Post by princepolecat on Feb 3, 2012 9:23:15 GMT -7
My name is Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac. I was born at Millemont Seine-et-Oise, France, on February 16, 1832, the son of Jules de Polignac and Marie Charlotte (Parkyns). My father had been president of the Council of Charles X of France. I studied mathematics and music at St. Stanislas College in the 1840s. In 1853 I joined the French army and won a second lieutenant's commission in the Crimean War. I resigned in 1859 and traveled to Central America to study political economy and geography.
In 1861 I offered my services to the Confederacy and became a staff officer under P. G. T. Beauregard and Braxton Bragg. In January 1863 I was promoted to brigadier general and in March was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department to become the commander of a Texas infantry brigade. I led the Texans in skirmishes at Vidalia and Harrisonburg, Louisiana, in the spring of 1864, and at Mansfield in the first major action of the Red River campaign. I rose to division commander that day and was soon promoted to major general, after the death of Alfred Mouton. I led the division throughout the remainder of the campaign and during its service in Arkansas in the fall of 1864. In January 1865 I was sent to Napoleon III of France to request intervention on behalf of the Confederacy but alas arrived too late to accomplish anything.
After the war I again traveled to Central America, did some writing, and served as a brigadier general in the Franco-Prussian War. In 1874 I married Marie Adolphine Longenberger, who died at the birth of my daughter. Years latter I married Elizabeth Margaret Knight in 1883, and we had two daughters and one son. I continued to study mathematics and music until I joined the Martian Marines on board the privateer Zipulator on November 15, 1913. I now join the Tribble confederacy in the fight against petulant limeys.
In 1861 I offered my services to the Confederacy and became a staff officer under P. G. T. Beauregard and Braxton Bragg. In January 1863 I was promoted to brigadier general and in March was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department to become the commander of a Texas infantry brigade. I led the Texans in skirmishes at Vidalia and Harrisonburg, Louisiana, in the spring of 1864, and at Mansfield in the first major action of the Red River campaign. I rose to division commander that day and was soon promoted to major general, after the death of Alfred Mouton. I led the division throughout the remainder of the campaign and during its service in Arkansas in the fall of 1864. In January 1865 I was sent to Napoleon III of France to request intervention on behalf of the Confederacy but alas arrived too late to accomplish anything.
After the war I again traveled to Central America, did some writing, and served as a brigadier general in the Franco-Prussian War. In 1874 I married Marie Adolphine Longenberger, who died at the birth of my daughter. Years latter I married Elizabeth Margaret Knight in 1883, and we had two daughters and one son. I continued to study mathematics and music until I joined the Martian Marines on board the privateer Zipulator on November 15, 1913. I now join the Tribble confederacy in the fight against petulant limeys.
