Le Général Jean Baptiste Plauché
Portrait du Général Plauché, painted by Jean Joseph Vaudechamp (1836, oil on canvas), donated to the Louisiana State Museum (New Orleans, La.) by the Forstall family.
(Portrait courtesy of Scott Plauché, a descendant of Jean Baptiste.)
| Biography | Biographie |
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| Major Jean Baptiste Plauché served under general Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. Plauché headed the New Orleans uniformed militia companies. (See also...) | Le major Jean Baptiste Plauché commanda le bataillon créole à la bataille de la Nouvelle Orléans. Après la cessation des hostilités, il devint colonel de la Légion de la Louisiane, puis son premier Brigadier-Général. |
| Jean Baptiste Plauché was to become the second lieutenant governor of Louisiana, during the term of governor Joseph Walker (from 1850 to 1853). They were the first elected officers to be sworn in at the new State Capitol in Baton Rouge, June 28, 1850. | Jean Baptiste Plauché fut le deuxième vice-gouverneur de la Louisiane, de 1850 à 1853, sous le gouverneur Joseph Walker. Ils furent les premiers élus à prêter serment dans le nouveau Capitole de Baton Rouge, le 28 juin 1850. |
| He died in 1860, aged 75. | Décédé en 1860, à l'âge de 75 ans. Il fut enterré avec les honneurs militaires au cimetière Saint Louis. |
The United States and Louisiana remembered his contribution in both capacities by naming a World War II army training facility Camp Plauché. The camp was located near Harahan, a suburb of New Orleans, and was used as the Transportation Corps Training Center and the Transportation Corps Officer Candidate School.
