Lewis Tousard
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Lewis Tousard
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Lewis Tousard
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Native of France. Fought in American Revolution.Granted a position on Washington's staff in June, 1777. Aide de camp to Lafayette. Lost arm during the retreat from Rhode Island in the fall, 1778. In 1784, returned to France, Led his regiment in suppression of slave uprising during Haitian Revolution. Taken prisoner by Haitian forces in 1794. Escaped to United States. Secured commission as Major of the 2nd Artillery, and helped plan and supervise the construction of fortifications at Fort Mifflin, Pa., and West Point, N.Y. He was instrumental in remolding the West Point garrison into a military academy.
First name sometimes spelled Louis.
First name sometimes spelled Louis.
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Lewis
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Tousard
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| Certifies Amounts of Live Oak at Fort Mifflin | author | Document |
| Picture of Duplessis | author | Document |
| Some Men Now Having Five Months Pay Due Them | author | Document |
| Cited Document | author | Document |
| Uneasy for the Money in the Hands of Dr. William Lawton | author | Document |
| Help Wanted: Clerk to Assist | author | Document |
| Money for Dayton's Recruiting Service | author | Document |
| Court Martial to Investigate the Charges Against Capt. Kalteisen | author | Document |
| Letter, Citation Only | author | Document |
| Account of Lewis Tousard | author | Document |
| Account of Lewis Tousard. | author | Document |
| Court Martial Defence | author | Document |
| Troops Pursuing Army Deserters | author | Document |
| Acknowledges Letter, Receipt of Needed Items | author | Document |
| Accounting for the Money in the Hands of Doctor Lawton | author | Document |
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| [Untitled] | Document | |
| Recruitment at Governor's Island | Document | |
| No Malice in Charges Against Kalteisen | Document | |
| Concerning examined account | Document | |
| Court Martial Defence | Document | |
| Cited Document | Document | |
| Rolls, Bruff's detachment, and pay for pursuit of deserters | Document | |
| Pay of troops at West Point, muster and pay rolls, and pay of Bruff's detachment | Document | |
| Account for traveling expenses | Document | |
| Letter laid before the Secretary of War | Document |