Jean Baptiste Legrand

1824 - 1862  (37 years)

• Name	Jean Baptiste Legrand
  Born	1 Nov 1824	Festubert, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jun 1862	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
  Buried	Woodbine Cemetery Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg City, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I8212	OGrady Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Marie Aspasie Blanchard,   b. 11 Jan 1830, Louisiana, United States ,   d. Deceased
  Married	20 Jun 1852	Louisiana, United States
  Children	+ 1. Christine Annette Legrand,   b. 6 Feb 1853, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 28 May 1937, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F3080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9906974/baptiste-baptiste-legrand Co.C,8th La.Inf.Regt.-CSA Jean Baptiste Legrand was born in France in 1824 and came to the United States in 1848, settling in South Louisiana. In 1862, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in Company C of the 8th Louisiana Infantry, known as the Attakapas Guard, commanded by Alcibiades DeBlanc. The 8th Regiment marched to Virginia to fight the Battle of Manassas. Legrand, however, fell ill prior to the battle and was hospitalized at Harrisonburg. He died there sometime between June 30 and Sept. 26 of 1862. His death was listed in the Rockingham Register under the name of G.B. Legrand.