Marquis de Lafayette's baptism of fire. Marquis de La Fayette depicted at the Battle of the Brandywine 1777

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Marquis de Lafayette's baptism of fire by E. Percy Moran. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), often known as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer born in Chavaniac, in the province of Auvergne in south central France. Lafayette was a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution.

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