Lawrence Rousseau

Lawrence Rousseau (July 15, 1790, New Orleans, Spanish Empire – September 4, 1866, New Orleans, United States) was a United States Navy (USN) and Confederate States Navy (CSN) officer. When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, he was the highest-ranking and longest-serving USN officer to join the Confederate side. He was the senior CSN officer from 1861 to 1862 and later on (after more senior officers had surrendered). He and the last organized remnant of the CSN surrendered at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, on May 4 or 10, 1865.