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Antoine James de Marigny
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Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville in the French officer’s uniform [1] from the Orleans Lancers of the Louisiana Militia, by Jean Joseph Vaudechamp.
Nickname Mandeville
Born 1811
Died 1890 (aged 78–79)
Place of birth New Orleans, Louisiana
Allegiance Flag of France France
Confederate National Flag since Mar 4 1865 Confederate States
Service/branch France French Army
Louisiana Louisiana Militia
Rank CSAColonel Colonel
Unit Louisiana 10th Louisiana Volunteers[2]
Battles/wars Battle of Fredericksburg

Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (also known as Antoine James de Marigny and Mandeville DeMarigny) was the son of Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville and the son-in-law of William C. C. Claiborne, the first governor of Louisiana.

He attended the Academy of St. Cyr in the 1830s before briefly serving in the French Army.[3]

During the American Civil War, he was a colonel in the 10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (" French Brigade, French Legion") and served in Virginia.[4][5]

He married Sophronia Louise Claiborne, daughter of the first Governor of Louisiana.[6]

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  1. "Painting's panel". The Louisiana State Museum. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CQnXP3mER1U/UC7i3ZFF3II/AAAAAAAATqo/GG_qDdoc5RI/s1600/New+Orleans+061.jpg. 
  2. "M378 roll 18". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 14, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080814171239/http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 
  3. King, Grace (1921). Creole Families of New Orleans. Macmillan. pp. 39. http://books.google.com/books?id=cXQOAAAAIAAJ. 
  4. King p. 40
  5. Brooks, Thomas Walter; Jones, Michael Dan (1995). Lee's Foreign Legion: A History of the 10th Louisiana Infantry. Gravenhurst, Ontario: Watts Printing. 
  6. King p. 40, 58
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