tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228748462012-01-02T21:23:33.229-06:00Liberté, Egalité, FraternitéNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-76534147216207911062012-01-02T21:23:00.000-06:002012-01-02T21:23:33.239-06:00

Probably the biggest change is I hooked short updates into the front page of the site.  I'll leave more detailed information here on the blog as usual though.  The updates on the front page are actually hooked into the Google+ page, so if you are a Google+ user you can use that to follow updates more frequently.  Along with that, I've taken down the facebook page. In the meantime, I completed a

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-74008174612557511412011-10-25T22:48:00.000-05:002011-10-25T22:48:46.181-05:00

I like working on the battles, except when I can't find good maps.  And Hohenlinden was one such.  But thankfully, my books were full of place names that could be easily identified, and so now I can present my explanation of the Battle of Hohenlinden with a nice Google map. Hohenlinden never made much sense to me until I made the map.  Oddly, the books I have that have maps seem to have

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-79428191556425390202011-08-21T22:29:00.000-05:002011-08-21T22:29:07.071-05:00

I haven't been updating this blog as much for announcements since I was experimenting with the updates on facebook.  So this is just a catch-up of things that have already been announced there.  I haven't really decided on the best way to let people know updates, if you have thoughts, let me know. I wrote the biography of the dashing cavalry General Lasalle, known for being the epitome of the

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-3276460747485632072010-12-12T23:02:00.000-06:002010-12-12T23:02:22.915-06:00

I put together a map for the Battle of the Berezina. This was not the easiest map to do given the unclear place names and lack of good maps in any of my books on it. If you switch to Satellite view and zoom in, you can see the river much more clearly.

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There have been updates since I last posted, I just hadn't gotten around to mentioning them until now. The Battle of Jena now has an explanation, complete with a map showing the movements of the army. Jena was a little one-sided due to Napoleon's skill at bringing superior numbers into a battle, and it's considered one of the great battles of the empire. In the meantime I also wrote detailed

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-9460468843507234892010-05-16T20:56:00.000-05:002010-05-16T20:56:24.628-05:00

Greetings, here are the latest updates. The Battle of Friedland now has its own map, displaying general troop dispositions in the morning, afternoon, and evening of June 14, 1807. The map helps enhance the understanding of the battle, and if you zoom in in satellite view you can clearly see distinct features such as the Sortlack Forest and the marsh just west of Friedland that hindered troops

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-44381726654765176242010-01-24T20:48:00.000-06:002010-01-24T20:48:29.445-06:00

A number of these updates have been online for a while, I just didn't get around to mentioning here. I've completed some more biographies on some interesting individuals. Pierre-Charles Pouzet is perhaps best known as the friend of Marshal Lannes who was hit and killed shortly before Lannes was mortally wounded. What's also interesting is that Sergeant Pouzet trained Lannes and the other guys

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-29695190297795902792009-11-15T19:56:00.002-06:002009-11-15T20:06:39.090-06:00

If you hadn't noticed yet, the site has a new look. I was rather fond of the old tricolor look, but I felt it didn't use its space adequately, there was a lot of space that could have been better used. This new appearance results in far less vertical scrolling through biographies, at least in my opinion. I hope you like it.In other news I've updated the biographies of a few generals. First up

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-6279460970492092372009-10-04T22:29:00.002-05:002009-10-04T22:36:25.466-05:00

Small update here. Improved the biography of Drouot. He's one of the best artillery officers of the time, and well known for his loyalty, integrity, and discipline.Also improved the biography of Duroc. Best known for being one of the few true friends to Napoleon, he unfortunately was killed in 1813. Since Lannes was previously killed in 1809, that left Napoleon without too many people who

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-2224761819112326382009-08-02T16:27:00.002-05:002009-08-02T16:41:52.205-05:00

Huge update to the Battle of Marengo page. It now has an explanation of the battle, along with a map in Google Earth. You have to have the Google Earth plugin to view the map, but there should be a link if it detects you don't have the plugin installed. The map contains positions of each army in the morning, and then around 5 in the afternoon. It also has some photographs from Panoramio

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-883865806227051812009-07-12T18:51:00.002-05:002009-07-12T19:04:39.798-05:00

Recently I've written a more complete biography of General Joubert. Joubert's always been a favorite of mine, due to his contributions to the First Italian Campaign. Unfortunately, he died in 1799, but his death possibly helped pave the way for Napoleon's ascension to head of state.I've also completed a biography on General Compans. Best known for being a chief of staff to V Corps in 1805, IV

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-26754568397409782332009-06-21T23:05:00.002-05:002009-06-21T23:19:04.961-05:00

Back from the INS conference in Montreal. It was lots of fun, learned a lot and met plenty of interesting people. I recommend it for others with an interest in Napoleonic history, the people are mostly very friendly and welcoming.As for the site, the conference got me somewhat inspired so I've been working on it a lot. There are no new big updates yet, but LOTS of little updates. You may have

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-10289699256915756582009-05-25T21:42:00.002-05:002009-05-25T21:52:49.949-05:00

Following the previous update for General Desaix, I updated the two aides of his that went on to become famous aides under Napoleon, Generals Rapp and Savary.In other news, I'll be attending the International Napoleonic Society's 2009 congress in Montreal. I volunteered to present, and wrote a paper and presentation entitled The Use of Technology in Napoleonic Research, detailing some of the

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-57206399799036390342009-01-04T22:09:00.002-06:002009-01-04T22:20:01.535-06:00

You may have noticed that the officers list continues to grow bigger, straight down the alphabet. While I'm not putting detailed biographies in on everyone yet, I'm putting in basic information of generals who are on the Arc de Triomphe or otherwise fairly famous for the time. It helps to flesh out the Anaylsis page, and you can rest assured that eventually I will get more detailed biographies

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-44889388081146750042008-10-06T22:28:00.002-05:002008-10-06T22:37:31.963-05:00

It may seem like there's been a drought of updates, but I have been busy with some big changes. The most noticeable is the new name of the site, VirtualArc.com. The old address will redirect to this new one. Why the change in name? I wanted something simpler and shorter, that could convey the end goal and the emphasis of the site (1792-1815).The other really big change is how the site works,

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-18220495924165740852008-03-02T22:07:00.002-06:002008-03-02T22:30:50.890-06:00

I've rewritten the generation of the site in preparation for future plans I have for the site. While most of the work involved in this is not noticeable to a viewer, the site is more architecturally sound. Alongside this major change comes a revised menu structure and some very cool new pages.My favorite new page is the analysis page. Check it out. It allows you to sort and filter on the

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-12484256874911124112008-01-20T20:37:00.000-06:002008-01-20T20:48:24.975-06:00

Seeing as the site continues to climb in traffic, and one of the most visited pages is the Battle of Austerlitz, I moved that battle up in priority in getting more detail. A complete explanation of the battle now exists. While working on the explanation of how the battle played out, I realized I had a few decent maps of the battle and could possibly make an interactive map with google maps.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-51547584196226209092007-12-30T16:15:00.000-06:002007-12-30T16:23:09.753-06:00

Just in time for the new year, I've improved the biographies of some of the most prominent Polish officers serving with the French. So check out Marshal Poniatowski (Józef Antoni Poniatowski), General Dombrowski (Jan Henryk Dąbrowski), and General Zayonchek (Józef Zajączek).In the meantime I've added General Hardy by request, and updated Generals Mouton the lion of Lobau and Sebastiani.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-22868684248325189112007-09-30T18:56:00.000-05:002007-09-30T19:26:56.224-05:00

Finally an update you say! Actually many of the following updates have been rolled out earlier, but I hadn't gotten around to announcing them. Unfortunately for the site, life is getting in the way, so you're not going to see frequent updates for a while.First off is the more advanced tables I implemented. The best example of this is the revamped Statistics page. Now you can see officers in a

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-66662763971738719122007-07-29T19:37:00.000-05:002007-07-29T20:12:45.779-05:00

The latest update includes a map that has been in development for quite some time. This new map contains Napoleonic Sites of Paris which includes notable events of the time, houses of Napoleon and many officers, and monuments to the time. You can also arrive there through the maps page. On your next trip to the Paris region, be sure to check out some of these locations to get a better sense of

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-45118285184904983392007-06-22T20:04:00.000-05:002007-06-22T20:12:57.912-05:00

Short update. I've added General Fiorella by request to the list of officers. If you have someone you would like me to add sooner rather than later, let me know and I will push them up in priority. Considering the hundreds that are on the monument, it will be a while before I get them all done. Or if the person is already on the site but I don't have a complete biography of them yet, you can

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-7008734655171046792007-06-10T16:37:00.001-05:002007-06-10T16:53:43.934-05:00

Fairly quick update to the site. First off you'll notice every page on the site has a search box in the upper right corner. It searches the site with MSN's Live Search, in case you're looking for something specific. If you're wondering why I went with MSN's Search box, it's because at the moment it seems to be the best tool to get the job done, able to display results on the same page you're

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-31834440689509592602007-05-07T19:32:00.000-05:002007-05-07T19:50:56.011-05:00

I've been doing some experiments with the site, sooner or later they may become part of the official site.In the meantime, I've been slipping small updates in and not announcing them. So here's some of those. I've significantly improved the biographies of Swiss General La Harpe, Napoleon's brother-in-law General Leclerc, the boy general Marceau, the gallant cavalry general Montbrun, and the

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-12909598138915420072007-01-24T22:54:00.000-06:002007-01-24T23:14:41.425-06:00

If you haven't noticed, the site has a new look. It's a tricolor theme I came up with, done almost entirely with a CSS redesign over the last weekend. I thought it was fitting since my area of interest and expertise is with French generals, and that's the site's emphasis. It's much easier to read now, and I find myself asking why I didn't do this sooner....The one difficulty was finding an

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1164691798440519522006-11-27T23:06:00.000-06:002006-11-27T23:29:58.606-06:00

I sometimes watch the traffic trends of the site, and by far the most popular part of the site is the maps. Who knew that looking at Napoleonic battlefields from modern satellite imagery could be so much fun, not to mention give a better strategic perspective? So in response to this, I've added more battles to the maps. I'm not a big fan of the Spanish campaigns but I realize some people are,

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1162165278145040282006-10-29T17:25:00.000-06:002006-10-29T17:41:18.160-06:00

Sorry about how long it's taken to get a new update done. I've been far too busy with life and work for the past few months.With the latest update, I've added Generals Delmas and Duphot. I've also added a short description of the strategic domination of Ulm.I've also changed my policy on doing major revisions on officers. Originally I wanted to get a fairly complete set of officers done before

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1156988138119329382006-08-30T20:11:00.000-05:002006-09-10T05:21:58.853-05:00

For the latest update, I've added more generals, including the three brothers of the Colbert family who were all respected cavalry generals. The newly added officers include Generals Boyeldieu, Louis-Pierre-Alphonse Colbert, Auguste-François-Marie Colbert de Chabanais, Pierre David (dit Edouard) Colbert-Chabanais, Custine, Kilmaine, François Lanusse, Pierre Lanusse, Menou, and Wathiez.The latest

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1153197860119693842006-07-17T23:19:00.000-05:002006-07-17T23:44:20.130-05:00

First off for the latest update, I have added anecdotes to Marshal Murat. Seeing as he's one of the more recognizable figures of the time, and many people's favorite cavalryman, I figured I'd better get some work done on him. My personal favorite cavalry general would be Montbrun, but to each his own.I've also written up a short explanation of the Battle of Montebello, from which Lannes would

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1152151911337972912006-07-05T20:42:00.000-05:002006-07-05T21:12:08.383-05:00

Fairly big update to announce this time.First off, I've reorganized the links on the individual pages, putting a friendly French flag next to links that are in French. Even if you can't read French, they're worth checking out if you're looking into a particular person, as they may have good pictures or you can always use an online translation service to understand most of what they're saying.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1150856980642525992006-06-20T21:13:00.000-05:002006-06-29T09:38:20.460-05:00

The latest update is different than previous ones in that I did not add a single officer. Rather than adding more officers, this time I felt I should help you find out more about your favorite officers whom I've already added to the system. Where applicable, officers now have external links on the bottom of their pages that will take you to other useful sites. Previously, a few officers had

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1148925311293653732006-05-29T12:45:00.000-05:002006-06-20T21:10:20.573-05:00

There are a variety of minor updates to the site that improve it in small ways but aren't really worth mentioning. More notably, I have added an explanation of the Battle of the Berezina and added some anecdotes to Marshal Victor.I have also added Generals Champeaux, Daultane, Delaborde, Nansouty, Ordener, Partouneaux, Richepanse, Souham, and Thomières.I hope you still find the site useful and

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1147223305270620402006-05-09T20:00:00.000-05:002006-05-09T22:22:45.576-05:00

An update is finally here, after quite a while of not seeing anything new. The biggest change you'll probably notice is the new Napoleonic-Officers.net Store. Powered by cafepress, you'll find various items like shirts and mugs with Napoleonic designs (copyright NDJ) on them.Why did I do this? First, I hope to cover the costs of the site with the revenue generated by them. If you haven't

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1143181263094101782006-03-23T23:52:00.000-06:002006-04-15T09:34:36.176-05:00

Just wanted to let you know that I'm still here and the site is still being worked on, albeit slowly. Due to the auto-generation system I created for the site, I don't like to do minor updates, I would rather do major updates. There's too much for me to proofread when every page on the site gets regenerated with updated text and links, and so I do sparse larger updates to make that process

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1141437287647822672006-03-03T19:19:00.000-06:002006-03-03T20:12:32.896-06:00

Yuko of Japan recently shared with me about the existence of a Napoleonic book in Japan. Written and illustrated by Tetsuya Hasegawa, this book contains many of the fascinating figures of the Revolution and Empire, and their various adventures. With illustrations drawn in the distinct anime style, it's interesting to see the modern pop culture interpretation of the famous historical figures.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539876170653499925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22874846.post-1140674874126779182006-02-22T23:07:00.000-06:002006-02-23T00:33:42.673-06:00

Welcome to the official blog of Napoleonic-Officers.net. I started this blog as a way to more easily manage updates to the site, sharing what's new, some of the thoughts behind the site, and what its future may be. While that is the primary purpose, I also intend to share interesting things I come across about the times, things that do not make the site. For instance, if I come across

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