Cl%C3%A9ment Gosselin


Clment Gosselin was a French Canadian soldier who served in Moses Hazens 2nd Canadian Regiment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He recruited other French Canadians, assisted in American operations during and after the Battle of Quebec, and, following the American retreat from Quebec in 1776, continued to serve in Hazens regiment. Included in that service were spy missions to the province of Quebec.

Clment Gosselin was born in 1747. He was the youngest of a large family living in SainteFamille, on the eastern side of le dOrlans east of the city of Quebec. At the time of the British invasion of 1759 Gosselin was twelve years old.

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