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comte Christophe-Michel Roguet
1800–1877
A French general and Second Empire senator, he moved from Napoleon’s circle into a long military career that took him through the North African campaigns of the 1840s. He also wrote on military affairs, leaving behind a voice shaped by both action and politics.
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Insurrections et guerre des barricades dans les grandes villes par le général de brigade Roguet
by comte Christophe-Michel Roguet
About the author
Raised in a military family, he was born in San Remo on April 28, 1800, the son of General François Roguet, and was educated at the Prytanée militaire of Saint-Cyr. Early in life he served as a page to Napoleon I, a detail that places him close to the fading world of the Empire before he built a career of his own.
He became a French army officer and won promotion through service in Algeria, where his name appears in accounts of the 1843 combat of Oued el Malah. He was later made maréchal de camp in 1845 and continued to rise, eventually becoming a général de division. Under the Second Empire he also entered public life as a senator.
Beyond his military and political work, he was connected with books as well: library records list him as the author of Avenir des armées européennes, ou le Soldat citoyen and as the editor of memoirs by his father. He died in Paris on July 24, 1877.