"Narcisse-Périclès Rigaud (or Rigau or Rigaux) and his sister Antonia were the children of General Antoine Rigaud, one of Napoleon's officers. They joined their father in the 1818 Bonapartist attempt to form an armed colony in Texas called the Champ d'Asile (Field of Asylum). Narcisse's distaste for Charles Lallemand in Napoleon in America stems from his experience at the colony.
General Antoine Rigaud
Antoine Rigaud was born to a family of modest social position at Agen, France on May 14, 1758. In 1779, he joined the French army as an infantry private. Promoted to captain in 1792, he fought in many French Revolutionary army battles, and subsequently participated in Napoleon's campaigns in Italy and Austria.
Rigaud acquired a reputation for bravery in combat, attested to by numerous wounds, including a shot through his jaw that left him almost unable to speak. For his service at Austerlitz he was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honour. In 1807, he was made a general of brigade, and, in 1808, a baron of the Empire…"
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