Louis Marie Turreau

Louis Marie Turreau (4 July 1756, Évreux, Eure – 10 December 1816, Conches), also known as Turreau de Garambouville or Turreau de Linières, is a French general officer of the French Revolutionary Wars.

He is most notable as the organizer of the colonnes infernales during the war in the Vendée, which massacres tens of thousands of Vendéens and ravages the countryside.

He attains army command, but without notable military accomplishments.

Under the First French Empire, he pursues a career as a high functionary, becoming ambassador to the United States, then a baron d'Empire.

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