Registration for Winter Games 2025: “Road to Victory”
Submitted by sandersj on December 16, 2024 - 1:22pmThis webform registers you for playing the Winter 2025 HOLF game event. It is required to get you placed into the player database used by the constructive simulation, Civil War OnLine (CWOL). The data you enter will not be shared or marketed by the Historical Online Learning Foundation (HOLF).
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Civil War era maps at the Library of Congress
Submitted by sandersj on October 2, 2015 - 10:21amhttp://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-maps/articles-and-essays/
Researched by Guild member, Weary Willie
An excellent resource.
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Background for the CWOL 1862 Campaign
Submitted by Anonymous on September 13, 2010 - 12:38pmThe Situation in 1862
Napoleon's transition to a staff model
Submitted by Anonymous on July 13, 2010 - 1:45pmNapoleon Bonaparte did not have a staff on the general model used by modern militaries, but was important in the transition between assistants to an individual and a modern staff. His Grand Quartier-General consisted of three main branches:
Napoleon's Maison
Aides-de-camp
Cabinet
Grand Etat-Major General, headed by Marshal Louis Alexandre Berthier
Intendance.
Maison
The Maison was Napoleon's personal staff, but with an important addition to the usual clerks.
Aides-de-Camp
The Development of The Corps D'Armée And Its Impact on Napoleonic Warfare
Submitted by Anonymous on June 30, 2010 - 2:49pmBy Major James Wasson
United States Army
The organization of the corps d'armée and the doctrinal use of the bataillon carré were significant in making the campaigns of Napoleonic warfare quicker and more fluid than those of Frederick the Great's time. These changes allowed Napoleon to hold a decisive advantage over his opponents until at least 1807. [1] The concepts upon which these two changes were made are still applicable today.
