LOURMEL (Frédéric-Henri LENORMAND de) Pontivy 1811 - died in - Lot 520

LOURMEL (Frédéric-Henri LENORMAND de) Pontivy 1811 - died in Crimea 1854 - General, moved to Algeria as Colonel in 1849, Aide de Camp to LOUIS-NAPOLÉON, Brigadier General in 1852, took part in the Eastern War and was mortally wounded at Inkerman - Letter A.S. from General LOURMEL, to General RENAULT, written from the Palais de COMPIÈGNE (60) December 26, 1852 - 2 pages in-8°: He thanks him for his benevolence towards the brave and excellent Regiment of the 51° de Ligne and its former Chief... One of your Brigades was asked to experiment with innovations... Success was as swift as it was decisive and complete, in spite of the bad weather and the ill will of all those men who profess only a very negative sympathy for the Army of AFRICA..."