Philippe Regis Denis de Keredern De Trobriand (1816 - 1897)

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Philippe Regis Denis de Keredern De Trobriand

Birth:	Jun. 4, 1816, France
Death:	Jul. 15, 1897 Bayport Suffolk County New York, USA
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Tours, France. He was married to a New York heiresswhen the Civil War Began. He took out American citizenship and entered the service as Colonel of the 55th New York Infantry, later known as the "Lafayette Guard." He fought on the Peninsula in 1862 as a regimental commander and as a brigade commander at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg where he defended Dan Sickles' senter at the Peach Orchard. After Gettysburg, not much of the III Corps was left and was consolidated into the II Corps where he was assigned another brigade until he was promoted to a division command. Commissioned Brigadier General, US Volunteers in January 1864 and then Major General by brevet on April 9, 1865. (bio by: Ethan F. Bishop) Search Amazon for Philippe De Trobriand

Burial: Saint Anns Cemetery Sayville Suffolk County New York, USA
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