Signature Unit 2nd Virginia Regiment | Service/branch Continental Army Name Marquis Calmes | |
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Allegiance United States of America Years of service 1776-1779 American Revolution
1812-1813 War of 1812 Battles/wars American Revolutionary War
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Monmouth
War of 1812
Battle of Thames Relations Wife: Priscilla Hale (1759–unknown) Died February 27, 1834, Versailles, Kentucky, United States Battles and wars American Revolutionary War Rank Captain, Brigadier general | ||
Other work Kentucky General Assembly | ||
Marquis Calmes IV (born 26 February 1755) was an American military leader. His father was the Marquis de La Cal met (Anglicized to Calmes), a Huguenot nobleman. Calmes' mother was Lucy Neville.
Calmes was born in Shenandoah, Virginia. As a young man, he was sent abroad to be educated. When the American Revolution started, he returned to Virginia. He raised and equipped a company at his own expense, and joined the 2nd Virginia Regiment as a lieutenant.
At the Battle of Brandywine, Colonel Thomas Marshall, the commander of the Second Regiment, was seriously injured. Calmes replaced Marshall at the battle. Calmes was then promoted to Captain.
Calmes served in the Second Regiment until the conclusion of his term of service in 1779. He left Virginia and made his way to Kentucky, where he settled near Colonel Marshall in Woodford County, Kentucky. Calmes was one of the founders of Versailles, Kentucky. He married Priscilla Hale.
In 1795, he served in the Kentucky State Legislature.
During the War of 1812, Calmes was promoted to Brigadier General and given command of a brigade of Kentucky riflemen. He served under William Henry Harrison.
Following the War of 1812, Calmes returned again to his estate near Versailles. He died on February 27, 1834.