Paul Octave Hebert
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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