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==Notes on Sources Used for Unit Histories== | |||
'''Major Sources''' | |||
I. ''Vaupell'' - "Den Danske Haers Historie til Nutiden og Den Norske Haers Historie til 1814," by Otto Vaupell, published 1872-1876 (FHL Serial Number - 44883). This is the best and most complete history up to 1860. | |||
II. ''Boeck'' - "Danmarks Haer," by Hector Boeck, S.E. Johnstad-Møller and C.V. Half, published 1933-1934 (FHL Serial Number - 444884). This is the best for units later than 1860 that still existed in 1932/1934. | |||
III. ''Haandbog for Haeren'', by Krigs Ministeriet. Published annually from 1877, with the Library having the issues from 1877 to 1927. (FHL Call Number: 948.9 M23K.) This gives the unit and commands officers in the Army. Some short unit histories are printed in the 1922-1927 issues. | |||
IV. ''Berliens Collection'' - A collection of officers' short biographical data on cards up to around 1730. (FHL Serial Number 8554 parts 1 to 3) at the end of part 3 is a "miscellaneous" section, which contains data on early Army units. | |||
V. ''Notes'' taken from "Kongens Tro Regimenter" by Arne Hoff and Anton Huidt, published in 1955. These were taken at the Library of Congress in June 1959, and cover particularly the units designations after 1934, including the major reform in 1951. | |||
'''Other Sources''' | |||
VI. ''Hirsch'' - "Fortegnelse over Danske og Norske Officer fra 1648 til 1814" by I.C.W. Hirsch and Kay Hirsch. (FHL Serial Number 8522, parts 1 to 10). This has been useful in many ways when the units name was unsure but when an officer of the unit was known. | |||
VII. ''Hof og Stadt Kalender'' - published annually with the issues from 1832 to 1926 available at the Family History Library. This has given the units assigned to brigades from 1842 to 1867 when all other sources failed to do so. (FHL Call Number 948.9 H4K). | |||
VIII. ''The Military Card Index of Noncommissioned Officers'', from 1757 to 1860, has occasionally been helpful. (FHL serial number 8553, parts 1 to 8.) | |||
IX. ''Notes'' from re-print of Manchester Guardian in 1864 (located in University of Utah Library) under the title "Engels as Military Critic" was the only source listing organization of the Danish Army on a war footing in the spring of 1864. | |||
==Abbreviations Used (All Sections) Of Army Units Guide== | |||
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'''Identification Letters:'''<br> | |||
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Sec. III - <br> | |||
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C -- Cavalry (and Armor)<br> | |||
B -- Infantry<br> | |||
A -- Artillery<br> | |||
E -- Engineers<br> | |||
F -- Fortifications<br> | |||
G -- Higher Commands<br> | |||
H -- Service Corps<br> | |||
M -- Medical<br> | |||
MP -- Military Police<br> | |||
S -- Schools<br> | |||
T -- Train<br> | |||
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'''Under Name and in Notes'''<br> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
| Regt. || Regiment | |||
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| Bat. || Batallion (Battalion) | |||
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| Esk. || Eskadron (Squadron) | |||
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| Div. || Divison ("Squadron") | |||
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| Afd. || Afdeling (Division - "Battalion") | |||
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| Komp. || Kompagnie (Company) | |||
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| Nat. || Nationale (National) | |||
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| Gev. || Gevorbne (Recruited) | |||
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| Cav. || Cavalleri (Cavalry) | |||
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| Inf. || Infantry (Infantry) | |||
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| Art. || Artilleri (Artillery) | |||
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| Ing. || Ingenior (Engineer) | |||
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| Res. || Reserve | |||
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| Forst. || Forstaerkning (Reinforcement) | |||
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| Flag toj Hus || Flag now at Tojhusmuseet | |||
|} | |||
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'''Under Previous and Later''' | |||
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{| class="wikitable" | |||
| Abt. || about | |||
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| R. || Raised | |||
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| R.R. || Re-raised | |||
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| F. || Rormed (from existing units) | |||
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| R. by Div. || Raised by Division of earlier unit | |||
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| Div. || Divided into ___ units | |||
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| Inc. || Incorporated into ___ | |||
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| Disb. || Disbanded | |||
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| Comb. || Combined with ____ | |||
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| Exists (nr) || Exist, but not raised | |||
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| Exists (date) || Existed in year of date, later existence unknown | |||
|} | |||
'''Under Records'''<br> | |||
(Pertains to FHL holdings)<br> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
| R || Records for entire period | |||
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| R (Date) || Records exist from this date | |||
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| F.R. || Fragmental records exist during period | |||
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| R/NA || Records exist, but are not available at the FHL | |||
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| R & R/NA || Records exist but those of late period (usually post 1890) are not available at the FHL | |||
|} | |||
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