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SIMON BERNARD (1779—1839)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 799 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIMON BERNARD (1779—1839)  , French general of engineers, was born at Dole, educated at the I cole Polytechniquc, and entered the army in the corps of engineers._ He rose rapidly, and served (1805-1812) as aide-de-camp to
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Napoleon . He was wounded in the retreat after
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Leipzig. and distinguished himself the same
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year (1813) in the gallant defence of
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Torgau against the allies . After the emperor's fall he emigrated to the
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United States, where, being made a brigadier-general of engineers, he executed a number of extensive military
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works for the government, notably at Fortress Monroe, Va., and around New York, and did a large amount of the
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civil
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engineering connected with the Chesapeake and
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Ohio Canal and the
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Delaware
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Breakwater . He returned to France after the revolution of 1830, was made a
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lieutenant-general by Louis Philippe, and in 1836 served as minister of war .

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