zur Epoche 1792-1815
      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. BnF
      "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. BnF

Anhalt:
      The Duchies of Anhalt 1807-13. histunif.com
Austria:
      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. Napoleon-Series.
      Austrian Landwehr in 1809: the Uniform Plates of Joseph Eder Napoleon-Series.
      Austrian Freikorps and Landwehr of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann. Napoleon-Series.
      Landwehr and Bürgergarde, 1805. BnF
      Vienna Freikorps 1797 BnF
Baden:
      Grand Duchy of Baden 1806-13. histunif.com
      Baden Uniforms, 1807 & 1809 by Marc Rosenberg 1896. BnF
Bavaria:
      Bavarian army - 275 illustrations of Judge Johann Cantler, which cover the period of 1800 to 1815 Napoleon-Series.
      Bavaria 1806-13. histunif.com
      Bavarian Volunteers and Landwehr of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann. Napoleon-Series.
      Bavarian army uniforms, 1810-1816. BnF
      Uniforms & organisation of Bavaria's town guard 1807 plus musical scores. BnF
      Munich town guard 1796-1807. BnF
      Army of 1813 series of 10 plates published by Herzberg (Augsburg) BnF
Berg:
      Grand Duchy of Berg 1806-13. histunif.com
Brunswick
      Uniforms 1758-1815 BnF
      Uniforms 1814-15 BnF
      Uniforms 1809 BnF
      Uniforms 1809-1890 BnF
Denmark:
      The Danish Army in Hamburg (1812 - 1814): the Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers. Napoleon-Series.
      Danish-Norwegian uniforms Total War thread.
France:
      Uniforms of the French army from 1690 to 1900 by Dr. Lienhart & Humbert.
      100 uniform plates of Vernet - Lami: The French Army 1791 – 1815. Napoleon-Series.
      Uniform plates by Lucien Rousselot.
      Uniforms of the Russian and the French Armies of the Napoleonic Wars by Alexander Mikaberidze 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.
      Site under development to cover all of the French Army. Currently good coverage of Hussar uniforms.
      Poles in the service of Napoleon – covers the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Vistula Legion, Legion du Nord & Imperial Guard.
      1st to 6th Hussars by René Louis covering Revolutionary to Napoleon & beyond. BnF
      7th to 14th Hussars by René Louis covering Revolutionary to Napoleon & beyond. BnF
      Uniforms of ADCs - watercolours by Emile Fort. BnF
      Uniforms of engineering, artillery & train troops from the Revolution to 2nd Empire - notes and watercolors by Emile Fort. BnF
      The Little Museum Collection of different military costumes of the French army troops by Martinet 1816. BnF
      The French Army by Berka. BnF
      Uniforms of the Imperial Guard by C. Baour – mix of colour & black & white pictures. BnF
      The soldiers of the French Republic & Empire by H Bellange. Napoleon Online, Portal zur Epoche 1792-1815
      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". Napoleon Online, Portal zur Epoche 1792-1815
      Uniform Plates by Felix Philippoteaux from the work of Adrien Pascal on the French Army Army 1786-1815. Napoleon Online, Portal zur Epoche 1792-1815
      Costumes of the Imperial Court of Napoleon, Volume 1. BnF
      Costumes of the Imperial Court of Napoleon, Volume 2. BnF
      Costumes of the Imperial Court of Napoleon, Volume 3. BnF
Frankfurt:
      Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1806-13. histunif.com

Druzhina
Illustrations of Soldiers

[Druzhina]

 Great Britain
      Uniform series of Goddard & Booth. Napoleon Online, Portal zur Epoche 1792-1815  Maltese Army units 1798 onwards.
Hanover/KGL:
      German site with English Section about the KGL.    Hanoverian troops 1813-1815 - Göhrde, Quatre-Bras, Waterloo, by W. Aerts. BnF
Hanseatic Cities:
      Hanseatic Cities (Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen) Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann. Napoleon-Series.
Hesse-Darmstadt:
      Uniforms of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1806-1816. BnF
Hessen-Kassel:
      Hessen-Kassel Landwehr and Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann. Napoleon-Series.
      Uniforms 1776-1793 BnF
      Uniforms 1776-1793 BnF
      Uniforms 1760-1799. BnF
Kingdom of Holland/Batavian Republic:
      The Dutch Army in Hamburg (1807 - 1808): the Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers. Napoleon-Series.
      Dutch army 1792-1815, it currently covers just the Dutch Republic 1790-95.
Kingdom of Italy:
      Uniforms of Kingdom of Italy. - this is currently the ultimate site about Italians in the Napoleonic period histunif.com
      napitalia.org.uk Useful site on the army of the Kingdom of Italy.
      Italian Military Museum with link to revolution era uniforms.
      The troops of the Italian Republics (1799 - 1805). histunif.com
      Kingdom of Italy 1805-14.
Lippe:
      Principalities of Lippe 1807-1813. histunif.com
Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz:
      Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann. Napoleon-Series.
Naples:
      Gennaro Aloja's drawings of Joachim Murat's Army of 1815.
      Neapolitan Army 1806-15.
Ottoman:
     Coloured Illustrations of Ottoman Soldiers dated 1805
     Ottomans in the Augsburger Bilder, 1802-1810
     Illustrations by Octavien d'Alvimart, in McLean's The Military Costume of Turkey, 1813
     Illustrations by Octavien d'Alvimart, in Miller's The Costume of Turkey, 1802
     Spahis by Knötel, Dellis by Knötel, Solaks by Knötel & Janissaries by Knötel
Kingdom of Poland
      Polish Army 1697-94.
      Polish Army of Kosciuszko in 1794.
Grand Duchy of Warsaw:
      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.
      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. Napoleon Online, Portal zur Epoche 1792-1815
      Album of plates by Bronislaw Gembarzewski - mix of colour & black & white (in Polish).
Portugal:
      Portuguese Army uniforms at the end of the Ancien regime.
      Geronimo's excellent Total War thread with plenty of pictures of Portuguese Uniforms.
Prussia:
      Prussian Uniforms Published by Schiavonetti in 1806. Napoleon-Series.
      Prussian Infantry Uniforms of 1806. Napoleon-Series.
      Knotel plates on the Prussian army.
      Uniforms of the Prussian army during the reign of Frederick William III . 1799-1800, illuminated by Blatter & published by Horvath (Potsdam) BnF
      Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814. BnF
      Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814. BnF
      Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814. BnF
      Uniforms of the Prussian Army, 1813-1814. BnF
      Geschichte und Bildliche Vorstellung der Königlich Preussischen Regimenter. Wien: Reilly, 1796 – covers the Prussian army in 1796 BnF
Reuss:
      Principalities of Reuss 1807-1813. histunif.com
Russia:
      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:
      Viskovatov
      The Russian Army in 1805 - 1807: the Uniform Plates of Johann Voltz. Napoleon-Series.
      Uniforms of the Russian and the French Armies of the Napoleonic Wars by Alexander Mikaberidze 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.
      Cossack uniforms.
      Russian Army, 1796-1801. BnF
      Russian auxiliary corps of 1798 by T Moro (Vienna). BnF
      Infantry of 1812 by Parkhaev
      Cavalry of 1812 by Parkhaev
      Irregulars of 1812 by Parkhaev
      Weapons, equipment & awards of 1812 by Parkhaev
Savoy/Piedmont/Kingdom of Sardinia:
      Flags & uniforms from the 16th century to 1850ish. (in Italian).
      Uniforms from 1814 to 1833 (in Italian).
Saxony:
      Knotel plates on the Saxon army.
      Saxony-Weimar Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann. Napoleon-Series.
      The Uniforms of the Saxon Army in 1811. Napoleon-Series.
      The Saxon Army in 1810: the Uniform Plates of Alexander Sauerweid. Napoleon-Series.
      Saxon Volunteers and Landwehr of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann. Napoleon-Series.
      Uniform Plates of the Saxon Army: 1805 – 1806. Napoleon-Series.
      1806-13. Saxon Army 1806-13. histunif.com
      New uniforms of the Saxon Army 1811. BnF
      Uniforms of the Saxon Army 1806-1823 by Adam von Bärtsch. BnF
Saxon Duchies:
      1806-13 The Saxon Duchies 1806-13. histunif.com
Spain:
      Spanish military uniforms 1800-1980.
      Spanish infantry uniforms 1789.
      Spanish uniforms 1808-14.
      Knotel plates of Spanish Army plus access to plates of the uniforms of the Cadiz garrison in 1810.
      Spanish TotalWar 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.
      The Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers on the Spanish Romana Division in Hamburg (1807 - 1808). Napoleon-Series.
      The Artwork of Dionisio Álvarez Cueto showing some Spanish units in 1808. Napoleon-Series.
      The Artwork of Dionisio Álvarez Cueto showing some Spanish units at Bailen. Napoleon-Series.
      Spanish Army 1805.
Spain - King Joseph Bonaparte
      Spanish army of King Joseph Bonaparte Uniforms, 1808-1812. BnF
Sweden:
      Sword and Sabre Useful colour plates on Swedish uniforms.
      Swedish Uniforms, circa 1810. Napoleon-Series.
Waldeck:
      Principality of Waldeck 1806-13. histunif.com
Westphalia:
      The Pinhas Uniform Plates of the Westphalian infantry: 1811 – 1812. Napoleon-Series.
      The Uniform Plates of Alexander Sauerweid covering the Westphalian Guard in 1810. Napoleon-Series.
      The Westphalian Army in Hamburg (circa 1809): the Uniform Plates of the Suhr Brothers. Napoleon-Series.
      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). BnF
Wurttemberg:
      Pictures by Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger: Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens (History of Württemberg Military), K. Hof-buchdruckerei, Stuttgart, 1856
      The Kingdom of Wurttemberg 1806-1813. histunif.com
      Jagers 1810-12 by Peter Bunde
      The Ebner Uniform Plates of the Wurttemberg Army in 1807. Napoleon-Series.
      Military history of Deutscher Bund by Stadlinger category on wikimedia
      Text: Stadlinger. Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens von der frühesten bis zur neuesten Zeit (1856). 682 pages:
Wurzburg:
      The Grand Duchy of Wurzburg 1806-13. histunif.com
      Würzburg Volunteers of the Wars of Liberation: the Uniform Plates of Friedrich Neumann. Napoleon-Series.

Druzhina
Illustrations of Soldiers

[Hertsblue]

Embarassment of riches, Druzhina. Many thanks! 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Brilliance!

[Leon]

Wow, that's a lot of info!  I'll be pointing the designer in this direction as he progresses with the Naps ranges.

[nikharwood]

Wowzers! That's just superb Druzhina - really appreciated 

[Druzhina]

Most of the credit belongs to the Prince of Essling, I dealt with the dead links.

Here are some of my assorted Napoleonic Links:

The Prusso-Saxon Army at Jena 14th October 1806 by Peter Hofschröer.
Infantry Skirmishing in the Napoleonic Wars by Peter Hofschröer.
Napoleonic Skirmishing In Practice by Peter Hofschröer.
The White Uniforms of the French Army, 1806-1807 Described by Guy C. Dempsey Jr., illustrated by R. J. Marrion.
Spanish Napoleonic Uniforms. & Spanish Uniforms of Joseph Bonaparte's Army
Uniforms Of Spanish Units At Talavera
Uniforms of Archduke Charles' Legion by Ken Bunger
Map and Orders of Battle for Wagram 1809 from Armies On The Danube by Bowden & Tarbox
The Great Cavalry Battle Of Liebertwolkwitz (14th October, 1813) by Peter Hofschröer.
Full corrected OCR text of "1815, Waterloo" by Henry Houssaye, 1905.
Netherlands Infantry Uniforms 1813 to 1831, (or in Dutch).
Full corrected OCR text of "The battle of Wavre and Grouchy's retreat; a study of an obscure part of the Waterloo campaign" by Hyde Kelly 1905.  Includes 3 maps (2.7MB).
. Map of Wavre by Johnston (1.5MB).
. Map of Wavre by Siborne (3.8MB).
Pictures of Buildings on the Waterloo Battlefield including:
. Belle Alliance and la Haie Sainte
. Frischermont, Papelotte and Plancenoit
. Hougoumont


MIRROR SITES:
The Prusso-Saxon Army at Jena 14th October 1806 by Peter Hofschröer.
Infantry Skirmishing in the Napoleonic Wars by Peter Hofschröer.
Napoleonic Skirmishing In Practice by Peter Hofschröer.
The White Uniforms of the French Army, 1806-1807 Described by Guy C. Dempsey Jr., illustrated by R. J. Marrion.
Spanish Napoleonic Uniforms. & Spanish Uniforms of Joseph Bonaparte's Army
Uniforms of Archduke Charles' Legion by Ken Bunger
Map and Orders of Battle for Wagram 1809 from Armies On The Danube by Bowden & Tarbox
The Great Cavalry Battle Of Liebertwolkwitz (14th October, 1813) by Peter Hofschröer.
Full corrected OCR text of "1815, Waterloo" by Henry Houssaye, 1905.
Full corrected OCR text of "The battle of Wavre and Grouchy's retreat; a study of an obscure part of the Waterloo campaign" by Hyde Kelly 1905.  Includes 3 maps (2.7MB).

Druzhina
Illustrations of Soldiers