{⋆★⋆} BG Hebert, Paul O.

Paul Octave Hebert

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

Occupation before War:

1840 – 1845: 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers​
1840 – 1841: Assistant on the U.S. Army Board of Engineers​
1841 – 1842: Assistant Engineering Professor at West Point​
1842 – 1845: Assistant Engineer Western Passes of New Orleans​
1845: Resigned from United States Army on March 31st
1845 – 1847: Louisiana State Chief Engineer​
1847 – 1848: Lt. Colonel of United States Army, 14th Infantry​
1847: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Molino del Rey​
1848: Disbanded from his regiment on July 25th
1848 – 1861: Planter in Iberville Parish, Louisiana​
1852: Member of Louisiana State Constitutional Convention​
1853 – 1856: Governor of Louisiana​

Civil War Career:

1861: Member of Louisiana Military Board organize Militia – defenses​
1861: Colonel of 1st Louisiana State Artillery​
1861: Brigadier General of Louisiana State Militia​
1861 – 1865: Brigadier General Provisional Army of the Confederacy​
Commander of Louisiana Troops in Trans – Mississippi Department​
1862: Commander of Confederate Army Department of Texas​
1862: Dismissed by President Davis for imposition of martial law​
1863: Participated in the Defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi​
1863: Participated in the Battle of Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana​
1863 – 1865: Served the rest of the War in Texas​

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1880: Farmer in Irbeville Parish, Louisiana​
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
 
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