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| Tango01 | 25 Aug 2020 8:52 p.m. PST |
"I've finished painting the command figures for my Seven Years War Project – Last Bridge at Hoya. In the game Muskets and Shakos, and every other horse and musket game, there are figures used to represent the commander-in-chief or general officer in command of the army and figures to represent brigade commanders. In larger scale games you could also have command figures for wings, divisions and lines. It sometimes makes you think there were more generals than there were soldiers, but most of these commands were created on an ad hoc basis, particularly brigade commanders. It was common when battalions were formed into brigades for the senior officer among the battalions to serve as the brigadier. Unlike later wars where the brigadier would always be a general, during this time the brigadier could be a colonel or lieutenant-colonel. This was especially true of smaller engagements…" link link link link Main page
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