![AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. ARMAND, Charles Tuffin, Marquis de la Rouarie (1750-1793). Brigadier General, Continental Army. Autograph letter signed ("C Armand Mqs. de la Rouarie") to Colonel Wood, n.p., n.d. [c. 1779]. 1 page, folio, fine condition.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2003/NYR/2003_NYR_01246_0006_000(061242).jpg?w=1)
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. ARMAND, Charles Tuffin, Marquis de la Rouarie (1750-1793). Brigadier General, Continental Army. Autograph letter signed ("C Armand Mqs. de la Rouarie") to Colonel Wood, n.p., n.d. [c. 1779]. 1 page, folio, fine condition.
A RARE LETTER OF A DISTINGUISHED REVOLUTIONARY WAR OFFICER
Armand, a French officer who volunteered his services to the American cause, writes to Colonel Wood in the midst of active campaigning: "Mr. McDougall qt. master to the legion has found out a quantity of fother [sic] which may be obtained immediately. Our horses having had but a very insignificant allowance of long feed since at this post are in the greatest want of that article. I request you would do your endeavors in procuring the fother [fodder] above mentioned in the shortest time possible."
Charles Armand was a veteran French soldier when commissioned a Colonel in the Continental Army on 10 March 1777. He organized a small legion of Frenchmen and fought at Short Hills, Bradywine and Monmouth, and wintered at Valley Forge; his detachment was asssigned to the Pulaski Legion in February of 1780. He served under Gates at the humiliating Battle of Camden and was ultimately appointed a Brigadier General on 28 March 1783. Armand "was one of the few foreign officers who impressed Washington" (Bostner).
Letters of this distinguished soldier are extremely rare.
A RARE LETTER OF A DISTINGUISHED REVOLUTIONARY WAR OFFICER
Armand, a French officer who volunteered his services to the American cause, writes to Colonel Wood in the midst of active campaigning: "Mr. McDougall qt. master to the legion has found out a quantity of fother [sic] which may be obtained immediately. Our horses having had but a very insignificant allowance of long feed since at this post are in the greatest want of that article. I request you would do your endeavors in procuring the fother [fodder] above mentioned in the shortest time possible."
Charles Armand was a veteran French soldier when commissioned a Colonel in the Continental Army on 10 March 1777. He organized a small legion of Frenchmen and fought at Short Hills, Bradywine and Monmouth, and wintered at Valley Forge; his detachment was asssigned to the Pulaski Legion in February of 1780. He served under Gates at the humiliating Battle of Camden and was ultimately appointed a Brigadier General on 28 March 1783. Armand "was one of the few foreign officers who impressed Washington" (Bostner).
Letters of this distinguished soldier are extremely rare.
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