His father, Etienne Henri Plauché, had emigrated from Marseille, France, to Louisiana when he was 25 and established himself in New Orleans, where he earned a reputation as an "honest and industrious man".

[2] Plauché started out as a cotton trade merchant, but was later elected leader of the Battalion D'Orleans, which consisted of New Orleans Businessmen and shopkeepers, veterans of Napoleon Bonaparte, local Native Americans, and members of the famed pirate Jean Lafitte, who drilled weekly and furnished their own uniforms.

After being summoned to the city, the troops ran 5 miles from the fort to the Vieux Carré, being one of the first of Jackson's men to arrive.

Your conduct, sir, gives you the best founded claims to its gratitude, and has secured to you the sincere regard of your humble and obedient servant.

He helped his brother, Judge Joseph Alexander Plauché (who was also Major General in the Battle of New Orleans), survey and map the Avoyelles Parish Territory for the United States Government, where Joseph's three sons, Etienne, François, and Martin Visitant Plauché founded the town of Plaucheville.

He also provided financial aid to former president Andrew Jackson, giving him a loan of $7000 after his crops failed in 1841 at his Nashville residence.

In doing so, they beg leave to assure the members of the legion of the high sense of their gallantry and devotion, and of the pleasure it affords them to be the medium through which is offered this well merited tribute of respect to a corps.

[4] The Jackson Day Race was established, following the same route Plauché and his troops followed from Spanish Fort to the French Quarter, celebrated annually