 He wanted to see the wounded, even the most humble of them, and to shake their hands; and they died the happier, comforted by his visit.The old Haymarket Square (Place du Marché-au-Blé) in Courbet's home town of Abbeville was renamed Place de l'Amiral Courbet by the city authorities in July 1885, shortly after the news of Courbet's death reached France.The town of Zemmouri in Algeria was renamed Courbet in 1886, and kept the name until 1962.