Philippe Liébert

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name=Philippe Liébert
lived=August 91733 – September 231804


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placeofbirth=Nemours, Île-de-France
placeofdeath=Montréal, Canada
branch=Army
serviceyears= Continental Army: 1775-1783
rank=Capitain and then Major for pension
unit=Congress Own Regiment
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*Seven Years War
**Battle of Quebec
*American Revolutionary War
**Battle of Quebec (1775)
**Battle of Saint-Pierre
**Battle of Yorktown
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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.

In 1777 he was in Quebec since 1754 for 23 years when he join Clément Gosselin. [ [http://www.pasocietyofthecincinnati.org/Cinnweb/Names/Officer198.html Military campaign of Philippe Liébert] ] [ [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=36432 Philippe Liébert with Clément Gosselin] ]

Before and after the war he was a very talented sculptor in Quebec. A road is named after him in the eastern part of Montreal. [ [http://www.unites.uqam.ca/expo/En/1.2.religion.html A soldier and a talented sculptor] ] [ [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007238 Philippe Liébert also a famous sculptor] ]

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External links

* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2506 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]