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Viomenil, Antoine Charles du Houx, Baron de 1728-1782
Military officer; born in Fauconcourt, Visages, France, Nov. 30, 1728.
He attained the rank of major-general in the French army; and in 1780 was appointed second in command of Count de Rochambeau's troops which were sent to assist the American colonists; was promoted lieutenant-general in 1781, and given the grand cross of St Louis for services at the siege of Yorktown.
After the war he was governor of La Rochelle, in 1783-89.
He divernor of La Rochelle, in 1783-89.
He died in Paris, Nov. 9, 1782.
His brother, Charles Joseph Hyacinthe du Houx, Marquis De Viomenil; born in the castle of Ruppes, Vosges, Aug. 22, 1734; attained the rank of majorgeneral in the French army; accompanied Count de Rochambeau to the United States as commander of the French artillery, and took a prominent part in the siege of Yorktown, for which he was granted a pension of 5,000 francs.
He died in Paris, March 5, 1827.
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