#general-lafayette

[little-desi-historian]

Let the good times roll! ⚜️

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[ollylotl]

Didn't you think her so cute when she slept like the dead?

[theancientwise]

All i can say is that Turn: Washington's Spies is one of the BEST historical dramas I've ever watched. I loved every single episode of it. The characters, the ambientations, the writing, the soundtrack. Perfect. Just Perfect.

(well, expect for Anna and Abe's drama: i've found it unbearable, even when they already had such amazing patners like Mary Woodhull and Selah Strong)

[nordleuchten]

georges was really badly wounded during his military time, what was the injury??

Dear Anon,

Georges was indeed wounded during the first Battle of the Mincio River, also known as the Battle of Pozzolo on December 25 and 26, 1800. He was hit by three bullets and while this at first seems like grievous injuries, they really were not. La Fayette said so himself and he was not in the habit of making light of his children’s health. He wrote in a letter to his friend Joseph Masclet on February 17, 1801:

I have not this long while heard from you, my Masclet: sure I am, nevertheless, that you do not your friend, and that you have been pleased with George’s good fortune on the Mincio. He was in the wing, and under the general who fought and won the action. The eleventh regiment of hussars was the most distinguished. My son had for his share three bullets, but slight wounds. General Dupont tells me he had named him in the account of the battle. George insisted on the suppression of the mention made of him, unless the same was done in favour of his wounded comrades. His wounds would have been sooner cured, had he not remained with the regiment as long as there was something to do, which caused an inflammation and a dépôt in his arm. But when the eleventh hussars made the blockade of the forts of Verona, which put them out of the way of danger, George got into the city, where he was very well taken care of. When General Dupont saw him last he was in good train of recovery, although he yet wore a scarf. His side was still less damaged than the arm So that the danger of the battle, which has been great, being over we have had nothing to fear. and much to rejoice at. I give you those details as I know you will enjoy them. Here is a good, honourable, solid peace.

Jules Germain Cloquet, Recollections of the Private Life of General Lafayette, Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1835, pp. 229-230.

Georges had injuries to his arm and side, followed by an inflammation and swelling – nothing too pleasant but also nothing that put him in great danger. There is no mentioning of any permanent damage to his arm or upper body.

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[lauraroleplayss]

Starter for @general-lafayette

A much needed Eloise and Lafayette first meet! //Not that we had done that already once before

It was a quiet evening around the Continental Camp. Eloise strolled amongst the men in breeches and a shirt. Her blue eyes flashed, taking in her surroundings and she laid a hand on her weapon. A long sword that had been a gift from her father two birthdays ago and she had cherished it ever since. It was one of her prize possessions. The other was a stuffed fox currently in her tent. The fox had been a gift from her father long ago when she had been a child. Her blonde hair had been pulled up into a bun. If there was one thing she was vain about it was her hair. She loved her hair and had cut it short once before.

The wind ruffled past. She raised her head and sniffed the air. It smelled like rain and she loved the rain. She nodded to a few men as they passed her. They bowed and she returned the bow. She had learned long ago not to wear dresses in the camp. It had been a painful lesson but Martha had been able to repair the damage done to the skirts of her favorite dress. Eloise had learned then not to wear the fancier ones. Otherwise she would have already gone through them all. In some ways Eloise was the picture of a noble woman well raised by her parents. In others she was different.

Eloise came up to a commotion and she raised her eyebrows. Some of the men had surrounded an unfortunate person. She had forgotten that a young French man would be arriving in the camp. "What is going on?" Her clear and somewhat sharp voice rang through the air. She walked forward. "I highly doubt that you all are bored and must have something better…..o-oh-" Eloise trailed off as she stared up at a very young nobleman. She bowed low.

[that-gal-kay]

When I ask the Wonder AI Art Generator for Lams and it gives me Laurette instead...

[msrandonstuff]

love this author already

[marq-de-laf]

One of those that fostered the gossip was none other than Major-general Frederick William Augustus Baron von Steuben.....It was a well-known fact that the German and French people did not care for each other all that much. So it was between von Steuben and Lafayette. People had noticed that the two men had taken an immediate dislike to one another, and it showed from the time they met, until they parted company at the end of the war. Von Steuben was from the court of Frederick and was skilled in the ceremonial arts of conversation and it did not hurt that he wore the uniform of their republican army, with a glittering star on the breast, and numerous medals and awards on his lapels. How much the two men despised each other is told to us by DeKalb, a good friend of Lafayette, who wrote, 'Lafayette thinks Steuben is a methodic mediocrity, and Steuben thinks of my friend as a display of vanity and presumption.' Lately, it has even been suggested that von Steuben did not like Lafayette because he had spurred von Steuben when the young man had been sexually propositioned by the elderly gentleman.

Forgotten Patriot: The Life and Times of Major-General Nathanael Greene by Lee Patrick Anderson, pg. 143. To quote a certain Marvel anti-hero...what the f*ck knuckles is this? Steuben and Lafayette disagreed on plans of action here and there, but what is this propping Germany and France against each other thing? It’s like this author is placing WWII logic on 18th century interactions? I can’t find this DeKalb quote in my papers and I’m not saying it isn’t accurate, but it doesn’t explain the tone of this bizarre paragraph. Once again, this author’s editor failed him. It’s SPURNED not SPURRED. And the blatant homophobia. There is NO EVIDENCE OF THIS HAPPENING. I can’t with any of this. 0 out of 10. 

[honorhearted]

@niksnarration​ - You’re completely right. GWash really can double as Red Forman.

[gummybearzgocrazyagain]

just me absolutely out of nowhere remembering that in True Blood they used to call humans who thirsted after vamps... yes, “fangbangers”

and imma just leave it out here 👀

[sarahhillips]

This is What I Call, the Start of Season 3 of Libertys Kids

Sybil Ludington

I first learned about her from Rejected Princesses and have fallen if love with her. She’s like Arya Stark.

Funny because Sarah and Sybil would have a Sansa and Arya dynamic

James is a natural horseman now

Sybil straight up ready to kill

‘I’m so proud of my daddy who has a target on his head’

“But why aren’t you fighting?” Imagine Sarah heard that and said “Listen bitch,”

Sarahs ballgown should just be solid pink

Of course Arnold sees Sarah right away. Thank goodness she has a chaperone. I bet Mrs. Adams knows he’s kinda flirty with her and keeps an eye on them.

“I had hoped our paths would cross paths again Ms. Phillips, away from the field of battle” GOD why aren’t they waltzing while he’s saying this, that would be intense.

In fact their entire conversation could have been discussed while they were waltzing but that would take the animators way more work.

Imagine Benedict starting his passionate rant while dancing and then dancing

Sybil gotta be starting shit for no reason

I bet Sarah and Hannah would bond tho.

“I’m coming” “Like hell you are”

Sybils eager af to fight

She’s that girl at school that would punch the bully for me

The last shot of the entire city on fire before the dramatic music plays 😱😱

They just shot a fucking cannonball at a house

Sneaking out to go report hell yeah

Imagine getting to storm into a place on a horse. Kickass.

Once again, Sarah stalks Arnold into a danger zone

The horse even went into the water

It’s like that scene from home alone

Stupid af but it worked

Arnold is done with this army shit. He worked hard to earn that rank.

“I’ve come to think of you as like a daughter.”

“He’s destroying himself with his own bitterness and anger.”

I feel like Sybil would be mean af to Sarah just because she’s British and Sarahs doing her best to stay civil and in control. And then James would yell “Enough Sybil! She’s my friend!”

Lafayette Arrives

The drag episode 💄

Course Bens surrounded by bitches

Instant connection between Henri and Lafayette. You know he’s gonna adopt this child.

How old is Henri supposed to be by now? Thirteen I’d say. He should be growing.

Henris like I adopted this French guy

I need a dramatic retelling of Lafayettes drag escapade

LiberTAY

Lafayette would be the most anticipated

Why is Henri allowed in Congress

Wtf just a second ago ya’ll didn’t want him

What if politicians gathered for meetings in bars?

Lafayette is an America fanboy

They’re like ewwww it’s French

Omg he’s coming this way

Pretend it’s chicken and dumplins

RETREAT CALMLY

Ben is cunning af

We’re French but we’re American Yay

The Hessians Are Coming

Those girls aren’t the Schuyler sisters are they

Those laughs are not believable

No, they’re German girls

When he’s an asshole but his horse loves you

Here he goes ranting again.

“I learned it from school lol” “Who needs to go to school to build forts”

“Are you trying to sway the Hessians into leaving us?” “I’m a reporter jackass”

“I’m not a soldier, I’m a musician” Yeah like how Tom was not a soldier but a scientist

“Your witness is dead so you’re guilty”

Another victory for Arnold that will be ignored

James and this German dude had to puss next to each other for weeks.

“You guys are cannibals” whut

Will both of you stop acting like dicks please.

That’s more like it.

Arnold gets screwed over so much

That poor little german boy. Of course he didn’t want this James.

Arnold marching into battle shamelessly without permission.

Arnold saved James life without knowing it

Yeah we all quit

Sarahs reaction to Arnold having his leg shot is not realistic at all. L

Polish guy said go to school

Oh his name is Gunther

The last line of this episode did not age well at all.

Valley Forge

Arnold (the ARNOLD) is in this!?

Oh look mini log cabins

Von Strudel really came in on a sled like the white witch

“No meat! No meat!”

RIP Aaron Carter. This poor kid.

So its like diet bread

I can feel the cold

Girl went outside in the cold after being outside for stays

Where did the gust of wind go?

I love Lafayettes loyalty

Imagine having to poop outside in the snow

Bare ass exposed to the snow cold

“Corporal, yell at him for me.”

“How can I appreciate what you don’t have?”

Henri would definitely become a soldier in the adult version of the show

Henris the mascot. I need him in an eagle mascot costume now.

Imagine an eagle sports mascot fighting a king george mascot.

This dude is obnoxious

Ok now not so much

Omg Franklin sent Von Strudel

George Washington being a dad

Slide to the left. Slide to the left. Cha cha real smooth.

Sarah why aren’t you more worried

Allies at Last

Here comes Peggy Shippen

Nice dress Ben

That excited little barefoot leap on the cold concrete ground

Smart move on James and Moses

So without Ben or Moses around, that would put Sarah in charge. Since she’s still loyalist I’m sure she welcomed Andre at first

“The less I say about her, the better.”

Sarah, are you dancing with tory guys at these balls? I bet you are.

And now she wants Andre and Peggy out and I don’t blame her.

Oh look, hats

Oh no Moses the white guy your name is on the list

“I’m suddenly in the mood for English tea” petty Ben

Why are they telling Sarah all this stuff, she’s friends with Americans

Poor Henri being laughed at

“Have you forgotten that you are English?” “Not in the slightest.”

But Moses seems like such a nice guy

SIGN A PUBLIC OATH OF LOYALTY

“This is because I’m Jewish.”

Pop off White Moses

Oh you motherfucker

Oh now you wanna sign it

“A lot more people will have to stand up for equality to come true.”

And now France is their ally.

[gen-washington]

continued from here with @general-lafayette

Two pairs of eyes studied the map with the markings of the enemy lines - intelligence that had not been easily won. The American troops, also marked out on the map, looked hopelessly outnumbered. What could their small army do against the mightiest empire in the world? Washington suppressed a shudder, thinking about how many Englishmen there were to each American troop.

Washington turned away from the map to look at Lafayette, the young man was not scared to face their enemy. The old man smiled. It was men like Lafayette that brought hope to the patriot army. “My dear Marquis,” Washington mused, not afraid to show his fondness for the young major, “I promise not to keep you from the glory of leading men in battle. When the time is right you will get your opportunity.” The General stepped back to his table, cluttered with letters of correspondence. “For now, our priority is to secure more allies. Any word from our French friends?”

[xkeyon]

Hope or Despair for the Inhumans

So on Twitter someone messaged to Rainbow Rowell that she would do good writing Medusa.  Well she responded that she actually had wanted to use her in her She-Hulk, but wasn’t allowed and that the editors didn’t go into detail why she couldn’t. So what does this mean for the Inhumans, is it that they are going to be used in a big enough way soon, or is it editors really are not letting them be used even as big enough guest stars in other books.  Keep in mind I actually don’t know what Medusa’s role was to be, but I figure a major enough to have an important enough arc, she and Jennifer have enough history together.  Now Moongirl has an on going mini and Ms. Marvel is a supporting character in Spider-man (plus got a Dark-Web tie-in) so is it just Inhumans are really just associated with the Inhumans brand (forgetting some of them were main characters in other books) can’t be used, I do wonder.  Does this mean Luna Maximoff won’t be in the current Scarlet Witch book? Thoughts on this? 

[nordleuchten]

Can you tell me more about the "grief" La Fayette experienced in Rhode Island, that you referenced from his memoirs in a recent post? Also apparently he was headquartered in my home town of Bristol(!) in the Joseph Reynold House during the American Revolutionary War.

Dear @clove-pinks,

I most certainly can do that! (I am always so happy to get follow-up because that means people have actually read what I wrote. :-))

The passage you are referring to is this line from La Fayette’s Memoirs that I talked about in this post:

Heated by fatiguing journeys and over exertion, and still more by the grief he had experienced at Rhode Island; and having afterwards laboured hard, drank freely, and passed several sleepless nights at Philadelphia, M. de Lafayette proceeded on horse-back, in a high state of fever, and during a pelting autumnal rain.

Marquis de La Fayette, Memoirs, Correspondences and Manuscripts of General Lafayette, Vol. 1, Craighead and Allen, New York, 1837, pp. 63.

La Fayette was referring here to the events leading up to the Battle of New Port that took place on August 29, 1778 – a debacle for the continental army and a personal disappointment for La Fayette.

The whole affair had started promising. At the beginning of July 1778, twelve French vessels reached the Delaware three days after the English fleet had left the area and the French followed the English to New York and anchored just off Sandy Hook. Strategic as well as logistical reasons persuaded the French to sail to Rhode Island to attack the roughly 5000 entrenched British troops there by water. General Sullivan was given command of the local state militia that was currently stationed at Providence and the Count d’Estaing had command over the French fleet. These forces should be supported by 2000 Continental soldiers presently at White Planes in New York and had to cover some 240 miles. It was La Fayette’s duty to organize their transport. No sooner did he arrive in Providence did he had to learn that nothing had been prepared for an attack in the meantime. The French troops were in a bad shape, their long sea voyage had killed many men and weakened even more, d'Estaing wanted to go home, the waters were hard to navigate and to manoeuvrer, the enemy was in the strategical stronger position and last but not least – d’Estaing and General Sullivan could not stand each other. Worse, d’Estaing was quite weary of La Fayette, for La Fayette had left France against the expressed wishes of the French King.

La Fayette managed to calm d’Estaing and to convince him of his personal worth. He also got Sullivan and d’Estaing to work together. A joined attack on Newport was planned after the French fleet had very successfully attacked the British fleet previously. All fine and dandy, but Sullivan suddenly went ahead on his own – something that d’Estaing did not liked at all. Things escalated pretty quickly from thereon on a personal level and La Fayette was right there in the midst of all. I am purposely leaving out some details, because the post would otherwise get too long but here were some truly interesting letters written, particularly by La Fayette who tried to get both sides to engage with each other.

The British fleet had received reinforcement from New York and d’Estaing set out to battle them, but a terrible storm destroyed both fleets and d’Estaing sailed to Boston for repairs. Seeing the French fleet sail away caused desertion among the American troops. That was La Fayette’s breaking point, and he was absolutely furious with Sullivan and his undiplomatic behaviour. This in turn caused Sullivan to be angry with La Fayette and the two men, who had previously always liked each other, had almost physically battled each other.

The whole situation, between La Fayette and Sullivan and between Sullivan and d’Estaing was resolved in the end – thanks to the intervention of a number of people, among them George Washington and Nathanael Greene, and the Battle of Newport came to pass … more or less a victory for the British troops.

As to Bristol, yes, both statements are correct. La Fayette was tasked with protecting Warren and Bristol and he was in command of the ports in the era. Since he was fluent in both English and French, it fell to him to collaborate the joined efforts of the French fleet and the American Troops. La Fayette made camp in Bristol either in the afternoon of September 1, 1778 or early on September 2, 1778. We have a letter from the morning of September 1, that was still written at his previous stay in Tyver Town. La Fayette remarked several times that his position was too exposed. He wrote to George Washington on September 3, 1778:

I Confess I am myself very uneasy in this quarter, and fear that those people will put in theyr heads to take some of our batteries &ca which if properly attak’d will be difficult to prevent, and I am upon a little tongue of land where in case of an alarm a long stay might be very dangerous—but we’ll do for the best.

“To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 3 September 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 16, 1 July–14 September 1778, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006, pp. 505–506.] (12/17/2022)

He wrote again to the Comte d’Estaing on September 8, 1778:

Until that is cleared up, the Bristol post continues to be the most exposed one, and consequently, I remain here.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 2, April 10, 1778–March 20, 1780, Cornell University Press, 1978, p. 169-171.

La Fayette moved into the Joseph Reynolds House on September 7, 1778 (one day after his birthday!). The house is also sometimes referred to as Willowmere or La Fayette House. He was quartered on the second floor in the Northwest (Parlor) Room that today is often only known as the La Fayette Room. The room has been altered only very little over the course of the last centuries. A brass marker was installed in 1907 to commemorate La Fayette’s stay there.

National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013–2017 (12/17/2022)

The Joseph Reynolds House is a registered Historic landmark and if you read the whole application form, you will find this amusing little story:

National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013–2017 (12/17/2022)

I have one bone to pick with the form though. In the application, it is written, that La Fayette stayed there until September 22, a few pages later, it is written that he stayed there until September 23 – I would argue that he must have left Bristol and consequently the Joseph Reynolds House by September 21. We have several letters from that date that were written by La Fayette in Warren and in one of these letters to George Washington he explicitly states that:

I have Remov’d my most particular post of Bristol, and am in a safer place behind warren.

“To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 21 September 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 17, 15 September–31 October 1778, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, pp. 69–72.] (12/17/2022)

I hope that was helpful and I hope that have/had an amazing day!

[milokissa707]

Ok if were going off the idea the that all the states look different, not all look like each other or look like each other with slight variations (not counting outfits), can I suggest that we make Alabama have a mullet. On a similar note, can we just make Alabama look like Billy hargrove for Stranger Things. You know maybe a few alterations, but generally  blonde-brown curly hair, a mustache, and a mullet.

Like tell me Alabama doesn’t look something like this

Or this



Anyways, in this, Ted talk, I will 

[rabbitcruiser]

General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, spoke at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States on June 4, 1825.