Great Resource - The Nafziger Collection! Historical Orders of Battle

[OTZ]

The following may prove invaluable to anyone interested in the finer details of history (or wargaming - i.e. modders, etc).

The Nafziger collection of Orders of Battle provide a very very detailed listing of military units throughout the ages (1600s and beyond) - parent units, sub-units, losses, strenght, etc etc. The details vary from record to record, but they are an incredible resource.

Here's the link to US Army Combined Arms Center where they are hosted.

The Nafziger Documents

Enjoy!

[Augustus Lucifer]

When you said 'throughout the ages' I was intrigued, but sadly it only goes back to the 17th Century. Hard to expect much beyond that though, just wishful thinking! Looks useful for the periods it does cover.

[OTZ]

My bad - corrected my post.

[Erebus Pasha]

Yes I've got a copy of the Russian Army OOB from WW1 at home...very useful.

[hollowfaith]

I come bearing a great gift. I found a military site that has general OOB's from the 1600's to 1900's with just about every country, including OOB for important battles as well. Enjoy it while its free!

http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/nafziger/index.asp

If a lot of you already knew about this then ignore me! LOL

EDIT: A quick excerpt from one of the files.

Danish, Prussian and Palatinate Troops
serving in the
Imperial and Dutch Armies
l70l
Danish Forces:
Gardes Infantry Regiment (l)
Zeeland Infantry Regiment (2)
Prince Charles Infantry Regiment (2)
Prince George Infantry Regiment (2)
Oldenburg Infantry Regiment (l)
von Fuhnen Infantry Regiment (l)
Garde du Corps Cavalry Regiment (6 cos)
Alefeld Cuirassier Regiment (6 cos)
Nummers Cavalry Regiment (6 cos)
Prehn Cavalry Regiment (6 cos)
Rantzau Cavalry Regiment (6 cos)
d'Utervick Cavalry Regiment (6 cos)
Dettefbrockdorf Cavalry Regiment (6 cos)
Vitz Cavalry Regiment (6 cos)
Total 9,000 men
Prussians Forces:
Jung Prinz von Brandenburg Infantry Regiment (2)(l,000)
Prinz Christian-Ludwig Infantry Regiment (2)(l,000)
Heyden Infantry Regiment (2)(l,000)
Lottow Infantry Regiment (2)(l,000)
Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst Infantry Regiment (2)(l,000)
von Bram Infantry Regiment (2)(l,000)
de la Cave Jager Company (l50)
Jung Heyden Jager Company (l50)
Jager Company (l50)
Graf Phillip Infantry Regiment (2)(l,000)
Garde Infantry Regiment (2)(l,000)
Graf von Enoff Infantry Regiment (2)(l,000)
Heyden Cavalry Regiment (l2 cos)(600)
Duhamel Cavalry Regiment (8 cos)(480)
Barfus Cavalry Regiment (l2 cos)(600)
Prinz Anspach Cavalry Regiment (8 cos)(480)
Gendarmes (2 cos) (l20)
Giant Musketeers (4 cos)(280)
du Corps Dragoon Regiment (8 cos)(480)
Sousfeld Dragoon Regiment (6 cos)(300)
Palatinate Forces:
Grenadier Infantry Regiment (2)(l,500)
Anspach Infantry Regiment (2)(l,200)
Bourcheit Infantry Regiment (2)(l,200)
Saxe-Meiningen
Lubeck Infantry Regiment (2)(l,200)
Sverby Infantry Regiment (2)(l,200)
Nassau Infantry Regiment (2)(960)
Rebender Infantry Regiment (2)(960)
Barban Infantry Regiment (2)(960)
Pfenninger Infantry Regiment (2)(960)
3 Jager Companies (600)
Gardes du Corps Cavalry Regiment (l50)

[OTZ]

I posted this a while back...definitely interesting/valuable stuff.

[hollowfaith]

Ah, bummer! You beat me by a month.

Sorry for double-posting this then. I probably should have done a search first.

[OTZ]

Probably a good reminder anyway. There are a few people in the VV that could use it I'm sure.

[0N3]

Random question, did most people not know how to spell words or were they supposed to be spelled this way back then?

example: http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/644BAC.pdf

[OTZ]

Could the original doc was scanned incorrectly, or English was more phoenetic back then, or maybe, as you suggest, the dude couldn't spell to save his life.

[Mcgruder]

Its from 1644, english spelling was different then.

[hollowfaith]

I would have to say that is the way english was back then. They basically spelled stuff they way you'd say them. At, least thats what I think when I read old english. I'm sure its called something other than that though. Like I know "S" looked like an "f", weird stuff like that.

[Oklop]

Giant Musketeers (4 cos)(280)

Well this unit ought to be scary.

Otherwise, nice find.

[Farnan]

Well maybe they existed as a unit of tall soldiers. Wouldn't be the first or last.