Jedediah Quigley

Major Jedediah Quigley was an officer in the United States Army during the Great War. He was assigned to the Quebecois front and was given command of an occupation garrison headquartered in Riviere-du-Loup. He worked closely with Father Pascal Talon.

Quincy spoke French and developed an appreciation for Quebecois culture. This made him a relatively effective liaison with the local civilian population, and he gradually inspired acceptance of and respect for the US and loyalty to the newfound Republic of Quebec.

Quincy left Quebec after the end of the Great War. In 1941, now some years retired, he returned to Riviere-du-Loup to convince Leonard O'Doull, with whom he'd dealt during the Great War when he purchased the land for the hospital to which O'Doull was assigned from Lucien Galtier, to rejoin the US Army Medical Corps for the Second Great War.