A Guide to the French and American Claims Commission 1880-1885: Our French Immigrant Ancestors and the American Civil War

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The U.S. Civil War used to be fought mostly on southern soil where many foreign residents suffered significant monetary and personal losses. In 1880 america and France set up a commission to examine claims from French citizens living or doing business in The united states between 1861 and 1866. Over 700 claims were adjudicated Despite the fact that few were paid any significant sum of money. The case files, housed at the National Archives, are a treasure-trove of information about these immigrants and their families, their origins, their occupations, in addition to the operations and conduct of both southern and northern troops who fought literally in their backyards. The majority of the claims were filed from Louisiana, Despite the fact that a hundred or so came from Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. These French immigrants had come from metropolitan France, most from small villages, Despite the fact that a couple of hailed from large venues such as Paris, Bordeaux, Nice, Nantes and Nancy. A substantial number also came from the French Antilles: Saint-Domingue (Haïti) and Martinique. Others were natives of southern Belgium, the Rhinepfalz (Bavaria, Germany) and Monaco, born French between 1799 and 1815 all through the reign of Napoleon. A choose few of the claimants were wealthy businessmen and French noblemen who had assets, but had never resided, in america. Despite the fact that the claimants’ wealth and social status varied greatly, tragedy and hardship beset them equally. From Champagne Charlie Heidsieck, who earned, lost, and recovered a fortune in The united states, to women like Marie Dugout, who fled France with her daughter and her paramour to start life over in Louisiana, every story is unique and compelling. Sadly, only a handful of claimants, or their heirs, received enough money to compensate for their losses.

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