Andrew Hero, Jr.

On 26 May 1861 as the 4 Companies of the Washington Artillery were mustered into Confederate service, Hero was 3rd Sergeant, Third Company. He was promoted to 1st Sergeant in November, 2nd Lieutenant in May 1862, and 1st Lieutenant in August.

He was wounded in action early on 17 September at Sharpsburg.

He was appointed to the rank of Captain and command of the battery on 27 February 1864 after Captain Miller was promoted, and served in that role til nearly the end of the War. He was again wounded at Petersburg, Virginia in April 1865 and captured there with his command.

He was a notary public, prominent land owner and attorney in New Orleans after the War. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US House of Representatives in 1886, and for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana in 1888. He remained active in the Washington Artilery - rising to be its Major, and was an Elk and a Mason.

Military service from Owen1 and Bergeron2, with biographical details from the guide (pdf) to his Papers in the Hill Memorial Library at the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. The image above is from an albumen photograph sold at auction by Cowen's in 2004.

1829; New Orleans, LA

1905