Charge of the Heavy Brigade

 NAM painting of the battle. Thanks to Siephen Tindle for this. The December 1985 issue of Military Modelling, Read an interesting blogpiece on the Charge here

La tenue Réséda 1912

 Trial uniform for the French. 

Gorlice 1915

 Event in Poland. Photos RETROspektywNie - Fotografia Paweł Ćwik

"The Red Badge of Courage" (2026) - Chancellorsville 1863 Battle Scene Preview

 

Colour photography and not "colorized"

 Thanks to Yves Martin for these.

Today in 1863

 

National Museum of Civil War Medicine  ·posted this

#OnThisDay in 1863, General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was wounded by friendly fire on the battlefield at Chancellorsville. Jackson’s surgeon, Dr. Hunter McGuire, would amputate the general’s left arm, but Jackson would die of pneumonia on May 10th.

The details of Jackson’s wounding are meticulously recounted in a letter written by Capt. Richard Eggleston Wilbourn, Jackson's signal officer, who was present when Jackson was shot. This letter is reprinted in its entirety on the web site of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture:

https://virginiahistory.org/.../eyewitness-account...

Image: Jackson after his wounding (from Battles and Leaders of the Civil War)

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Battle of Camarón 1863

 

thanks to Yves Martin

WIKI The Battle of Camarón (French: Bataille de Camerone) which occurred over ten hours^[1]: 21 on 30 April 1863 between the Foreign Legion of the French Army and the Mexican Army, is regarded as a defining moment in the Foreign Legion's history.