Franklin Gardner
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Franklin Kitchell Gardner was a Confederate major general in the American Civil War, noted for his service at the Siege of Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Gardner built extensive fortifications
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Alexandre Mouton
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Alexandre Mouton was a Cajun planter and politician who served as the first Democratic Governor of Louisiana from 1843 to 1846. He previously served in the Louisiana State Legislature, as U.S. Senator
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…Among his classmates were Ulysses S. Grant, Rufus Ingalls, and Samuel G. French. He married Marie Celeste Mouton, the daughter of Louisiana Governor Alexander Mouton, shortly thereafter. His wife's brother, Alfred Mouton, also became a prominent Confederate general. Gardner's older sister became the second wife of…
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Île Copal Plantation located near Lafayette.