Pierre André Frier
Pierre André Frier Roche (b. Fabré Geffrard and the Dominican president Buenaventura Báez">Buenaventura Baez during the second half of the 19th century in Hispaniola. Biography Pierre André Frier was the son of Jean Antoine Frier (1804-1871) and Rose Agathe Roche (1811-1888). He studied music at the National Conservatory in Paris">National Conservatory of Music (Paris)">National Conservatory in Paris and before age 20 joined the body of French Zouaves, in which he came to hold the rank of captain. He fought with the zouaves in the Crimean War, and later in the Second Italian War of Independence, Italian campaign, fighting in the Battle of Magenta and Battle of Solferino, Solferino, being wounded in the latter with a sword inflicted by a member of the Austrian cavalry, which forced him to leave the active service. Military Mission in Port-au-Prince On his return to Paris, he was appointed on a mission of military instructors that would go to Haiti at the request of Presid ...
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