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    1. [ACADIAN] Carignan Soldiers or Soldat Carignan
    2. Paul L LeBlanc via
    3. In Eastman's today I prefer http://www.fillesduroi.org/src/soldiers.htm Carignan Soldiers or Soldat Carignan In 1665 King Louis XIV ordered the Carignan-Saieres Regiment to Canada to help save the Royal Colony from destruction at the hands of the Iroquois Indians. Between June and September 1665, some twenty-four companies of 1200 soldiers and their officers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment arrived in Quebec under the leadership of Lt. General Alexander de Prouville, Sieur de Tracy. The Carignan-Salieres Regiment was the first regular military unit to serve in Canada. Almost immediately upon... Read the rest of the story » http://blog.eogn.com/2015/04/05/carignan-soldiers-or-soldat-carignan/

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