Cecilia in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Louis Hebert

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, June 7, 2012

1. Louis Hebert Marker

Inscription. Approximately 100 yards to the West is the probable resting place of General Louis Hebert, C.S.A. Born in Iberville Parish in 1820, Hebert was graduated from West Point in 1845 third in his class. After an army service of two years, he resigned to manage his family's sugar interests. Before the war he was a member of the state senate and chief engineer of Louisiana. During the war he fought at Wilson's Creek, Elkhorn, Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg and Fort Fisher. He was an editor and teacher after the war in Iberville and St. Martin Parishes and lived until 1901.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1820.

Location. 30° 20.285′ N, 91° 51.207′ W. Marker is in Cecilia, Louisiana, in St. Martin Parish. It is at the intersection of Bushville Highway (State Highway 347) and Hilda Calais Road, on the right when traveling north on Bushville Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2184 Bushville Hwy, Cecilia LA 70521, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Acadiana — Cajun Country

and specifically in Bayou Country. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

Acadia,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stephanie-Martin Duralde House (approx. 1.9 miles away); Poché's (approx. 3½ miles away); Welcome to Poché Bridge (approx. 3½ miles away); Atchafalaya Floodway

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(approx. 4.3 miles away); The Valery Thibodeaux House (approx. 5 miles away); Legend of Bayou Teche/La Legendè Du Bayou Teche (approx. 5.1 miles away); Welcome to Breaux Bridge (approx. 5.1 miles away); Breaux Bridge, Louisiana / Pont de Breaux, Louisiane (approx. 5.1 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2015. This page has been viewed 692 times since then and 30 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 3, 2015, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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