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Louis Hébert (March 13, 1820 – January 20, 1901) was an American educator, civil engineer, writer and soldier who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . Relief portrait of Hébert by T.A.R. Kitson at Vicksburg National Military Park.
By Mike Jones. Historians have paid little attention to one of Louisiana's greatest generals in the War Between the States Louis Hebert. But this South Louisiana Acadian had an outstanding combat record in the war and even ''out-engineered'' Ulysses S. Grant during the Siege of Vicksburg.
General Earl Van Dorn In the Battle of Pea Ridge on 7–8 March 1862, the 3rd Louisiana was commanded by Major Tunnard since Colonel Hebert was promoted to brigade commander. The regiment sustained casualties of 10 killed, 15 wounded, and 42 missing during the fighting. [10]
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Apr 10, 2015 · He was elected to the state senate in 1853 and was appointed the State Engineer in 1855. Between 1856 and the beginning of the war, he was a Colonel in the state militia. When Louisiana seceded, Hébert was elected Colonel of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry. He was a capable leader and was extremely popular with his troops.
Hebert's capture at Pea Ridge/Elkhorn Tavern may have caused the Confederate defeat there. The wing of the army that included Hebert's 3rd Louisiana had already lost its commander, Texas Brig. Gen. Ben McCullough, and second-in-command Arkansas Brig. Gen. James Macintosh, both of whom had been killed, leaving West Pointer Hebert in command.
Mar 24, 2023 · American Civil War Hébert was commissioned Colonel of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment on May 11, 1861. [3] [4] He fought with his regiment at the Battle of Wilson's Creek. [4] . He led Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch's infantry brigade at the Pea Ridge on March 7, 1862 while McCulloch led the brigade's division.
Louis Hébert (c. 1575 – 25 January 1627) is widely considered the first European apothecary in the region that would later become Canada, as well as the first European to farm in said region. He was born around 1575 at 129 de la rue Saint-Honoré in Paris to Nicolas Hébert and Jacqueline Pajot.
