Philippe Liébert Explained

Philippe Liébert
Birth Date:August 9, 1733
Death Date:September 23, 1804
Birth Place:Nemours, Île-de-France
Death Place:Montréal, Canada
Branch:Army
Serviceyears:Continental Army

1775–1783

Rank:Captain; Major for pension
Unit:Congress Own Regiment
Battles:Seven Years' War

American Revolutionary War

Philippe Liébert (August 9, 1733 – September 23, 1804) was a French Canadian soldier who fought on the U.S. side of the American Revolutionary War, serving in Moses Hazen's 2nd Canadian Regiment of the Continental Army.

Philippe Liébert was born in Nemours, France, in the old-regime province of Île-de-France. He was a soldier of Montcalm in the Berry regiment.

He served with Clément Gosselin in Quebec for 23 years, from 1754 until 1777.[1] [2]

Before and after the war, he was a talented sculptor in Quebec, known in particular for the decoration of the Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie, the oldest extant church in Montreal. A road is named after him in the eastern part of Montreal.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.pasocietyofthecincinnati.org/Cinnweb/Names/Officer198.html Military History of Philippe Liebert
  2. Carleton, Guy, 1st Baron Dorchester. G.P. . Browne . 5 .
  3. Web site: Arts and catholic religion . Images from the turn of the century 1760-1840 . 2007-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050309051747/http://www.unites.uqam.ca/expo/En/1.2.religion.html . 2005-03-09 . dead .
  4. Encyclopedia: Sculpture . . . 4 March 2015 . 18 February 2009 .