Antoine James de Marigny

Antoine James de Marigny

Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville in the French officer’s uniform [1] 1832, by Jean Joseph Vaudechamp.
Nickname(s) Mandeville
Born November 21, 1811
New Orleans
Died June 3, 1890 (age 78)
New Orleans
Allegiance  France
 Confederate States
Service/branch France French Army
Louisiana Louisiana Militia
Rank Colonel
Unit Louisiana 10th Louisiana Infantry[2]
Battles/wars Peninsula Campaign, Battle of Fredericksburg

Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (1811-1890), (also known as Antoine James de Marigny and Mandeville de Marigny), was the son of Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville and Anna Mathilde Morales, and the son-in-law of William C. C. Claiborne, the first Governor of Louisiana after statehood. He was a planter, merchant, military officer, and U.S. Marshal for eastern Louisiana.

Early life

As a young man, he attended the Academy of St. Cyr and the Royal Cavalry School at Saumur in the 1830s, before serving two to three years as a lieutenant in the French Cavalry.[3]

In New Orleans, he married Sophronie Louise Claiborne.[4] The couple had three or four daughters.

American Civil War

During the American Civil War, he was a colonel in the 10th Louisiana Infantry ("French Brigade, French Legion") and served in Virginia.[5][6]

St. Tammany Parish

He resided for much of his life in St. Tammany Parish, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. In the 1870 U.S. Census, he is listed there in the community of Lewisburg.

References

  1. ↑ "Paintings panel". The Louisiana State Museum.
  2. ↑ "M378 roll 18". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
  3. ↑ King, Grace (1921). Creole Families of New Orleans. Macmillan. p. 39.
  4. ↑ King p. 40, 58
  5. ↑ King p. 40
  6. ↑ Brooks, Thomas Walter; Jones, Michael Dan (1995). Lee's Foreign Legion: A History of the 10th Louisiana Infantry. Gravenhurst, Ontario: Watts Printing.