Aimé Picquet du Boisguy

Infobox Military Person
name =Aimé Picquet du Boisguy


nickname="Le petit général"
born =15 March 1776
placeofbirth =Fougères
died =25 October 1839
placeofdeath=Paris
allegiance=
rank=Maréchal de camp
branch =Cavalry and infantry
serviceyears=1791 - 1800
1816 - 1830
battles=
commands =Armée royale de Rennes et de Fougères
battles =Chouannerie
War in the Vendée Virée de Galerne
Battle of Entrammes
Battle of Fougères
Siege of Granville
Siege of Angers
Battle of Le Mans
Battle of Argentré
First battle of Saint-James
Battle of Le Rocher de La Piochais
Battle of Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes
Battle of Valennes
Battle of Maisonneuve
Second battle of Saint-James
Battle of Les Tombettes
awards=Chevalier de Saint-Louis
Commander of the Légion d'honneur
relatives=Brothers:
Louis Picquet du Boisguy
Guy Picquet du Boisguy
Oncle:
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
Brother-in-law:
Toussaint du Breil de Pontbriand
caption =Drawing by Penguilly, 1844.

Aimé Casimir Marie Picquet, chevalier du Boisguy, sometimes spelt Bois-Guy, (15 March 1776, Fougères - 25 October 1839, Paris) was a French chouan general during the French Revolution. He was nicknamed "the little general" by his men due to his youth. Still a child at the outbreak of the Revolution, he signalled his precocity to fight on the Royalist side, joining the Association bretonne at 15 and becoming aide de camp to La Rouërie. At 17 he was made leader of the chouannerie in the pays de Fougères, and a general at 19. Boisguy made the north-east of the Ille-et-Vilaine one of the most active areas of the Breton chouannerie, and showed himself an excellent tactician. Rarely beaten, the chouans there were among the best organised and best disciplined. Fighting in uniform from the end of 1795 and made up of elite troops, even so they suffered from a lack of cavalry and a near-total lack of artillery. The Republicans had to raise major forces to defeat them, and then only with difficulty. In both 1796 and 1800, Boisguy was the last general to surrender, making him one of the main figures of the chouannerie.