Antoine James de Marigny

Antoine James de Marigny
Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville in the officer’s uniform from the Orleans Lancers of the Louisiana Militia, by Jean Joseph Vaudechamp.
Nickname	Mandeville
Born	1811 New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	1890
Service/branch	French Army Louisiana Militia 10th Louisiana Volunteers[1]
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Battle of Fredericksburg

Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (also known as Antoine James de Marigny and Mandeville DeMarigny) was the son of Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville and the son-in-law of William C. C. Claiborne, the first governor of Louisiana.

He attended the Academy of St. Cyr in the 1830s before briefly serving in the French Army.^[2]

During the American Civil War, he was a colonel in the 10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (" French Brigade, French Legion") and served in Virginia.^[3][4]

He married Sophronia Louise Claiborne, daughter of the first Governor of Louisiana.^[5]

References

1. ^ "M378 roll 18". National Park Service. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 
2. ^ King, Grace (1921). Creole Families of New Orleans. Macmillan. pp. 39. http://books.google.com/books?id=cXQOAAAAIAAJ. 
3. ^ King p. 40
4. ^ Brooks, Thomas Walter; Jones, Michael Dan (1995). Lee's Foreign Legion: A History of the 10th Louisiana Infantry. Gravenhurst, Ontario: Watts Printing. 
5. ^ King p. 40, 58

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Name	De Marigny, Antoine James
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Date of birth	1811
Place of birth	New Orleans, Louisiana
Date of death	1890
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