Dr. Alexander S. Burns

Today, my book Infantry in Battle, 1733-1783, released. Why should you care? It changes the story of 18th century battles by telling the experiences of enlisted and NCOs, not just the officers. Battle looks different when you are enlisted. A thread for the infantrymen. 1/20

Ah, the entry of attendance and participation grades, that one moment of the year which guarantees: (also, before the galaxy brains get in the comments telling me how attendance grades are unfair, my classes are discussion-based, usually with round-table book discussions).

Frederick the Great recapping our situation after I filled him in: "So the substance which powers the horseless carriages of the American colonists is in the hands of Nadir Shah's descendants? And your leader is a Pfälzer? That's the only part of this that makes sense to me."

Otho, I am one of your biggest fans, but your hair is out of control

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Not doing live tweets of Outlander this season, but doubling down on the Patriot’s “British army impresses free black men into service” was not on my bingo card. Also, why do the Americans need 1819 breechloading rifles to win King’s Mountain, when they won it historically?

The Totenkopf, a symbol so famously unknown by people who study history that it became the source of the "are we the baddies" sketch/meme.

As gas hits $4.57 in my small Appalachian town, I am reminded of my take away from the works of EP Thompson: you may not be interested in the moral economy, but the moral economy is definitely interested in you.

This week on the blog! Delving deeper into Carthaginian armies, we're looking its Numidian cavalry and *enormous* amounts of Iberian infantry (and some cavalry too). Over 1/3rd of Carthaginian manpower in the 2nd Punic War came from these 'vassals.' acoup.blog/2026/05/01/col…

@Kurt_Steiner (love you kurt)

@Kurt_Steiner Well dawg, 1) nobody asked you and 2) I'm very anti-you

I am very anti-bow tie.

This of course, led to both sides claiming victory, which sounds about right honestly. They have vowed to return to the battlefield in the fall. The Po valley will thunder at their approach. Another great year for the club in the books. 6/

Rolled 4 ones in single combat, leading to a successful grapple by Maximilian’s champion, who promptly put a rondel dagger through the French Grandee’s visor. 5/

The final wargame club of the semester at my university. An Italian Wars game, French and Swiss against Maximilian’s armies. Using a simplified Warhammer historical. 1/

Staring down grading at the end of the semester…

@BartronPolygon @LandsknechtPike It must be deeply peaceful to be you.

@KKriegeBlog @LandsknechtPike I forgot to mention the ridiculous uniforms and wigs.

Austrian infantry in the Seven Years' War.

@BartronPolygon @LandsknechtPike Deeply incorrect

@LandsknechtPike This is the worst era of warfare, apart from the present. Just rows of cannon fodder without any agency waiting to be shot in the face.