Marquis de Choisy | |
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Born | 27 January 1723 Moulins, Kingdom of France |
Died | 1800 Montfermeil |
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Years of service | 1741–1793 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
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Claude Gabriel, Marquis de Choissey (French: Claude Gabriel de Choisy) was a French general who served in Poland in the 1770s, and then in North America during the American Revolutionary War.
De Choissey was at the siege of Yorktown in command of Lauzun's Legion and General George Weedon's Virginia militia, and at Gloucester, Virginia, under the command of Rochambeau, opposite Banastre Tarleton. Awarded the Libertas Americana medal for his service, he returned to France in 1783 and retired from active duty in 1793.
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