Simon Bernard papers, 1843.

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Simon Bernard papers, 1843.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, military educational copy books. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organization: Corps of Engineers; Ecole Polytechnique. General description of the collection: The Simon Bernard papers include 2 volumes of copy book, notes of Bernard, primarily as a student at the Ecole Polytechnique. A cover letter (1893) written by Richard Relarfield, the Superintendant of the U.S. Military Academy (USMA); describes the ten subordinate elements. All the enclosed elements are in French. Most are technical texts in military engineering and fortification. Bernard served as a brigadier general in the United States (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers 1816-1830, chiefly as chairmain of a board on fortification.

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Bernard, Simon, 1779-1839

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Simon Bernard, a French military engineer, was born in 1779 and educated at the Ecole Polytechnique. He served in the French army of the Rhine as well as in northern Italy and was made a French captain in 1800. He became known to Napoleon and worked on military intelligence leading to the battle of Austerlitz. He was charged with designing fortifications of Antwerp and later served Napoleon directly. After Napoleon's fall, Bernard went to the United States (1816) and was given a position with ra...