Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet
| Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet | |
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General of Division Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet
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| Born |
14 November 1765 Croix-Chapeau, Saintonge, France |
| Died |
19 December 1854 (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Allegiance |
 France
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| Service/branch | Infantry |
| Years of service | 1781–1832 |
| Rank | General of Division |
| Battles/wars |
American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards |
Légion d'Honneur Order of Saint Louis Order of the Iron Crown |
| Other work | Baron of the Empire |
Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet (14 November 1765 – 19 December 1854) 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.
At the start of the Napoleonic Wars, Marcognet was a general officer commanding a brigade in Marshal of France Michel Ney's corps. He led his troops at Günzburg, Elchingen, and Scharnitz in 1805. In the 1806-1807 campaign, he led his brigade at Jena, Magdeburg, Eylau, Guttstadt-Deppen, and Friedland. After Ney's corps transferred to Spain, he fought at Tamames, Alba de Tormes, Ciudad Rodrigo, Almeida, Bussaco, Torres Vedras, Casal Novo, and Fuentes de Onoro.
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