Wars	Leaders	Battles

Sources and Notes

Below are the sources used to compile the Leaders and Battles database. Whenever possible, each entry has been checked against at least two sources. Given the scope and amount of information at this site there are bound to be errors; please help us out by sending us a quick email if you find any errors or omissions. Thank you.

General

Paul K. Davis, 100 Decisive Battles from Ancient Times to the Present, (1999). R. Ernest Dupuy & Trevor Dupuy, The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History, (New York, 1993), Fourth Edition. 1500 pages of excellent reference material; good alternate source to Eggenberger below. Trevor N. Dupuy, Curt Johnson & David L. Bongard, The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, (New Jersey, 1992), Fourth Edition. Huge book of bios; highly recommended. David Eggenberger, An Encylopedia of Battles, (New York, 1985), Dover Edition. Excellent overview of most battles; missing a few of the important minor engagements. Thomas Benfield Harbottle, Dictionary of Battles, (New York, 1906). The original source for many of the battle dictionaries. Ian V. Hogg, Battles, A Concise Dictionary, (San Diego, 1995). Nice survey of over 500 battles. Richard Homes, ed., The Oxford Companion to Military History, (Oxford, 2001). Michael Lee Lanning, The Battle 100, the Stories Behind History's Most Influential Battles, (2003). Michael Lee Lanning, The Military 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Leaders of All Time, (2002). Bryan Perrett, The Battle Book Crucial Conflicts in History from 1469 BC to the Present, (London, 1992). Department of Defense, Army (US), Database of Battles, Version 1990. This is a collection of spreadsheets from the US government; tons of data; not a complete list of battles. Web Sites: Britannica.com eHistory.com

Ancient

Victor Davis Hanson, The Wars of the Ancient Greeks, (London, 1999). A volume in the Cassell History of Warfare series; written by the controversly expert in Greek warfare. John Drago Montagu, Battles of the Greek & Roman Worlds, (London, 2000). A Chronological Compendium of 667 Battles to 31 BC From the Historians of the Ancient World.

Hundred Years War

Christopher Allmand, The Hundred Years War: England and France at War c.1300-c.1450, (Cambridge, 1989). Mike Ashley, The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens (New York, 1998). Noman F. Cantor, ed., The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (New York, 1999). Anthony Cheetham, "The House of Lancaster", in Antonia Fraser, ed., The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England (California, 1998). Peter Earle, "The Plantagenets", in Antonia Fraser, ed., The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England (California, 1998). David Eggenberger, An Encylopedia of Battles, (New York, 1985). George Homes, ed., The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe, (Oxford, 1990). Richard Homes, ed., The Oxford Companion to Military History, (Oxford, 2001). Desmond Seward, The Hundred Years War, The English in France 1337-1453, (New York, 1978). Jonathan Sumption, The Hundred Years War I Trial by Battle, (Philadelphia, 1990).

Wars of the Roses

Philip A. Haigh, The Military Campaigns of The Wars Of The Roses, (Pennsylvania, 1997). The source for military history of this time period. F.M. Powicke, ed., Handbook of British Chronology, (London, 1939). Dense but interesting book of lists of royalty, office holders, bishops, etc. WarsOfTheRoses.com Details the wars.

Napoleonic Wars

David Chandler, Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars, (New York, 1993), Wordsworth Edition. Fantastic source book by the master of the Napoleonic era.

English Civil Wars

Wilfrid Emberton, The English Civil War Day by Day, (UK, 1995). J.P. Kenyon, The Civil Wars of England, (New York, 1988). P.R. Newman, Atlas of the English Civil War, (London, 1998). British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate Highly recommended site on the Wars.

American Revolution

Ian Barnes, The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution, (New York, 2000).

Civil War

According to A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Frederick Dyer, 1908) there were over 10,400 engagements in the American Civil War. This database contains information on approximately the 90 most important engagements. The Civil War Sites Advisory Commission's Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields was used as the baseline for determining which battles should be included. In addition, The Civil War Battlefield guide (see sources below) was another major source for the selection of battles and for the number of forces involved. The number of forces was cross-checked when possible against Livermore's Number & Losses with Livermore's data holding primacy. In addition, E.B. Long's The Civil War Day by Day Almanac and The Civil War Dictionary were used as a final source for forces engaged. Mark M. Boatner III, The Civil War Dictionary, (New York, 1991), revised edition. A must have for any enthusiast. Patricia L. Faust, ed., Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War, (New York, 1991) Philip Katcher, The Army of Robert E. Lee, (London, 1996). A complete breakdown of the Army of Northern Virginia. Thomas L. Livermore, Numbers & Losses in the Civil War in America 1861 - 1865, (Carlisle, PA, 1996). reprint of the first edition (1900) The classic source on force allocations. The Conservation Fund, Frances H. Kennedy, ed., The Civil War Battlefield Guide, (Boston, 1998), 2nd edition. If you can only afford one book on the battles of the Civil War buy this book. E.B. Long, The Civil War Day by Day Almanac, (New York, 1971). Details from almost every day from November 1860 to May 1865. Craig L. Symonds, A Battlefield Atlas of the Civil War, (Baltimore, 1983), 3rd Edition. Excellent atlas and text covering the major battles; see also Gettysburg, A Battlefield Atlas. Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Gray, Lives of the Confederate Commanders, (Baton Rouge 1959) Famous source for mini-bios on all the Confederate generals. Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue, Lives of the Union Commanders, (Baton Rouge 1996) The source for mini-bios on all the Union generals.

World War I

Anthony Livesey, The Historical Atlas of World War I, (New York, 1994). First World War.com Highly recommended site on the War.

World War II

I.C.B. Dear & M.R.D. Foot, ed., The Oxford Companion to World War II, (Oxford, 1995). A must have for all World War 2 historians; more than 1300 pages of well-written entries. George Forty, The Armies of George S. Patton, (London, 1996). Another excellent reference book on WW2 from Mr. Forty. Edward Davidson and Dale Manning, Chronology of World War Two, (London, 1999). Mark M. Boatner III, The Biographical Dictionary of World War II, (Novato, CA, 1999).

Photographs and Images

The photographs of Civil War leaders are from the Web site of the U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division -- Selected Civil War Photographs from the Library of Congress, 1861-1865. World War II images are from public domain photographs found at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Web site.

Web Sites

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