Jean-Baptiste Jacopin
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Jean Baptiste Jacopin was a French General during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was born 20 October 1755 and died 28 May 1811. He was appointed Adjutant General and Chef of Brigade 28 November 1793, and General of Brigade 10 January 1794. Napoleon awarded him the Commander of the Legion of Honor, 14 June 1804. As part of Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino
's I. Division of the Army of the Danube
, he participated in the Battle of Ostrach
and the Battle of Stockach
.
Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino
Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino, , was a general and politician of France. Born in the Savoy, he was the son of a low-ranking officer in the Habsburg military. In 1789, during the French Revolution, he went to France, where he received a commission in the French Army...
's I. Division of the Army of the Danube
Army of the Danube
The Army of the Danube was a field army of the French Directory in the 1799 southwestern campaign in the Upper Danube valley. It was formed on 2 March 1799 by the simple expedient of renaming the Army of Observation, which had been observing Austrian movements on the border between First...
, he participated in the Battle of Ostrach
Battle of Ostrach
The Battle of Ostrach, also called the Battle by Ostrach, occurred on 20–21 March 1799. It was the first battle of the War of the Second Coalition. The battle resulted in the victory of the Austrian forces, under the command of Archduke Charles, over the French forces, commanded by Jean...
and the Battle of Stockach
Battle of Stockach (1799)
On 25 March 1799, French and Austrian armies fought for control of the geographically strategic Hegau region in present day Baden-Württemberg. The battle has been called by various names: First Battle of Stockach, the Battle by Stockach, and, in French chronicles, the Battle of Liptingen...
.