| John the Greater | 14 Sep 2012 12:57 p.m. PST |
I have been fooling around with some Regimental Fire & Fury scenarios and it appears that the Risorgimento might be a source of inspiration. Can anyone recommend some books on the topic? |
| Prince Alberts Revenge | 14 Sep 2012 3:06 p.m. PST |
John: I am currently collecting armies of the Risorgimento (10mm). The first book to pickup is the old Freikorp uniform/organization guide called "Redshirts", I found my copy from Caliver Books. Another good pickup is the Osprey on Garibaldini, gives some good overview and has nice illustrations. I am building a Papal army and purchased a book on the Papal Zouaves (somewhat biased but gives a good account of skirmishes and battles), another book is the Pope's Soldiers or something like that (search Amazon, they are easy to find). Two battles to search in Wiki to satiate immediate interest are Volturno and Mentana. Hope this helps. |
| Jeremy Sutcliffe | 14 Sep 2012 3:45 p.m. PST |
I picked up Christopher Hibbert's book on Garibaldi for a song on a second hand book stall at a show. A good read and gave some details of engagements. You can find it on Amazon but it's more for an operetta than a song. link |
| IR1Lothringen | 14 Sep 2012 3:54 p.m. PST |
There is another Freikorps booket "Campaign Booklet No8" by Luigi Casali "THE SECOND ITALIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1859".
It contains uniform information for Piedmontese, French and Austrian forces. Orders of battle and campaign maps. I also got my copy along with "RED SHIRTS" from Caliver Books. |
| JonFreitag | 14 Sep 2012 4:02 p.m. PST |
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| Prince Alberts Revenge | 14 Sep 2012 5:09 p.m. PST |
Here are links to the books that I mentioned above: link
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link For rules, I plan to use Neil Thomas' 19th Century Eurpean book. Simple with lots of period flavor, plus the book has army lists for the various combatants of the Risorgimento. |
| Cuirassier | 15 Sep 2012 6:36 p.m. PST |
"The campaign of Magenta and Solferino, 1859" by Colonel H.C. Wylly Available online for free: link ------------------------------------ "Solferino" by Patrick Turnbull ------------------------------------ My own thead (with FOUR pages): link On pages 3 and 4, you will find some rare photos of the French Army in 1859. ------------------------------------ Battle of Custoza (1866): link |
| John the Greater | 17 Sep 2012 5:53 a.m. PST |
Thanks, this puts me well on the way. |
| Bad General | 18 Sep 2012 6:13 a.m. PST |
Cuirassier, That book online is amazing. Think about how hard that book would be to get even five or ten years ago. |
| Cuirassier | 19 Sep 2012 7:34 a.m. PST |
John and Bad General, I found a better online copy of Wylly's book: link The maps are located at the end of the book.
Osprey published a book on the Franco-Austrian War of 1859 in 2009: link
John… Take a look at these links:
link Battle of Montebello: link Battle of Palestro: link Battle of Magenta: link Battle of Solferino: link ----------------------------------------- FIRE AND FURIA FRANCESE Main rules: link War of 1859: link Battle of Palestro: link Battle of Magenta: link Battle of Solferino: link |
| John the Greater | 19 Sep 2012 11:51 a.m. PST |
Cuirassier: Thanks, this is an absolute gold mine. |
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