The remains of Napoleonic soldiers found in Vilnius, Lithuania

[Hauptmann]

Hi all,

Been taking a bit of time surfing today and came on this one that I thought might be of interest. Fascinating article. Just wish they had pics. Perhaps they'll end up making another documentary down the road.

http://www.vilnius.lt/new/en/vadovybe.php?...=149&id=110

Old Nappy's men certainly paid a high price for his invading Russia.

Dan

[Guest Darrell]

Hi all,

Been taking a bit of time surfing today and came on this one that I thought might be of interest. Fascinating article. Just wish they had pics. Perhaps they'll end up making another documentary down the road.

http://www.vilnius.lt/new/en/vadovybe.php?...=149&id=110

Old Nappy's men certainly paid a high price for his invading Russia.

Dan

Good stuff. While I don't usually care for this part of History ... it would be very interesting to see that

[Hauptmann]

Good stuff. While I don't usually care for this part of History ... it would be very interesting to see that

And one can only hope more such discoveries will be made over time. Mysteries will be solved and new ones created... but that's one of the beauties of history.

Dan

[Bear]

I saw a show a few years back about this subject hosted by James Woods. I've been trying to locate the name of the show but haven't had any luck. I believe it was on the Discovery Channel. It showed them working in the graves and all the medical tests that went with it.

found it

Moments in Time - Napoleon's Lost Army hosted by James Woods

barry

Edited February 8, 2007 by Bear

[Guest WAR LORD]

as an aside Norman Cross by Peterborough was a very large POW Camp for the French and American soldiers and sailors. There is a large berrial ground, which has been comemorated. Unfortunatly this has been destroyed by a new motorway. Peterborough museum has one of the finest colections of bone work and also straw work. The Prison quarters can still be seen. They are now private houses.

[leigh kitchen]

I always get confused as to which house is which - which one is the old commandants house?

I've been inside the large building which now has an art gallery n its grounds, lovely, like a multi level maze.

The current location of the memorial at Norman Cross is hardly perfect but at least it gets seen & the eagle's less likely to get nicked again than if it was in its original location.

I saw the TV programme "Moments in Time - Napoleon's Lost Army" (ora at least I assume that's what I saw a year or two ago. Very interesting.

There were even the reamains cantonieres found as I recall?

Edited February 9, 2007 by leigh kitchen

[joe campbell]

a most interesting and thought provoking article...

the relatively new tome "Moscow 1813" - the author's

name escapes me at present _ is a very good read

and summons much of the sentiment found in the above

paragraphs.

thanks, dan!

joe

[Eric Gaumann]

A shame the link no longer works, I wanted to read that article.

Shame as well that documentary is not available at Netflix.

My luck's out today it seems.

Found this though http://www.balticsworldwide.com/napoleon_graves.htm

Off to the store to buy lottery tix!

Edited April 18, 2007 by Eric Gaumann

[Eric Gaumann]

Quick update on part of the story: http://mattdowling.blogspot.com/2005/12/na...-body-lice.html

[Chris Boonzaier]

Interesting reading...

Makes me think the "good ole days" were not always so good ;-)

[Hauptmann]

A shame the link no longer works, I wanted to read that article.

Shame as well that documentary is not available at Netflix.

My luck's out today it seems.

Found this though http://www.balticsworldwide.com/napoleon_graves.htm

Off to the store to buy lottery tix!

Hi Eric,

I looked through my Wordpad docs as I generally save interesting things like this just in case links go bad, etc. No luck. But I did a google search and here is the result... plenty of articles and info on the subject:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=h...G=Google+Search

Although I'm not "positive" that second set of links may be the same article as they're also from Vilnius where the original was from.

Dan

[Bluehawk]

Here are some updates about this fascinating discovery:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/napoleon_army_01.shtml

http://www.balticsworldwide.com/the-napoleon-graves/

[peter monahan]

I continue to marvel at the science we can now bring to bear on these sorts of sites and remains - analysing lead isotopes to determine where the owner grew up, or identifying the disease which led to the death! I can see why forensic pathology and forensic anthropology programmes are oversubscribed at many universties and colleges. Fascinating stuff.

Edited February 6, 2013 by peter monahan

[Ulsterman]

Actually a book I read last Fall about how typhus wiped out Napoleons army begins with this mass grave. it is worth a read, entitled, The Illustrious Dead.