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1805-07-28

Dessalines named Christophe commander in chief of the army and distributed the military divisions, giving Pétion the second division of the West at Port-au-Prince.

Haitian

Everything went on being organized: on 28 July the Emperor raised Christophe to the command in chief of his army; Paul Romain to the command of the 1st division of the North, whose chief town was at Limbé, Cappois to the command of the 2nd division of the North, whose chief town was at Cap; Gabart to the command of the 1st division of the West, whose chief town was at Marchand; Pétion to the command of the 2nd division of the West, whose chief town was at Port-au-Prince; Geffrard to the command of the 1st division of the South, whose chief town was at Les Cayes; Jean-Louis François to the command of the 2nd division of the South, whose chief town was at Anse-à-Veau (1); Vernet was called to the ministry of finance and of the interior (2); Gérin to that of war and of the navy (3).

Source  ·  p. 87 Joseph Saint-Rémy (des Cayes), Pétion et Haïti: étude monographique et historique, tome 4 (Paris: Auguste Durand, 1857), p. 87; English translation, Rasanblaj.