Louis Hippolyte Joseph de Mauris, Vicomte de Malartic (1769—1832) was a French aristocrat and military officer who served in the French Army as well as in the United States Army in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was born on 1 March 1769, he attended the French Military School at the age of 14. He graduated in 1784 and was commissioned a sub-lieutenant. He joined the French Guards as an ensign, and in 1789 transferred to the artillery company in that unit. As the French Revolution unfolded, he left France in 1790 following the disbanding of the French Guards for the United States. Once there he moved to Gallipolis, a frontier settlement in Ohio. He participated in two military campaigns against the Indian tribes of the Northwest Frontier during his time on the frontier.
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