War Times Journal
War Times Journal: The French Revolt and Empire: A Napoleonic Wars Summary
This site describes the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Read the history of these wars from 1792-1815.
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European Library: Napoleonic Wars: 1799 1815 (French)
Digitized collection of primary source materials (texts, maps, and illustrations) tells the story of the wars Napoleon fought in the early nineteenth century to extend French power across Europe. Primarily in French.
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War Times Journal: Letters and Dispatches of Horatio Nelson
A collection of writings by the famous British admiral who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The writings give valuable details about British naval tactics during the Napoleonic Wars.
Brown University
Brown University Library: Center for Digital Initiatives: Napoleonic Satires
A collection of over four hundred satirical prints (made in Britain and continental Europe) of Napoleon. Related historical essays on the prints themselves and on the cast of characters depicted in them round out the site. Also includes...
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British Battles: Battle of Cape St Vincent
An archive of the battles that occurred during the Napoleonic Wars from Cape St. Vincent to Waterloo. Provides battle maps, uniforms, and equipment used by the troops. Presents an account of the battles and the casualties.
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Napoleonic Guide: Trafalgar
The page on this battle is part of a larger site that is dedicated to the Napoleonic Wars. Includes artwork, order of battle, newspaper reports, and more.
War Times Journal
War Times Journal: Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo by General a.j. Savary
Selections from a French General who served under Napoleon. He participated in Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798, the 1805 campaign against Austria, and many other battles.
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War Times Journal: War in Spain: Marshal Suchet
A series of excerpts from the wartime memoirs of Marshal Suchet. He fought under Napoleon during the wars in Spain also known as the Peninsular Campaigns.
National Archives (UK)
Nelson, Trafalgar and Those Who Served
Details the life of Horatio Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic Wars.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: The Bronte Sisters Shirley
Read Charlotte Bronte's "Shirley." The novel is set in the north of England, specifically Yorkshire, in the later years of the Napoleonic Wars and the time of the Luddite riots.
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War Times Journal: Correspondence of Napoleon I
A collection of war dispatches written by the great French military leader and strategist. In them, he discusses the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo.
PBS
Pbs: Napoleon Campaigns and Battles
An extensive site with details of the many battles and campaigns of the Napoleonic Era. Provides great information on Napoleon's skill as a general. Includes a battle game.
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War Times Journal: Recollections of Marshal Macdonald
A series of writings written by a French military leader who served under Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars. He gives an honest evaluation of what happened in Napoleon's famous invasion of Russia in 1812.
Ohio State University
E History: Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, "The Little Napoleon"
A thorough look at Gen. Beauregard's military career in the Civil War as a Confederate general. Find out what campaigns he was in and how politics affected his career.
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War Times Journal: Marshal Louis Davout: Dispatches and Correspondence
A collection of wartime writings by one of Napoleon's army commanders. He was quite famous for being Napoleon's youngest Marshal and fought in Napoleon's campaign against Prussia in 1806.
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War Times Journal: Wellington's Dispatches: Peninsula and Waterloo: 1808 1815
A collection of wartime dispatches by the famous British army commander. Insightful details are given on the two major campaigns: the Peninsular and Waterloo fought between 1808 and 1815.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Goya, and There's Nothing to Be Done (From the Disasters of War)
Francisco Goya created the aquatint series The Disasters of War from 1810 to 1820 using the techniques of etching and drypoint. The images remain shocking today, and even influenced the novel of famous American author Ernest Hemingway,...
British Library
British Library: World War I: Europe Before 1914
Learn about the origins and reasons behind the outbreak of World War I. Globalization and military advancement are considered the major contributing factors leading to Europe's first major war since the fall of Napoleon.
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The Napoleon Series: Napoleon in Egypt, or Egomaniac on the Loose
A scholarly article that examines Napoleon invasion and campaign in Egypt fro 1798 to 1799. The article gives details about the strategy Napoleon followed and why the campaign did fail.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Adventures of Gerard
Read these military tales by Conan Doyle provided for by the University of Virginia, detailing the exploits of a soldier in the Napoleonic wars.
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Etc: Europe Illustrating the Wars of French Rev and Napoleon's Wars, 1715 1830
This is a map of Europe illustrating the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon's Wars, 1715 to 1830.
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War Times Journal: The Battle of Borodino by Baron Lejeune
A first-hand account of the famous battle by a French Army colonel who was an aide-de-camp during the Russian campaign. He describes the terrible killing that took place and the French military strategies.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European: Napoleon & the Conservative Response
AP European History learning module on post French Revolution change during the time of Napolean and Conservative government.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: Darkness and Light, the Interwar Years 1865 1898
This resource offers a good look at the reorganization and use of the U.S. military in the years betwee the end of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.