Claude Ignace François Michaud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French soldier
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Place of Birth: Chaux-Neuve, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Claude Ignace François Michaud
- Claude Ignace François Michaud (28 October 1751 – 19 October 1835) commanded French troops during the French Revolutionary Wars, rising to command the Army of the Rhine in 1794.
- After serving in a cavalry regiment from 1780 to 1783 he returned to civilian life.
- During the French Revolution he became lieutenant colonel of a volunteer battalion.
- In 1793 he was promoted to both general of brigade and general of division.
- He led a division at Haguenau and Second Wissembourg. When Jean-Charles Pichegru was transferred to lead the Army of the North in January 1794, Michaud was elevated to army command somewhat unwillingly.
- That year he led the army at Schifferstadt and the Vosges.
- The army was consolidated with the Army of Rhin-et-Moselle in April 1795.
- He commanded posts in the interior until 1800 when he led troops at the Mincio in Italy.
- He commanded soldiers in Holland and North Germany from 1805 to 1813 during the First French Empire.
- He retired in 1814 and died in 1835.
- MICHAUD is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 13.
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