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Brig. Gen. Francis T. Nicholls born

Aug. 20,1834 in Donaldsonville, La., an 1855 graduate
of West Point, served in 3rd U.S. Artillery, resigned, and became
  a lawyer in Louisiana. Joined the Confederate
Army in 1861, served as a colonel of the 8th La. Inf.,
lost his left leg at the 1st Battle of Winchester, Va.
promoted to brigadier general, lost his left arm at the
Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. After the war, he served
two terms as the governor of Louisiana and as chief justice
of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was married to
Caroline Zilpha Guion and had 7 children. He died
January 4, 1912, near. Thibodaux, La. and is buried at 
St. John Episcopal Cemetery in Thibodaux, La.