Tag Archives: Napoleon III

Mary Chesnut & The Royals, Part 2

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Though Mary Chesnut occasionally wrote about Queen Victoria, her more colorfully written royal gossip centered on Louis Napoleon and Eugenie, the Emperor and Empress of France. Nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon (aka Napoleon III) presided as the first president … Continue reading →

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Sheridan and the Franco-Prussian War

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Chris Kolakowski

150 years ago this month, the Franco-Prussian War broke out. By early September the Prussian/German forces had smashed two French armies, captured Emperor Napoleon III, and were marching to Paris to lay siege to the city. When the war ended … Continue reading →

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Artillery: Alfred Mordecai, the Napoleon, and Changing Artillery

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Ryan Quint

Many know Arthur Fremantle, the famed British observer sent to the United States to observe the respective armies in the Civil War. Fremantle was just one of many observers from Great Britain, Prussia, France, and even Hungary sent by their … Continue reading →

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