Louis Marie Turreau

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Louis Marie Turreau was a French Revolutionary general notorious for leading the brutal "infernal columns" campaign that devastated the Vendée region during the War in the Vendée.

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instanceOf French Revolutionary military personnel
French general
human
allegiance French First Republic NERFINISHED
appointedBy Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship French First Republic NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1756-07-04
dateOfDeath 1816-12-10
endTime 1794-05-13
1811
era First French Empire NERFINISHED
French Revolution NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup French people
familyName Turreau NERFINISHED
givenName Louis NERFINISHED
hasActivity counter-insurgency operations in the Vendée
hasCauseOfDeath natural causes
ideology republicanism
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned French
militaryBranch French Revolutionary Army NERFINISHED
militaryRank general
name Louis Marie Turreau NERFINISHED
nobleTitle baron of the First French Empire
notableFor War in the Vendée NERFINISHED
command of the infernal columns
notableWork memoirs about the War in the Vendée
occupation diplomat
soldier
ordered infernal columns campaign in the Vendée
participatedIn French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED
War in the Vendée NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Normandy NERFINISHED
Évreux NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Conches-en-Ouche NERFINISHED
Eure NERFINISHED
France
positionHeld French ambassador to the United States
commander of the Army of the West
regionOfActivity Vendée NERFINISHED
western France
sexOrGender male
startTime 1794-01-17
1804

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Vendée uprising opponentCommander Louis Marie Turreau