Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet joined the French army in 1781 as an officer cadet and fought in the American Revolutionary War. During the French Revolutionary Wars he fought in the Army of the Rhine and was wounded at First and Second Wissembourg.
Photos 9
The Battle of Hohenlinden by Henri Frédéric Schopin
Marshal Michel Ney
Bridge at Alba de Tormes
Marcognet's corps commander in 1813-1814 was Paul Grenier.
In the Battle of Caldiero, the French advanced in the same easterly direction as this photo of Soave.
The west side of Valeggio sul Mincio near Borghetto
Scotland Forever! by Lady Elizabeth Butler. At Waterloo, the Scots Greys rode completely through Marcognet's division, routing it.Awards 3
About this person
Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet joined the French army in 1781 as an officer cadet and fought in the American Revolutionary War. During the French Revolutionary Wars he fought in the Army of the Rhine and was wounded at First and Second Wissembourg. After being dismissed from the army for a year and a half for having noble blood, he resumed his military career and was wounded at Biberach and Kehl. Promoted to lead the 108th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade, he was in the thick of the fighting at Hohenlinden in 1800, where he was wounded and captured.
FranceFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.