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Baraguey d'Hilliers, Achille

Date of birth:
September 6th, 1795 (Paris, France)
Date of death:
June 6th, 1878 (Amélie-les-Bains, France)
Buried on:
Tombs Église Saint-Louis-des-Invalides
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

1806: soldat, 9e Régiment de Dragons
1807-1812: Prytanée national militaire, La Flèche, Sarthe
1812: volunteered - campaign in Russia
1813: lieutenant, aide-de-camp, maréchal Marmont - battle of Leipzig
October 19th,1813: WIA at Leipzig and left hand amputated
June 16th, 1815: promoted to capitaine - battle of the Quatre Bras, Baisy-Thy, Belgium
1823-1825: expédition in Spain
1830: captured Algiers, Algeria and promoted to lieutenant-colonel
1830: lieutenant-colonel, 1er Régiment d'Infanterie Légère
1834: promoted to colonel, vice-gouverneur, école de Saint-Cyr
1836: promoted to général de brigade and gouverneur, Ecole de Saint-Cyr
1840: deployed in Algeria
August 06th, 1843 promoted to général de division and commandant de Constantine
1844: retired
1847: reactivated as Inspecteur-général de l'infanterie
February 1848: commandant, place de Besançon
1849: représentant du peuple, Assemblée nationale
1855: député du Doubs, Constituante and Assemblée législative
1851: commandant de l'armée d'occupation, Rome, Italy
1851: commandant, armée de Paris
1853: sent to Constantinople as ambassador
1854: commandant, corps expéditionnaire, Baltic sea - Crimean War
August 1854: capture of Bomarsund
September 1854: promoted to maréchal de France and sénateur
March 1855: commandant, 1er Corps, armée du Nord, Boulogne
October 1855: commandant, armée du Nord, Boulogne
June 1858: commandant, 1er corps d'armée - victory of Montebello then Melegnano then Solférino, campaign in Italy
August 1859: commandant, 5e corps, Tours
1863: commandant, camp de Châlons
August 1863: commandant, 5e corps, Tours
July 1870: gouverneur militaire de Paris
July 19th,1870-August 13th,1870: commandant, 1er corps d'armée, Paris, renamed 8e corps
September 30th, 1871: nominated président, commission d'enquête to determine the causes of the defeat
1878: committed suicide at Amélie-les-Bains

Awards:
1823: Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
1857: French Medal of Sainte Hélène
1859: French Medal of the campaign in Italy

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Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Grand Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Crimean War (1853-1856)
Awarded on:
December 11th, 1850
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
June 13th, 1852
Médaille Militaire

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