Jean Lafitte was probably the most famous French-speaker at the Battle of New Orleans, fought Jan. 8, 1815. But there were some others — mostly former Napoleonic soldiers — who made a good account of themselves.
One of the most noted of them was Joseph Paul Antoine Garrigues de Flaugeac, who returned to his home in St. Landry Parish after the fight with the rank of brigadier general in the state…