(CHOUANNERIE) General BAILLOT-FARAL (Antoine-Raymond) Gramat - Lot 324

(CHOUANNERIE) General BAILLOT-FARAL (Antoine-Raymond) Gramat/Lot 1741 - 1818 - Piece signed "BAILLOT" General of Cavalry (Wax seal) in the Army of the WEST - Piece signed by 8 Prisoners of War. 1p in-folio oblong: "Certifions que Silveste PIERREL Chasseur à Cheval au 16° Régiment, natif des Vosges,.... was taken on the road from RENNES to Alençon to rejoin his Corps on 20 brumaire an 4°, by the CHOUANS and taken to the headquarters of BOURREMONT; from where he was then transferred to the Château de St MARC, guarded by the Chouans. A few days later, some scoundrels came to his window and fired a shot during the night, wounding the aforementioned Pierrel in the shoulder and left hand... We attest to the pure safety of his Republican principles, which he held out to us in LES PRISONS DE ST MARC..." - Confirmed as true in ANGERS (49) on 15 Germinal year 4 (4 April 1796)