Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot

Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot
Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot
	Charles Deschamps de Boishébert
Born	7 February 1727; Quebec
Died	9 January 1797 (aged 69); Raffetot, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France
Service/branch	Compagnies Franches de la Marine
Battles/wars	King George's War Battle at Port-la-Joye; Siege of Annapolis Royal (1746); Battle of Grand Pre; Father Le Loutre's War Skimmish at St. John; French and Indian War Raid on Lunenburg (1756); Battle of Petitcodiac; Siege of Louisbourg (1758); Siege of Thomaston, Maine; Raid on Friendship, Maine; Battle of Quebec;

Charles Deschamps de Boishébert (also known as Courrier du Bois, Bois Hebert) was a member of the Compagnies Franches de la Marine and was a significant leader of the Acadian militia's resistance to the Expulsion of the Acadians. He settled and tried to protect Acadians refugees along the rivers of New Brunswick. At Beaubears National Park on Beaubears Island, New Brunswick he settled refugee Acadians during the Expulsion of the Acadians.

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