Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier de Laumoy [SEP] conflict
Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier de Laumoy
Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier de Laumoy (1750–1832) French engineer, fought in the American Revolutionary War, and was on the staff of Lafayette and was captured with him, by the Austrians.
De Laumoy was the son of a French infantry captain. He entered the French military engineering school in 1760. He was assigned to America in 1777. On 17 November Laumoy was commissioned Colonel of Engineers; he joined Washington's winter camp at Valley Forge. The French engineers, de
been relieved of his command. On 19 August, the Assembly declared Lafayette a traitor.
Lafayette and a group of supporters decided to flee for the Dutch Republic. Lafayette hoped to escape to the United States or to rally Constitutional supporters, but did not make it; the Austrians under Field Marshal Moitelle, arrested him at Rochefort, Belgium. Among those arrested with him were Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier de Laumoy, Louis Saint Ange Morel, chevalier de la Colombe, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth,