The first true post war president of LSU was Major David French Boyd. He first served with the 9th LA Inf, a Louisiana Tiger regiment serving with the army of Northern VA.
Yes, they the Fighting LSU Tigers and named after the Louisiana Fighting Tigers of Lee's Army.
Boyd ended up in the beautiful Trans-Miss later in the war. When captured by the yankees, he had $50,000 in Confederate money on him. He was taken to Vicksburg. Sherman, his old headmaster when they were both at the Louisiana College, forerunner of LSU, before the war, was contacted. Boyd was treated extremely well and left retaining the $50,000!
Geaux Tigers(both of them)!!!