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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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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| Cords of Wood for Major Tousard | author | Document |
| Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay | author | Document |
| Proposed Code of Regulations & Instructions for the Artillery | author | Document |
| Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers | author | Document |
| Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay | author | Document |
| Certification of Mr Richard Thomas employment as copyist | author | Document |
| Tousard's Promotion | author | Document |
| Artillerists & Engineers Vacancies | author | Document |
| Cited Letter | author | Document |
| Cited Letter | author | Document |
| Frigate Sailed Last Sunday | author | Document |
| Articles of Account Not Admitted By War Department Accountant | author | Document |
| Title | Alternate label | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay | Document | |
| Organization of Individual Regiments | Document | |
| [Untitled] | Document | |
| Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers | Document | |
| Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay. | Document | |
| Regarding inefficient cannon | Document | |
| Pay of workmen employed at the laboratory | Document | |
| Letter from the War Department | Document | |
| Proving of cannon at Cecil Furnace | Document | |
| Simmons Requests that Tousard Make a Receipt More Explicit and Test Delivered Cannon | Document | |
| Wintering in Philadelphia or New York | Document | |
| RE Individual Officers and Soldiers & Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay | Document |