Jean-Baptiste Solignac

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Jean-Baptiste Solignac (15 March 1773, Millau - 11 November 1850, Montpellier) was a French general, and the brother-in-law of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan.

Life

On 28 September 1791, he was a soldier in the Vermandois regiment (which later became the 61st infantry regiment). He became a lieutenant then a captain in August and November 1792, in the 2nd Pyrénées-Orientales battalion, formed at Montpellier. He fought in the early campaigns of the French Revolutionary War in the armée des Pyrénées orientales

Source

"Jean-Baptiste Solignac", in Charles Mullié, Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, 1852

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Name	Solignac
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Short description	French general
Date of birth	15 March 1773
Place of birth
Date of death	11 November 1850
Place of death

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