ALEXANDRE MOUTON was born in Attakapas County, (Lafayette Parish today), Louisiana on November 19, 1804. His education was attained at Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. He studied law, was admitted…

ISAAC JOHNSON was born St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana on November 1, 1803. His early education was attained through private tutoring. He studied law, was admitted to the…

JOSEPH M. WALKER was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 1, 1784. Although his education was limited, he became well read on many subjects, and was fluent in Spanish,…

PAUL O. HEBERT was born in Iberville Parish, Louisiana on December 12, 1818. His education was attained at Jefferson College, where he finished first in his 1836 graduating class. He…

ROBERT WICKLIFFE was born in Bardstown, Kentucky on January 6, 1819. His father was Charles A., governor of Kentucky and U.S. postmaster general. His education was attained at St. Joseph's…

GEORGE F. SHEPLEY was born in Saco, Maine on January 1, 1819. He was educated at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1837, and at Dane Law School, from…

THOMAS O. MOORE was born in Sampson County, North Carolina on April 10, 1804. His education was limited and attained in the common schools of his native state. In 1829,…

HENRY W. ALLEN was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia on April 29, 1820. His early education was attained in the common schools of his native state. After moving to…

MICHAEL HAHN was born in Klingenmunster, Bavaria, Germany on November 24, 1830. Around 1840, his family immigrated to America, settling first in New York, and finally settling in Louisiana, where…

JAMES M. WELLS was born near Alexandria, Louisiana on January 8, 1808. His education was attained at the Alden Partridge Military Academy in Connecticut, at St. Joseph's College in Kentucky,…

BENJAMIN F. FLANDERS was born in Bristol, New Hampshire on January 26, 1816. His education was attained at the New Hampton Academy and at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated…

JOSHUA BAKER was born in Mason County, Kentucky on March 23, 1799. His early education was attained through tutors and through home schooling. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy…