Vine and Olive Colony
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The Vine and Olive Colony was an effort by a group of French Bonapartists who, fearing for their lives after the fall of Napoleon and the Bourbon Restoration, attempted to establish an agricultural se
1819 French engraving entitled Construction of Aigleville, Capital of the State of Marengo, on the Banks of the Tombechbé, Directed by General Lefebvre-Desnouettes.
Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
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Charles, comte Lefebvre-Desnouettes or Lefèbvre-Desnoëttes became a French officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and a general during the Napoleonic Wars. He later emigrated to the United State
Vine and Olive Colony
…of Ecor Blanc, literally meaning White Bluff or White Cliff, on the Tombigbee River by 14 July 1817. The most prominent and wealthy immigrants was Count Charles Lefebvre Desnouettes, who had been a cavalry officer with the rank of Lieutenant-General under Napoleon. He was to serve as the leader of the colony. Other prominent settlers…
Général Charles Lefebvre Desnouettes
Sinking of the Albion.
Monument for the victims who perished in the sinking.