article_snippet.sent: His name: Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
article_snippet.sent: Lafayette carried prized cargo -- news from King Louis XVI that France was throwing men, guns and treasure behind the Colonies, according to a historical summary on L'Hermione's website.  
article_snippet.sent: Lafayette, who had been wounded in the Revolutionary War had gone back to his homeland to lobby on behalf of Washington, who was also one of his close friends.
article_snippet.sent: Lafayette rejoined the fight on the front lines in Virginia, while L'Hermione did sea battle with L'Hermione 32 guns against the English farther north.
article_snippet.sent: In Chesapeake Bay, L'Hermione joined the blockade that led the British to surrender.
article_snippet.sent: After the Revolutionary War, Lafayette returned to live in France.