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Prevost, Augustine 1725-1786

Military officer; born in Geneva, Switzerland, about 1725; served as captain under Wolfe at Quebec; distinguished himself in Georgia, especially in his defence of Savannah, in 1779, for which he was promoted to major-general. He died in Barnett, England, May 5, 1786.

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