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Militia units organized by Paris districts

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records from PostgreSQL.

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Militia units organized by Paris districts

de Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier · Paris · Marquis · National Guard commander

Lafayette oversaw the development of neighborhood-based National Guard formations. Their recruitment and chain of command linked the revolutionary city's districts to an armed civic institution.

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