Napoleonic Wars - Where should I go now?

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About two months ago I started a page about the Napoleonic Wars. The main purpose was to see what we already had on Wikitree and link them together. When I got into the Coalitions, I discovered that I was getting into the French Revolutionary Wars.

Should I keep the current Page Name, rename it, or create a French Revolutionary Wars Page? I'm thinking the Coalition Wars should be on one page. The French Revolution, I'm thinking, should be a different page with events internal to France.

Are there any major links to pages or categories that I missed?

Any help would be appreciated.
WikiTree profile: Space:Napoleonic_Wars
in Requests for Project Volunteers by Richard Devlin G2G6 Pilot (502k points)
Richard

Thank you! For pulling this together

I have an ancestor who fought in the Peninsular War, and was late for the War of 1812 and late again for final battles in Belgium and France. The British were sending troops all over the place!

Hope you don't mind, I added your notes to the page.

If you have any problems with the Sticker or Categories, let me know and I'll try to help you.

smiley

Sticker seems to work well, His Name is John Bower Lewis [lewis-28989] I already have him down for the British Army: Peninsular War where his regiment saw quite a bit of action. Added Peninsular War too.

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+7 votes
Hi Rich, thanks for setting up this page and working on this project. I'm not good at military history so can't help much with battles, but I had a great-great-great uncle who died in the Napoleonic wars, as well as at least a dozen of young men from my village.

I agree with you assessment that there should be several pages, and in particular, one dedicated to the French Revolution as it covers a lot of events and the history of this relatively short period is quite complex.
by Isabelle Martin G2G6 Pilot (558k points)
Hi Isabelle, I was hoping you would see this, thanks. Do you want me to add it to French Topics Team Page? I don't read French so if you see any French Categories that need to be added, let me know, or you can if you want to. Also is there a French Generals Category?

The Military and war Project have set up a lot of the Battles, I just need to find and add them.
Yes, it should be added to the France Topics page if you have access to it.

There is a category for French Generals as "France, Généraux". I do not understand M&W categorization so it is set up as an Occupations category. There is also a Maréchaux de France category which holds profiles for several of Napoléon's marshalls - there was an effort to connect them a few months ago.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:France%2C_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Mar%C3%A9chaux_de_France
Thanks, I'm on it after I finish breakfast.
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Looks good.
I've added the sticker to two members of my family (Danish men, brothers in fact, one of whom served between 1808 and 1813, the other was heavily wounded towards his service and lived in Italy until the end of his days)

By the way, added links for the two categories for the Barbary Wars. Could add those for the Latin American Revolutions if you'd like
by Richard Shelley G2G6 Pilot (243k points)
edited by Richard Shelley
Thanks Richard, and yes to the Latin American Revolutions links. Any additional links would be very helpful.

Also it would be interesting if you added your story and links for your Danish brothers in the Members section.
Done and done

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