MARCEAU (François-Séverin Marceau Desgraviers,... Lot 86
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MARCEAU (François-Séverin Marceau Desgraviers, said) [Chartres, 1769 - Altenkirchen, 1796],
French general.
Autograph letter signed. Headquarters in Wisbaden, 6 thermidor year IV [24 July 1796]; 1
page in-4°. Printed header "Marceau, Général de Division".
Rare letter of the general Marceau thanking a citizen having procured him horses. This
letter was written 2 months before his death by General Marceau.
In charge of guarding the Rhine crossings, while both armies were engaged in unsuccessful
unsuccessful campaigns against the Austrians, he was mortally wounded (at the age of 27) near
Altenkirchen in September 1796, while protecting the retreat of French troops.
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