Gustave Paul Cluseret - Knowledge (XXG)

354:. His treatment of the pro-confederate civilian population was also harsh. Milroy's frequent arrests or exiles of women in particular outraged Cluseret greatly. Due to these disagreements Milroy pushed for Cluseret's dismissal, writing several letters to his superior Schenck to describe Cluseret's lack of rapport with his subordinates, his overbearing behavior to his men, but avoided mentioning Cluseret's lack of enthusiasm in enforcing the emancipation proclamation. Cluseret was finally forced to relinquish command in the second week of January 1863, but did not formally resign his commission until March of that year. 33: 163: 347:

of their horses, causing consternation and a torrent of complaints by officers of his brigade to the division commander, General Milroy. Later on, several officers of Cluseret's brigade sent a formal petition to Milroy complaining of Cluseret's "tyrannical behavior" and rudeness, his lack of fluency in English and his European background which they viewed made it impossible for him to "understand the genius of our institutions" and (abridged) "inability of a commander of European conscripts to command American volunteer armies".

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reorganising the National Guard, but his attempts to introduce a centralised militarism led to friction with the federalist Central Committee who withdrew their willing co-operation, and routinely censored his proclamations. On 16 April he was elected a member of the commune, and subsequently reelected its Delegate of War. Disagreements with the other leaders of the Commune led to his arrest on 1 May, on a false charge of betraying the cause. On 21 May he appeared before an

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on the Christmas eve of 1862 with his force of 3,000 men. A few days after marching into Winchester, Cluseret's forces were harassed by confederate cavalry. Allegedly, his command was so chaotic and disorganized that Cluseret by accident ordered his troops to fire on his own cavalry, which killed one

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was the first to reply and denounced the proposal, stating that it would surely lead to their "discomfiture and transportation", and added that the government would surely hear of the plot. During subsequent speeches, Leno noticed that only a matchboard partition divided the room they occupied with

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placed much of the blame for the failure of the Lyon Commune revolution on Cluseret's refusal to arm the local volunteers. On the news of the Communard rising of 18 March 1871 he hastened to Paris, where he was appointed Delegate of War by the Commune's Executive Commission. He quickly set about

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fled to Geneva. This allowed Cluseret to remain politically active although he was dogged with allegations of being a Prussian spy. His apparently comfortable living conditions were interpreted as a give-away. His time in Geneva was however largely uneventful and with new adventure in mind, he

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court and was acquitted. During the occupation of Paris by the Versailles troops he hid at a priest's house, and in November left the city disguised as a priest and crossed into Belgium and from there onto Switzerland where he stayed until 1877. Cluseret published his

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in 1860 and participated in the foundation of the De Flotte Legion, a French Corps to assist in the fight for Italian unification, of which he was soon given command. The legion was subsequently disbanded into the Piedmontese army and Cluseret lost his colonelship.

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another adjoining room, and that voices could be heard the other side. Leno declared his intention to leave at once; the others agreed and the room was soon cleared. The next day the meeting was fully reported in

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which was to later earn him hostility in certain socialist quarters. His support for an anti-Bonapartist demonstration on 29 January 1849 saw him demoted from command of his battalion, and he fled to London after

369:, which adopted a radical Republican perspective, criticising Lincoln's gradualist approach to the issue of slavery. After an acrimonious dispute between the two leading to a lawsuit, Cluseret had to pay 277:. It was at this time that he acquired the nickname of "Captain Tin Can", derived from his hoarding of canned meat and bread rations at the expense of his troops. He resigned from the army in July 1858. 483:

until his detainment, although he later claimed to have been a member since 1865. He made a brief return to America to avoid further imprisonment, arriving back in France upon the proclamation of the

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National Archives, RG 94, Entry 297, Records of Divisions of the Adjutant General’s Office, Appointment, Commission and Personal Branch, 1783-1917, Letters Received, 1863-1894

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Milroy arrived soon after to occupy the town. Milroy and Cluseret then frequently quarreled; Milroy was an unrestrained and radical abolitionist, and actively enforced the

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where he stayed until 1886, making a living as an artist and porcelain maker, and providing the US government with a report on Turkish cotton.

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After his initial attempts to obtain a commission in the French army were refused he set to work to organize the social revolution, first at

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had met and, being opposed to unnecessary violence, bitterly opposed the interference of Cluseret, as did most of the other members of the

274: 439:, although Leno's speech had been attributed to George Odgers, who had in fact been the only person to support Cluserat's proposal. 315: 166: 259: 542: 330:. Many national officers perceived him as a soldier of fortune. He received orders from Milroy to take his brigade through the 722: 1073: 1058: 1083: 245:, and was commissioned in the French Army in 1843. He was made captain of the 23rd Mobile Guard battalion following the 112: 1063: 108: 162: 609: 351: 246: 553: 104: 571:. In 1888, 1889, 1893 and 1898 he was returned to the Chamber of Deputies as a socialist by the electorate of 464: 327: 32: 393:

as part of a diversionary plan to undermine British influence in the Mediterranean. He participated in the

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at first, skirmishing with confederate troops and capturing some. Cluseret then marched northwards for the

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