Marquis de Montcalm
Louis Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, marquis de Montcalm was born February 28, 1712 in France. He fought in the War of Austrican Succession during the 1740s, and was raised to the rank of brigadier in 1747 after suffering many wounds and being imprisoned. In 1756 he bacme a major general and was placed in command of the French regular toops in North America. Montcalm then forced the surrender of the British at Oswego and captured Fort William Henry in 1757, where the English prisoners of the French were slaughtered by the Native American allies of the French. In 1758 at Ticonderoga, Montcalm acheived a victory by repulsing 15,000 British troops under the command of General James Abercrombie with about 3,800 men, and was promoted to lieutenant general. Then in 1759 Montcalm with 15,000 men tried to defend Quebec against James Wolfe's 8,500, but was defeated on the Plains of Abraham. Montcalm was mortally wouned during the fight and died a day later on September 14th.