Colonel Charles Teffin Armand Tuffin, Charles-Armand, le Marquis
de La Rouerie. 1750-1793. Charles-Armand Tuffin, le Marquis de
La Rouerie, like many in the French nobility, decided on a
career in the military at an early age. While still a young boy,
he entered the Garde de Corps, the Royal household troops of the
King of France. However, his career in the French army would not
last long. He would eventually be forced to resign after
wounding the King's cousin, the Comte de Bourbon-Besset, in a
duel. His career in the French military over, Armand decided to
go to America in 1776 in an attempt to revive his military
career. He joined the American army in 1776 and was given the
rank of colonel. George Washington authorized Armand to raise a
legion of volunteers. He was not having much luck recruiting
them himself, so, he decided to buy a legion of troops that had
already been raised by a Swiss major. The group of men that he
purchased would eventually become known as Armand's Legion.
Armand and his Legion foug