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Antoine James de Marigny

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Nickname(s)
  
Mandeville

Parents
  
Bernard de Marigny

Role
  
Bernard de Marigny's son


Name
  
Antoine de

Rank
  
Colonel

Unit
  
10th Louisiana Infantry

Antoine James de Marigny

Allegiance
  
France  Louisiana  United States

Service/branch
  
French Army  Confederate States Army

Battles/wars
  
Peninsula Campaign, Battle of Fredericksburg

Died
  
1890, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Grandparents
  
Pierre Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville

Great-grandparents
  
Antoine Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville

Battles and 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.

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Youth & personal 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.

In New Orleans, he married Sophronie Louise Claiborne, daughter of Governor William C. C. Claiborne. The couple had two daughters who died in infancy, Marie Felicité and Felicité Medora, and a son, James Mandeville Marigny (1849-1884). There was also a daughter named Marie Suzette (Thomas), according to a descendant's memorial on Find a Grave.

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.

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

Antoine James de Marigny Wikipedia