 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa9 Gumiguru 1754, Charbonnier akaberekwa ari mwanakomana wemucheki weshangu muClamecy, taundi rakazova dhipatimendi reNièvre. Somurume muduku, akanyoresa muVintimille Regiment somurwiwo zvake muna 1780. Rejimendi racho rakazotumidzwa zita rokuti 49th Line Infantry. Varwi biyake vakamupa zita remadunhurirwa rokuti Fleur dOrange Ruva reOrange. Pana 18 July 1789 akabatana neNational Guard yeParis. Gare gare gore iroro, akabuda somukuru mukuru muClamecy National Guard. Nokukurumidza akagadzwa kaputeni wekambani mu1st Nièvre Volunteer Battalion, akakwira muchikamu chef de bataillon mukuru pakutanga kwe1792. Musi wa 21 Gunyana 1792 akasarudzwa semutevedzeri wemutungamiri we21st National Volunteers Battalion. Paaiva neMauto ekuchamhembe akarwa pasi paCharles François Dumouriez muhondo dzeJemappesuye Neerwinden. Murayiridzo wechiFrench wehondo yeJemappes hauna kududza Battalion yechi21. Zvisinei, 1st Nièvre Battalion yakashanda mu14th Brigade muLeft Wing pasi paJean Henri Becays Ferrand. Charbonnier akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru webrigade musi wa14 Mbudzi 1793. 