Who is you favourite general in the Napoleonic era?

[Berkeley]

Michel Ney, Marshal of the Empire

 

[Agovic]

Paisy S. Kaissarov - Preetiest general and my personal favourite ( well, tbh he and P.I. Bagration<Not Roman, his brother, but Pyotr> ) within the Napoleonic Wars era, and basically the first half of the XIX century era.

Original portrait

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Later colored by George Dawe, for the Winter War Palace Military Gallery (1825)

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wait, it was first black and white, and later colored? Sounds weird...

First it was by pen, soft paper probably, by some Russian guy whose name started with a D.. He made pen-black'n'white-portraits of all the generals and allies for the Winter War Palace Military Gallery, later in 1825 George Dawe was hired to colorise them

Source : http://www.museum.ru ( Russian-only )

For Kaissarov : http://www.museum.ru/1812/persons/vgzd/vg_k04.html

 

[Commander Millander]

Ulysses S. Grant.

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[TheBoberton]

Ulysses S. Grant.

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Thomas J. Jackson

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Now, getting back to the Napoleonic Era, I'd have to go with Bonaparte himself.

 

[jbebes]

Nuke of Swellington
No but mine would have to be Andrew Jackson

 

[Commander Millander]

Nuke of Swellington
No but mine would have to be Andrew Jackson

 

[_RebelliouS_]

Sultan III.Selim

 

[Connzcdf]

Major General Picton.

 

[N3XuS]

Joshua Chamberlain

And

Marbot who saved the 14e at Eylau

 

[Commander Millander]

Marbot who saved the 14e at Eylau

Your funny lol

 

[Gilgameshismyhomey]

Antoine Charles Louis Comte De Lasalle.

 

[Frederickson]

In all seriousness General Pierre Cambronne

 

[Anderson290]

there was not another one like Napoleon

 

[hherlev]

My favourite general would have to be Russel Crowe! Who here haven´t heard of the epic tales of him slaying the evil armies of the british in the gladiator arena?

 

[marchal davout]

My favourite general would have to be Russel Crowe! Who here haven´t heard of the epic tales of him slaying the evil armies of the british in the gladiator arena?

what about General Mel Gibson

 

[hherlev]

You mean this tough guy?

 

[marchal davout]

You mean this tough guy?

yeh. He has a thing for killing brits all over the world

 

[Herr_Wolff]

well, Sir John Moore, Wellington and Blücher

 

[Augy]

Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune - French Marshal of the Empire, staunch Republican (in the classical sense) and a Badass.

Joachim Murat - the way he faced his execution alone was that of a Hero, great Marshal

 

[Crayon]

General NewPatch

So many to choose from, though Ney (incredibly brave and yet he survived it all including holding the rear from Russia only to be murdered by the new regime, though it is rumoured he escaped to USA), Murat (the great cavalry leader, another survivor who died liked a total hero), Poniatowski (superb Polish marshall of France), Lannes (he's Lannes), Wellington (Brilliantly calm and calculating, from obscurity to legend, a fascinating fellow), Moore (One of Britain's best, cut down too early) and Blucher (FORWARDS KINDER!) immediately spring to mind.