Antoine James de Marigny

Antoine James de Marigny
Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville in the French officer’s uniform 1832 or -33, by Jean Joseph Vaudechamp.
Nickname(s)	Mandeville
Born	November 21, 1811 New Orleans, Territory of Orleans
Died	June 3, 1890 (age 78) New Orleans, Louisiana
Allegiance	France  Louisiana  United States
Service/branch	French Army  Confederate States Army
Rank	Colonel
Unit	10th Louisiana Infantry
Battles/wars	Peninsula Campaign, Battle of Fredericksburg

Antoine Jacques Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (1811–1890), (also known as Antoine James de Marigny and Mandeville de Marigny), was the son of Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville and Anna Mathilde Morales, and the son-in-law of William C. C. Claiborne, the first Governor of Louisiana after statehood. He was a planter, merchant, military officer, and U.S. Marshal for eastern Louisiana.

As a young man, he attended the Academy of St. Cyr and the Royal Cavalry School at Saumur in the 1830s, before serving two to three years as a lieutenant in the French Cavalry.

In New Orleans, he married Sophronie Louise Claiborne, daughter of Governor William C. C. Claiborne. The couple had two daughters who died in infancy, Marie Felicité and Felicité Medora, and a son, James Mandeville Marigny (1849-1884).

During the American Civil War, he was a colonel in the 10th Louisiana Infantry ('French Brigade', 'French Legion') and served in Virginia.

He resided for much of his life in St. Tammany Parish, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. In the 1870 U.S. Census, he is listed there in the community of Lewisburg.

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