Family tree of Louis LE BEGUE DU PORTAIL

American Civil War, Mexican-American War, War of 1812, Politician in the French Ancien Régime

French Born Louis Antoine Jean LE BEGUE DE PRESLE DU PORTAIL

French military leader who served as a volunteer and the chief engineer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

Born on May 14, 1743 in Pithiviers, France , France

Died on August 12, 1801 in Océan Atlantique

Born on May 14 59

Deceased on August 12 39

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LEBÈGUE

Simon

1616 - 1664

LA DROYE

Françoise

1625 - 1666

PENOT

Achilles

1643 - 1712

DUNANT

Marie

- 1695

SEDILLOT

Jean

1642 - 1698

ISABEAU

Françoise

1642 -

CHAUMERET

Nicolas

1652 - 1736

BLANCHET

Anne

1650 -

LE BÈGUE

Guillaume

1663 - 1726

PENOT

Catherine

1670 - 1713

SEDILLOT

Pierre

1677 -

CHAUMERET

Marie Renée

1680 -

LE BEGUE

Jacques Guillaume

1701 - 1781

SEDILLOT

Marie Françoise

1706 - 1773

LEBEGUE de PRESLE DU PORTAIL

Louis Antoine Jean

1743 - 1801

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Duportail was born near Orléans, France, in 1743. He graduated from the royal engineer school in Mézières, France, as a qualified engineer officer in 1765. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Royal Corps of Engineers, Duportail was secretly sent to America in March 1777 to serve in Washington's Continental Army under an agreement between Benjamin Franklin and the government of King Louis XVI of France. He was appointed colonel and commander of all engineers in the Continental Army, July 1777; brigadier general, November 17, 1777; commander, Corps of Engineers, May 1779; and major general (Brevet), November 16, 1781. ...