Here’s a nice photo tutorial on making half timbered, thatched roof country cottages.
19th Century
Free From Amazon: Hardtack and Coffee
Amazon offers a free Kindle Edition of Hardtack and Coffee.
Hardtack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings. Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller, and is now considered one of the most important books written by a Civil War veteran. “Hard Tack and Coffee” is not about battles, but rather about how the common Union soldiers of the Civil War lived in camp and on the march. What would otherwise be a mundane subject is enlivened by Billings’ humorous prose.
Late 1700s and Early 1800s Uniform Guide
I can’t read German, so I don’t really know what it’s about, but this page has some excellent antique plates of european uniforms from the late 1700s and early 1800s. (The dates actually range from 1697 to 1867). It’s worth a look if your doing wars of that period. There are quite a few Napoleonic period plates in here.
Chinese Visual Sourcebook
I like to make my wargaming terrain as authenthic as possible. I found the Chinese Visual Sourcebook to be useful when I was working on my 25mm Boxer Rebellion project.