Sunday, June 26, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Brigadier General of Engineers, Ian McKay
In this picture, Brig. Ian Mckay, Chief of Staff to Lt. General U.S. Grant, is talking with the crowd of spectators, explaining a few basic elements of the massed artillery behind him. This particular photo was taken at an event in Western Connecticut early in the season. Ian McKay usually is asked to narrate to the spectators about the equipment and tactics that they are seeing on the field, since much of it is known well only to the few who study such.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Hitite City (Under Siege)
This very rough picture indicates a city under siege and the fortifications built into the city wall
Friday, June 3, 2011
Battle Against the Helvetii
The map is reproduced from the French Survey dated 1853. There is little doubt that the battle took place on this ground, on which Colonel Stoffel discovered the entrenchment "E". The positions of the opposing forces here shown are in general accordance with the theory of Colonel Bircher.
Reference:
Caesar, H.J. Edwards (trans.), "The Gallic War," Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1997
Ruins of Aqua Claudia
Aqua Claudia, a Roman Aqueduct.
Reference:
Frontinius, Chares E Bennett (trans.), "Aqueducts of Rome," Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA,1997
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