18th Infantry Regiment of the Line. SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM COLONEL PELLEPORT TO "HIS SERENE HIGHNESS MONSIGNOR PRINCE ALEXANDRE (...) MAJOR GENERAL CONSTABLE," August 1809. 18909-11
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18th Infantry Regiment of the Line. SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY COLONEL PELLEPORT TO "HIS SERENE HIGHNESS MONSIGNOR PRINCE ALEXANDER (...) MAJOR GENERAL CONSTABLE", August 1809. 18909-11
General Pelleport writes to "His Serene Highness Monsignor Prince Alexandre Major Constable Gal" on (18?) August 1809, stating that the two grenadier riflemen appointed by His Majesty the Emperor who were expected in the regiment have not shown up, leaving two positions vacant.
"I have the honor to inform Your Serene Highness that the grenadier riflemen, whom His Majesty the Emperor has ordered to join the 18th Regiment of the Line as sergeant major and sergeant, have not reported to the Corps.
I have few present non-commissioned officers, and the positions reserved for the grenadier riflemen remain vacant.
I have the honor to be, with profound respect, Monsignor,..
Signed: The Colonel of the 18th Inf. of the Line: Pelleport".
1st Division of the 4th Corps.
Dimensions: 36.7 cm x 23 cm.
In fairly good condition, with creases, a tear at the top with a missing piece, and a small hole at the date section.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The 18th Infantry Regiment (18th RI) is an infantry regiment of the French Army created during the Revolution from the Royal-Auvergne regiment, a French regiment from the Ancien Régime.
BIOGRAPHIES:
Pierre de Pelleport, born on October 26, 1773, in Montréjeau, Haute-Garonne, and died on December 15, 1855, in Bordeaux, Gironde, was a French general of the Empire, a Peer of France, and mayor of Bordeaux. Seriously wounded at the Battle of Eylau in 1807, he later served in the armies of the Restoration and was appointed to the Chamber of Peers in 1841.
[...] Returning to France, he was part of the first promotion of the Legion of Honor. Pelleport accompanied the Grande Armée in the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Line in Austria (1805), Prussia (1806), and Poland (1807). He earned his battalion chief epaulettes at Jena on November 23, 1806, and received a rich endowment at Eylau, where he was wounded multiple times.
Promoted to colonel on May 30, 1809, following the Battle of Essling, he was made a baron of the Empire on January 4, 1810, with a new endowment, after those received at Wagram and Znaïm, where he distinguished himself. He also received the Legion of Honor's officer's cross.
Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin, Prince of Wagram, born on November 20, 1753, in Versailles, and died on June 1, 1815, in Bamberg, was a French general and later Marshal of the Empire.
[...] Louis-Alexandre Berthier was among the marshals appointed in 1804 and was named Grand Huntsman the same year. Showered with favors, he obtained the principality of Neuchâtel in 1806, occupied in his name and that of the Emperor by General Nicolas-Charles Oudinot (he never visited it, and he ceded it back to the Kingdom of Prussia during the Restoration). He was later appointed Vice-Constable of the Empire in 1807 and finally Prince of Wagram in 1809.
General Pelleport writes to "His Serene Highness Monsignor Prince Alexandre Major Constable Gal" on (18?) August 1809, stating that the two grenadier riflemen appointed by His Majesty the Emperor who were expected in the regiment have not shown up, leaving two positions vacant.
"I have the honor to inform Your Serene Highness that the grenadier riflemen, whom His Majesty the Emperor has ordered to join the 18th Regiment of the Line as sergeant major and sergeant, have not reported to the Corps.
I have few present non-commissioned officers, and the positions reserved for the grenadier riflemen remain vacant.
I have the honor to be, with profound respect, Monsignor,..
Signed: The Colonel of the 18th Inf. of the Line: Pelleport".
1st Division of the 4th Corps.
Dimensions: 36.7 cm x 23 cm.
In fairly good condition, with creases, a tear at the top with a missing piece, and a small hole at the date section.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The 18th Infantry Regiment (18th RI) is an infantry regiment of the French Army created during the Revolution from the Royal-Auvergne regiment, a French regiment from the Ancien Régime.
BIOGRAPHIES:
Pierre de Pelleport, born on October 26, 1773, in Montréjeau, Haute-Garonne, and died on December 15, 1855, in Bordeaux, Gironde, was a French general of the Empire, a Peer of France, and mayor of Bordeaux. Seriously wounded at the Battle of Eylau in 1807, he later served in the armies of the Restoration and was appointed to the Chamber of Peers in 1841.
[...] Returning to France, he was part of the first promotion of the Legion of Honor. Pelleport accompanied the Grande Armée in the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Line in Austria (1805), Prussia (1806), and Poland (1807). He earned his battalion chief epaulettes at Jena on November 23, 1806, and received a rich endowment at Eylau, where he was wounded multiple times.
Promoted to colonel on May 30, 1809, following the Battle of Essling, he was made a baron of the Empire on January 4, 1810, with a new endowment, after those received at Wagram and Znaïm, where he distinguished himself. He also received the Legion of Honor's officer's cross.
Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin, Prince of Wagram, born on November 20, 1753, in Versailles, and died on June 1, 1815, in Bamberg, was a French general and later Marshal of the Empire.
[...] Louis-Alexandre Berthier was among the marshals appointed in 1804 and was named Grand Huntsman the same year. Showered with favors, he obtained the principality of Neuchâtel in 1806, occupied in his name and that of the Emperor by General Nicolas-Charles Oudinot (he never visited it, and he ceded it back to the Kingdom of Prussia during the Restoration). He was later appointed Vice-Constable of the Empire in 1807 and finally Prince of Wagram in 1809.
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An authenticity certificate of the item including the description published on the site, the period, the sale price, accompanied by one or more color photographs is automatically provided for any item priced over 130 euros. Below this price, each certificate is charged 5 euros.
Only items sold by me are subject to an authenticity certificate, I do not provide any expert reports for items sold by third parties (colleagues or collectors).