Marquis de Choisy

Marquis de Choisy
Born27 January 1723
Moulins, Kingdom of France
Died1800
Montfermeil
Allegiance Kingdom of France
Service/branch French Army
Years of service1741–1793
RankLieutenant General
Commands held
Battles/wars

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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