Record #:

10739

Author(s):

Turner, Herbert S.

Abstract:

Marshal Michel Ney, who was executed in 1815, was one of Napoleon's greatest soldiers. According to legend, he did not die but escaped to the United States. Supposedly he was teaching school and living in Rowan County at the time of his death in 1846.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 20, Mar 1970, p17-18, il

Subject(s):

Ney, Michael, duc d'Elchingen, prince de la Moskowa, 1769-1815; Legends--Rowan County