Camille Armand Jules Marie Polignac, prince de (1832–1913)

French military officer. Served with French army during the Crimean War; resigned his commission in 1859. Travelled to Central America to study geography and botany. Fought for the confederacy in the American Civil War; began as lieutenant colonel of infantry, and eventually promoted to major general. Retired to his family estate in France. Fought in Franco-Prussian War, 1870–1.