Louis Saint Ange Morel, chevalier de la Colombe

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Louis Saint Ange Morel, chevalier de la Colombe (1755–1825) was an aide de camp to

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, during the Revolutionary War
.

Revolutionary War

He accompanied Lafayette to America, landing with him on North Island near Georgetown, South Carolina, on 13 June 1777.[1][2] When Congress accepted Lafayette's service but not his French companions, he named Colombe as his aide de camp.

He returned to France with Lafayette on board the ship Alliance.[3]

He returned to America with Rochambeau's expedition in 1780.

War on Austria

10 August, a mob attacked the Tuileries. The king and his family were brought under guard to the Legislative Assembly who suspended Louis XVI and convoked the National Convention
. New commissioners came to Sedan and informed Lafayette that he had been relieved of his command. On 19 August, the Assembly declared Lafayette a traitor.

Lafayette and a group of supporters decided to flee for the Dutch Republic. Lafayette hoped to escape to the United States or to rally Constitutional supporters,

Marie Victor de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg, Juste-Charles de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg, Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy.[6][7][8]

He was released while Lafayette, Charles de la Tour Maubourg, and Bureau de Pusy, were imprisoned. Several days later, the prisoners were handed over to

Olmutz around 25 July 1794, where he was incarcerated in a dungeon.[9]

Exile

La Colombe was released and went to New York City.

In 1795,

Harvard and Mount Vernon.[10]

He corresponded with George Washington about Lafayette's release from prison.[11]

References

  1. ISBN 0-689-30585-0
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  2. ISBN 978-0-8090-4600-3
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  3. ISBN 978-0-8229-3324-3
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  4. ^ Broadwell, p. 28
  5. ^ Clary, p. 409
  6. ^ Holbrook, p. 114
  7. ^ Doyle, p. 190
  8. ^ Lafayette Collection, Library of Congress, Reel 1, Folder 2A
  9. ^ Lafayette Collection, Library of Congress, Reel 1, Folder 5 & 5A
  10. ^ David A. Clary. Adopted Son. pp. 421–2.
  11. ^ "George Washington to La Louis Colombe-Saint-Ange chevalier de Morel" (December 3, 1797) ConSource[permanent dead link]

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