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Washington's engineer : Louis Duportail and the creation of an Army Corps
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"This is an unique biography about an overlooked, even obscure, French officer that was instrumental in the American cause for independence. As a complete biography, it covers Louis Deuportail's ti...
"This is an unique biography about an overlooked, even obscure, French officer that was instrumental in the American cause for independence. As a complete biography, it covers Louis Deuportail's time as the first Commandant of the Army Corps of Engineers, his return to France, and his service in the French army"--
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- Creator
- Norman Desmarais
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2021]
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- xvi, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781633886568, 1633886565, 9781633886575, 9781633886575
- OCLC
- on1200832961
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Early Years -- Valley Forge -- West Point and the Hudson -- The Campaign of -- The Campaign of 1780: Charleston -- The Corps of Engineers -- Prisoners of War -- The Campaign of 1781: Yorktown -- Peace -- American Citizen and Farmer -- Bibliographic Essay
Subjects
- Duportail, Antoine-Jean-Louis Le Bègue de Presle, 1743-1802.
- United States. Continental Army. Corps of Engineers -- History.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Engineering and construction.
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French.
- Generals -- France -- Biography.