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Napoleon's Soldiers in America

Napoleon's Soldiers in America

Deléry, Simone

Paperback

19th Century United States HistoryFrench HistoryRegional: South

ISBN10: 1565546598
ISBN13: 9781565546592
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Published: Apr 30 1999
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.48 Depth: 8.47
Language: English

The surprising history of the French fighters who came to America--and helped build the young nation--after Napoleon's defeat and exile.

Early-nineteenth-century Europe had been in turmoil. The Napoleonic Wars that once ravaged the continent had ended, Napoleon had been exiled to St. Helena, and his Grande Armee lay in disarray. His most devoted officers and men, refusing allegiance to the hated Bourbons, looked for new and distant lands.

With hope, if not enthusiasm, they came to America. Most of them remained to help build an emerging nation. Among their number were many of the skilled minds--the engineers, generals, architects, city planners, and newspaper publishers--whose contributions to a young America were vital and whose legacies still endure.

In recounting the saga of these former Napoleonics, Simone de la Souch're Del'ry has drawn extensively from documents, letters, relics, and other treasured family heirlooms in the possession of their descendants. Countless Americans today can trace their ancestry to these hardy exiles who, in the manner of the Pilgrims two centuries earlier, sailed to America in search of a new life.

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