Camille Armand Jules Marie Polignac, prince de
1832–1913
French military officer. Served with French army during the Crimean War; resigned his commission in 1859. Travelled to Central America to study geography and botany. Fought for the confederacy in the American Civil War; began as lieutenant colonel of infantry, and eventually promoted to major general. Retired to his family estate in France. Fought in Franco-Prussian War, 1870–1.
Sources
IBF
Kinard 2001.
Bibliography
IBF: Index biographique français. Edited by Helen and Barry Dwyer. 4 vols. London: K. G. Saur. 1993.
Kinard, Jeff. 2001. Lafayette of the south: Prince Camille de Polignac and the American Civil War. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press.
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