Antoine-Stanislas de Curières de Castelnau Saint-Cosme Sainte-Eulalie
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Antoine-Stanislas de Curières de Castelnau Saint-Cosme Sainte-Eulalie (Saint-Cosme, Aveyron, 1740 — Lyon, September 1783) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence, and became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=167}}
Biography
Sainte-Eulalie joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine in 1755. He took part in the Battle of Minorca on 20 May 1756.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=167}}
He took part in the Larache expedition in 1765 under Du Chaffault, where he was gravely wounded and earned a promotion to Lieutenant for his conduct.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=167}}
In 1777, he captained the 18-gun corvette Flèche. The year after, he transferred to the 26-gun frigate Aimable, part of the squadron under Vice-amiral d'Estaing.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=167}} He took part in the Battle of Rhode Island on 29 August 1778, in the Battle of St. Lucia on 15 December 1778, and in the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779, where he was wounded.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=167}}
Sainte-Eulalie was then given command of the 32-gun frigate Railleuse, on which he took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781, and in the subsequent Siege of Yorktown.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=167}}
In 1782, he was given command of the 64-gun Vaillant, which he sailed to France. He then captained the 74-gun Magnanime and Téméraire.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=167}}
He died in September 1783.{{sfnp|Contenson|1934|p=167}}
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- {{cite book |last1=Contenson |first1=Ludovic |authorlink1=Ludovic de Contenson|title=La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783) |date=1934 |publisher=éditions Auguste Picard |location=Paris|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65709399|oclc=7842336}}
- {{cite book |last=Lacour-Gayet |first=Georges|authorlink=Georges Lacour-Gayet|title=La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI |date=1910 |publisher=Honoré Champion |location=Paris |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1181278.texteImage|pages=431–434}}
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Category:French military personnel of the American Revolutionary War