Simon Bernard letter, 1817 Sept. 3.

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Simon Bernard letter, 1817 Sept. 3.

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Letter (in French) from General Simon Bernard sent to Major-General Ripley of Bay St. Louis, Miss., introducing Mr. Dubois-Mag'ny.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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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...