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Jean Baptiste Plauché

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Name
  
Jean Plauche

Role
  
Politician


Died
  
1860

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Rank
  
Brigadier General, Louisiana Legion

Battles/wars
  
War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans

Other work
  
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

Battles and wars
  
War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans

Allegiance
  
United States of America

Jean Baptiste Plauché (28 January 1785 – 2 January 1860) was a Louisiana soldier and politician. He was Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, from 1850 to 1853 serving under Governor Joseph M. Walker.

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Family

He was married to Mathilde St. Amand (22 October 1791 – 26 October 1840), by whom he had seven children.

War of 1812

In the Battle of New Orleans, Major Plauché headed the Battalion of Orleans (New Orleans city) uniformed militia. At the time (December 1814 – early January 1815), he was just twenty-nine years old.

Tributes

Camp Plauché, a troop staging area near Harahan, Louisiana, during World War II, was named in his honor.

References

Jean Baptiste Plauché Wikipedia