Édouard-André Barnard
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Édouard-André Barnard was a Lower Canada
born militia officer. He was trained as a lawyer, generally well educated and, through family circumstances, a farmer for some time at the family property in Trois-Rivières
. His father was Edward Barnard
, a politician from Trois-Rivières.
Barnard eventually gravitated toward a career in the militia. By 1867, now a major, he offered his services to Bishop Ignace Bourget
and put together a force to assist Pope Pius IX
in defending against attacks on the Papal State by Giuseppe Garibaldi
. The defenses were successful, but many questioned his motives, and he soon returned to farming.
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
born militia officer. He was trained as a lawyer, generally well educated and, through family circumstances, a farmer for some time at the family property in Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers. It is situated in the Mauricie administrative region, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour...
. His father was Edward Barnard
Edward Barnard (politician)
Edward Barnard was a politician from Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.-Background:He was born around 1806. A son, Édouard-André Barnard, gained some notability as a militia officer in Lower Canada....
, a politician from Trois-Rivières.
Barnard eventually gravitated toward a career in the militia. By 1867, now a major, he offered his services to Bishop Ignace Bourget
Ignace Bourget
Ignace Bourget was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several courses of religious study, and in 1837 was named co-adjutor bishop of the newly...
and put together a force to assist Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX
Blessed Pope Pius IX , born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal...
in defending against attacks on the Papal State by Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and...
. The defenses were successful, but many questioned his motives, and he soon returned to farming.