Gen Mouton Memorial	Gen Mouton Memorial
Historical Marker (See inscription below)

   Two prominent Confederate soldiers are buried in Lafayette (in St. John's Cemetary), Major-General Franklin Gardner and Brigadier-General Alfred A. Mouton. Gardner, a native of New York City and a graduate of West Point, married into the Mouton family of Louisiana and in 1841 offered his sword to the South. His most important service during the war was as commander of the Port Hudson garrison, which endured one of the longest sieges in military history. After the war he became a planter near Lafayette, then known as Vermillionville. Mouton, who was born in Opelousas, was also a graduate of West Point. He served meritoriously at Shiloh and was then assigned to his native state. On April 8, 1864, he was killed while leading a charge at the battle of Mansfield.