Talk:Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

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This is a work in progress. I'll add French and Indian War material as soon as I review the rest of my notes. Lou I 19:33 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)

Merge?

Someone added this unwikified text under MONTCALM DE SAINT VERAN. I redirected it here. Does any of this data need to be incorporated into the article? Rmhermen 23:05, Mar 31, 2004 (UTC)

helloMONTCALM DE SAINT VERAN, LOUIS JOSEPH, MARQUIS DE (1712-1759), French soldier, was born at Condiac near Nimes on the 28th of February 17 12,1 and entered the army in 1721, becoming captain in 1727. He saw active service under Berwick on the Rhine in 1733, and in 1743, having become a colonel of infantry, he served in Bohemia under Maillebois, Broglie and Belleisle. He became intimate with Francois de Chevert (1695-1769), the gallant defend~r of Prague, and in Italy repeatedly distinguished himself, being promoted brigadier in 1747, shortly before the disastrous action of Exilles, in which he was severely wounded. In 1749 he received the colonelcy of a cavalry regiment, and in 1756, with the rank of marchal de camp, he was sent to command the French troops in Canada. In the third year of his command, having been meanwhile promoted lieutenant-general, he defended Quebec (q.v.) against General Wolfe. The celebrated siege ended with the battle 1 A younger brother, Jean Louis Pierre (or Philippe) Elizabeth Montcalm de Condiac (1719-1726), was a child of astonishing precocity. At the age of four he read Latin; at six he understood Greek and Hebrew. It was for his benefit that the bureau typographiquea mechanism for teaching children reading, writing and arithmetic at the same time that it amused themwas contrived by their tutor Louis Dumas (I67617~ia). of the Heights of Abraham (Sept. 12, 1759), in which Wolfe was killed and Montcalm mortally wounded. The French commander died two days later, while the place, with which his name and Wolfes are for ever associated, was still in the hands of the garrison.

BIBLI0GRAPHy.See CANADA: History; and SEVEN YEARS WAR, also Parkmans Montcalm and Wolfe. The chief French authorities are Pinard, Chronologie mititaire, v. 616 (1762); Montcalm et le Canada francais, by F. Joubleau (Paris, 1874) and C. de Bonnechose (Paris, 1877); Le Moine, La Mmoire de Montcalm venge (Montreal, 1889).

Birthday

http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/5/1/14517/14517-8.zip lists Montcalm's birthday as "twenty-ninth of February, 1712". I assume this book is incorrect as that would be a leap day and that fact would've been noted elsewhere? BTW, there's lot's of interesting details in this Gutenberg book that should be merged into this article someday. Samw 21:31, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=J1ARTJ0005391 lists the birthday as Feb 28, 1712. I'll take this as authorative and change the article Samw 05:40, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I think the date difference is accounted for by the adoption of a modified calendar in 1752. (See explanation at Gregorian calendar.) Many people and institutions shifted a date to make a full year between anniversaries or birthdays. So, lets leave the Feb 28 date, since is the New Style (NS) equivalent. Lou I 16:33, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

But since he was born in France, where the Gregorian calendar had been in operation since 1582, of what relevance is the OS date at all? OK, so he spent a lot of time in North America, which took till 1752 to make the change, but so what? That has no relevance to when he was born. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:34, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Montcalms Ramains

Montcalms remains are no longer on display at the Chapel of the Ursulines, as they were moved several years ago to the cemetary at the Hôpital général, where his troops killed in the battle of the Plains of Abraham were buried.

more wanted

this article didnt have all the general info i realy needed. i believe there is more to be disiered. i could find better information from my schools dictionary and i have —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.227.91.126 (talk) 21:14, 15 February 2007 (UTC).

Evidence???

Someone slandered the great man with a passage concerning his sister.

could someone plz remove the BOLD passage concerning his sister. This is ridiculous. thanks