A French documentary team believes they have reached an answer on the old mystery of whether Peter Stuart Ney, buried in Rowan County, is the same person as the famous Marshall Ney that fought ...

In conventional histories the life of Michel Ney, cooper’s son whose brilliance and bravery in the service of Napoleon raised him to be Duke of Elchingen, Prince of Moskowa and Marshal of France, ends ...

When Napoleon Bonaparte led his Grand Army into Russia in 1812, he commanded the largest military force Europe had ever seen ...

CLEVELAND — French researchers have discovered a possible lead in their investigation into the identity of a Rowan County schoolhouse teacher buried in the cemetery of Third Creek Presbyterian Church.

In 1804 Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire', to serve as the senior officers of the Grande Armée. He created a further 8 before his abdication. A few were aristocrats, but others were the ...