Hello everyone,
I have been moving slowly, but still able to get some research done through the week. I have been lucky to receive the 2YB folders from my anonymous donor and XB folder for the 17e Ligne from Paul Dawson. With their generous help, and research on the controls de troupes from the memoirsdeshommes website, as well as Base Leonore, I was able to piece together this information on the 17e Ligne in April 1809. First, a list of officers from the Etat-Major of the three war battalions taken from the État Nominatif for the month of April 1809.
Colonel Jacques-Joseph Oudet (36): The former Major of the 63e Ligne, he arrived at the head of the regiment only on 1 April 1809 and was wounded first on 18 April in front of Ratisbonne (Regensburg) and then on 20 April at the Battle of Abensberg. He would not survive the campaign as he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Wagram on 6 July 1809 and would die of wounds on 7 July 1809.
(1er) Chef de bataillon Louis Vasserot (38)
(2e) Chef de bataillon Jean-Antoine Mallet (35)
(3e) Chef de bataillon Jacques Joyeux (42)
(1er) Capit. Adjudant Major Jean Lespinette (38)
(2e) Capit. Adjudant Major Joseph Lamarque (30)
(3e) Capit. Adjudant Major Pierre Serron (38)
Officier Payeur Sous-Lieut. Charles-Claude de Parades (30)
Porte Aigle Sous-Lieut. Pierre-Louis Leturge (31)
2e Porte Aigle Sergent Ambroise Tarade (34)
Hello everyone,
I posted this not too long ago on my Facebook page and TMP, but forgot to post the work here.
Below is my transalation of a small document detailing men of the 17e Ligne who were proposed for the Legion d'honneur. I am working on multiple documents from Colonel Oudet in June, a month before his death at Wagram.
At the moment, now I have at least five records of officers and soldiers describing the events of the taking of Landshut Bridge on the 21st.
I will link below the men I was able to find on Base Leonore.
Noel, Joseph Chirguen-Major