{⋆★⋆} BG Hebert, Paul O.

Paul Octave Hebert​

Born: December 12, 1818

Birthplace: Plaquemine, Louisiana

Father: Paul Gaston "Pablo" Hebert 1796 – 1852

(Buried: Saint Raphael Cemetery, Bayou Goula, Louisiana)​

Mother: Marie Eugenia Hamilton 1797 – 1843

(Buried: Saint Raphael Cemetery, Bayou Goula, Louisiana)​

1st Wife: Marie Coralie Wills Vaughn 1829 – 1847

(Buried: Saint Raphael Cemetery, Bayou Goula, Louisiana)​

2nd Wife: Penelope Lynch

Children:

Paul Octave Hebert Jr. 1869 – 1932​

(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Education:

1836: Graduated from Jefferson College – (1st​ in class)​

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1840: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (1st​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1840 – 1845: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army Engineers​

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1840 – 1841: Assistant on the U.S. Army Board of Engineers​

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1841 – 1842: Assistant Engineering Professor at West Point​

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1842 – 1845: Assistant Engineer Western Passes of New Orleans​

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1845: Resigned from United States Army on March 31st​​

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1845 – 1847: Louisiana State Chief Engineer​

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1847 – 1848: Lt. Colonel of United States Army, 14th​ Infantry​

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1847: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Molino del Rey​

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1848: Disbanded from his regiment on July 25th​​

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1848 – 1861: Planter in Iberville Parish, Louisiana​

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1852: Member of Louisiana State Constitutional Convention​

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1853 – 1856: Governor of Louisiana​

Civil War Career:

1861: Member of Louisiana Military Board organize Militia – defenses​

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1861: Colonel of 1st​ Louisiana State Artillery​

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1861: Brigadier General of Louisiana State Militia​

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1861 – 1865: Brigadier General Provisional Army of the Confederacy​

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Commander of Louisiana Troops in Trans – Mississippi Department​

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1862: Commander of Confederate Army Department of Texas​

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1862: Dismissed by President Davis for imposition of martial law​

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1863: Participated in the Defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana​

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1863 – 1865: Served the rest of the War in Texas​

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1880: Farmer in Irbeville Parish, Louisiana​

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1873 – 1880: Member of Mississippi Levee Commission​

Died: August 29, 1880

Place of Death: New Orleans, Louisiana

Age at time of Death: 62 years old

Burial Place: Saint Raphael Cemetery, Bayou Goula, Louisiana

 

[Pollaco]

I am assuming Him and Louis Hebert were some sort of kin, they were both from Louisiana.

 

[Pollaco]

I've read that He ''attempted to relieve pressure on Vicksburg from the Louisiana side of the river but failed". Just what was it the He attempted to do?