French Revolutionary Broadside
dated 7 Prairial, an 8 (May 27, 1800)
A broadside from the consulate requesting the regions furnish the required number of conscripts. The conscription cites the regulations set forth by Carnot, one of the original Directors. Named minister of was by Napoleon, he was primarily responsible for the creation and organization of the French Revolutionary – and subsequently imperial – army.
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