Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie
Charles Henri Félicité Sapinaud de la Rairie (December 30, 1760 - August 12, 1829) was a French soldier and Vendéen general during the war in the Vendée. Life Sapinaud was born in La Gaubretière. In 1778, he enlisted as cadet gentilhomme in the Foix regiment (later renamed 83rd infantry regiment). He resigned from the army in 1789 as a lieutenant, and retired to his lands at La Gaubretière where he was elected mayor. In March 1793, the war in the Vendée broke loose and Sapinaud joined the insurgents serving under his uncle Charles Sapinaud de La Verrie, himself under the orders of Charles de Royrand, chief general of the Vendéens of the Catholic and Royal army of the Centre which originated from the east side of the Vendée department. Sapinaud de la Verrie was killed on 25 July 1793 near Chantonnay; Sapinaud de La Rairie succeeded him. In October, Sapinaud followed the Vendéen army during the Virée de Galerne, yet he was separated from the army at the Battle of Le Mans on December 13, 1793. Lost after the routing, he managed to gain military Vendée. Royrand died on November 5 after sicknesses and wounds, Sapinaud hence led the Catholic