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Dispatch 21 (Patreon)

Published:
2024-03-20 01:13:56
Imported:
2024-03

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Here is the twenty-first patrons-only Dispatch. Topics include: the strange adventures of General Jean Humbert and Napoleon's taste in music.

Don't forget to leave any questions for the next dispatch below. And once again: thank you for your support!

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Jeff Gillooly

It’s hard to see the latest turmoil in Haiti, and not reflect back upon Napoleon’s overthrow of Toussiant. Their turmoil continues. Do you believe if Napoleon had proceeded differently, Haiti would be in a different place now?

Gabo Goff

Hi. Big fan. First time patreon. I’m going to France (Paris, Provence and Alsace) for my honeymoon and was wondering if any off beaten path places i should see

Jeff King

Do we have any of the marching songs of napoleans army?

John Houser

I just listened to Dispatch 20, and noted the question about memoirs of German soldiers who had served under Napoleon. I have a rather fantastic one regarding my 5th great grandfather, though you will certainly be a bit skeptical about it as I am when you see the details. The story is John George Neireiter (Neureuder in some German records, 1788-1860) was born in Hesse, Germany, and conscripted to the French army around 1806. He then marched to Spain to fight in the Peninsular War. According to the story, on the return from Spain, "George Neireiter was one of the forty men chosen as Napoleon’s private bodyguards, called a nine pick staffsman. [Ed. note: I cannot find this term anywhere else. A bad translation of 9e Regiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers, which included German soldiers, is best I can do] They were chosen on account of their stature and health; all being over six feet tall and weight of at least 200 pounds. They made a handsome company on their black horses, tall staffs, gold braid showing their rank, and the banners flying in the air." John George continued to serve under Napoleon until Waterloo. After this, "as a former member of Napoleon’s elite bodyguard unit, he now became a bodyguard for Field Marshal Blucher and helped to escort Napoleon on board the ship bound for his exile on the island of St. Helena. He said Napoleon’s face looked like stone." As you can see, all these stories of John George being right up next to the action seem a bit too good to be true, but I have not found a way yet to separate the truth from the fiction. John George married and moved to the US in 1832, eventually settling south of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in a German farming community called Hessen Cassel, which is still there today. I'm happy to share more details if any interest, as there are many more stories that were transcribed by a grandchild and great grandchild of John George.

ageofnapoleon
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Interesting. It's amazing to me how many listeners have these personal connections to the Napoleonic Wars, but it's quite rare to encounter someone with such a close connection to the Emperor himself! Believe me, I know how hard it can be to separate truth from fiction in these memoirs. Thanks for sharing that with us.

Ted Farrington

I was re-listening to the episodes on Nelson and I was wondering if you had heard of the Horatio Hornblower series of books by C.S. Forester and/or the TV series starring Ioan Gruffudd. I have not read the books, but I grew up watching the show on A&E as a kid with my mom. I consider the Hornblower series to be a companion story to Sharpe. If you have seen the show or read the books, what is your take on this series and it's depiction of the Napoleonic Wars on the high seas? Thank you!

JC

I’m currently driving through Northern France with my sister and we’re driving on the A4 highway (for those who may be familiar). I was not really paying a ton of attention to where we were, exactly. As we’re listening to a podcast about D-Day, I looked off to the right and noticed atop a hill there was a monument. I looked it up on Google Maps and sure enough, on the other side of the hill was the small town of Valmy. And the monument was commemorating the 1792 Battle of Valmy. It made me think immediately of the early episodes of this show going over the War of the First Coalition. Anyways, just thought it was super cool and worth sharing. A reminder that when one is in Europe, you are never far from history and such things. Thank you for the phenomenal show!