Marshal Ney, the American Mystery The forensic pathologist and anthropologist Philippe Charlier tackles a legend surrounding one of the most famous and flamboyant figures of the First Empire: Marshal Ney, nicknamed 'the bravest of the brave' by Napoleon. Officially, his body rests in a mausoleum in Père Lachaise after he was executed by firing squad in 1815, at the age of 46. The only small, yet major, problem is that there is another tomb in his name in a cemetery in North Carolina—