Jean Rapp

Local nameStatue du Général Jean Rapp
LocationColmar, France

General Count Jean Rapp was a French Army officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

Rapp was born the son of the janitor of the town-hall of Colmar, then located in the Old Customs House. He began theological studies to become a clergyman, but with his build and heated character, he was better suited to the military, which he joined in March 1788. From the rank of a regular of the chasseurs de Cévennes, he worked his way up through his courage and character to the rank of a division general and adjutant of Napoleon Bonaparte. As a lieutenant, his reputation grew through his impetuousness as well as the wounds he received in battle. He was made aide-de-camp of Louis Desaix, who named him captain and took him to Egypt, where Rapp distinguished himself at Sediman, capturing an enemy battery. For that he was given a squadron and later a brigade by Napoleon.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rapp

Address 9 Boulevard du Champ de Mars, Colmar 68000, France

Coordinates 48°4'37.245" N 7°21'15.059" E

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