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1054:Bossier
1034:Higgins
1004:Caffery
959:Kellogg
954:Darrall
944:Darrall
939:Newsham
929:Perkins
904:Garland
899:Bullard
894:Overton
839:Maloney
829:Maloney
814:Gilmore
789:Coleman
779:Wallace
764:Sheldon
739:Bullard
664:Scalise
564:La SĂ©re
559:Slidell
362:CordĂłba
340:Vidalia
223:Captain
1599:Butler
1524:Aswell
1489:Breaux
1459:Lazaro
1434:Graves
1409:Rarick
1379:Favrot
1369:Morgan
1359:Favrot
1309:Letlow
1259:Wilson
1234:Newton
1169:Fields
1159:Roemer
1144:Brooks
1014:Tauzin
999:Willis
989:Mouton
984:Montet
979:Martin
949:Acklen
914:Dawson
869:Carter
754:Taylor
734:Conrad
719:Dawson
709:Ripley
704:Thomas
699:Gurley
659:Jindal
654:Vitter
639:HĂ©bert
599:Gibson
589:Sypher
579:Eustis
574:Dunbar
468:from
366:Mexico
311:Career
205:
187:
157:Mexico
1629:Clark
1539:Allen
1494:Hayes
1419:Baker
1344:Irion
1339:Lewis
1264:Mills
1254:Elder
1244:Baird
1224:Young
1209:Morey
1154:Leach
1124:Ogden
1104:Smith
1084:Vidal
1069:Jones
1059:Morse
1009:Treen
969:Price
889:Brent
819:Dupré
809:Davey
799:Davey
794:Lagan
784:Lagan
769:Ellis
714:Chinn
644:Tonry
619:Meyer
554:White
544:White
299:(now
260:from
1534:Dear
1499:John
1454:Pujo
1384:Kemp
1329:Nash
1229:King
1114:Elam
1109:Levy
924:Penn
804:Buck
774:Hahn
759:Mann
749:Hunt
604:Hunt
329:Ohio
229:Unit
214:Rank
143:Died
137:U.S.
120:Born
964:Gay
859:Cao
437:at
401:661
69:5th
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