Confederate+Generals+-+Pierre+Gustave+Toutant+(P.+G.+T.)+Beauregard

**__ Early Life __**  · Born May 28, 1818 in St. Bernard Parrish Louisiana to a white Creole family · Mother- Helene Judith de Reggio Toutant-Beauregard · Father- Jacques Toutan-Beauregard · He had six siblings · Beauregard had great military history on both his mother and father’s side, and loved the military from a very young age · He was loved by his peers and teachers for being studious, modest, and fair  *Perhaps the best example of his love of the military is the story of his First Communion at age ten. During this honored and solemn ceremony, he made it only halfway down the aisle when he heard a drum roll. Another drum roll soon followed and after hesitating for just a second, young Beauregard turned and sprinted down the isle and out of the church. From this childhood fixation, one could guess where his future career path might lead him. 
 * Pierre Gustave Toutant (P. G. T.) Beauregard **
 * __ Early Schooling and College __**

 · He attended prominent schools in New Orleans as a young boy · Attended a boarding school in New York City for ages 11-16, where his instructors were former French Army officers · While in New York, along with affirming his love for the military, Beauregard learned and adopted the English language above his native French tongue

·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> He enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point at age 16 ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Here, he dropped his first initial and became G. T. Beauregard ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Beauregard excelled as an artilleryman and engineer ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Graduated second in his class of 45 in 1838 ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> At the Military Academy, one of his instructors was Robert Anderson, who would later, ironically, surrender to Beauregard at Fort Sumter <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Here he also gained the nickname Little Napoleon, after the French officer whom he admire d

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__ United States Army Service __**

·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">   <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> P. G. T. Beauregard began to serve in the United States army in 1847 under Major-General Winfield Scott during the Mexican-American War ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> He proved his merit and discipline in many battles in the valley of Mexico ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> He won two brevets during the war, the first to Captain and the second to Major ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Following the war, he led the “Mississippi and Lake Defenses in Louisiana” ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Was also the superintendent of the Military Academy, a position he held for only a few days before resigning due to growing tension between the North and South **__Civil War History__** ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">   In 1861, he became the first Confederate brigadier general, and commanded forces at Charleston, South Carolina ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Beauregard ordered the first shots of the war on April 12, 1861 and Union Major Robert Anderson surrendered to him <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">on April 14 <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> On July 21, 1861, G. T. Beauregard became a full Confederate General and played an important role in the First Battle of Manassas by constantly rallying the troops ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Following this battle, friction between General Beauregard and President Jefferson Davis intensified due to several disagreements ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> After Manassas, he became second-in-command to General Albert Sydney Johnston in the Army of Mississippi ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> These two generals launched their troops against those of Ulysses Grant in the Battle of Shiloh, and Gen. Beauregard had to take command after Gen. Johnston suffered a fatal wound ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Beauregard met Grant again shortly after in the Siege of Corinth ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> He took an unannounced medical leave after Corinth, which angered President Davis, who then stationed Beauregard back at Charleston, much to the general’s dismay ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The year later, Gen. Beauregard assisted Gen. Robert E. Lee at Richmond and then at Petersburg ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Following these battles, he insisted tha t the Confederate forces unite in a great invasion of the North, but instead he was reassigned to the Confederate forces in the West ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> At the end of the war, General Beauregard and General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered near Durham, North Carolina

__**Postbellum Life**__

·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> After the war, General Beauregard sought to end Republican rule during Reconstruction ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> He supported the newly freed slaves as a democratic civil rights activist ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> In 1888 he was elected New Orleans’ commissioner of public works ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> He spent some of his time publishing military writings, along with several back-and-forth accusations with Jefferson Davis ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Beauregard declined several offers to command armies in Egypt and Romania and became the President of the Jackson and Mississippi Railroad ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> General P. G. T. Beauregard died on February 20, 1893 and was buried in New Orleans

__**Family**__

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">    Beauregard first married Marie Laure Villere in 1841 They had three children together, Rene, Henri, and Laure Marie died while giving birth to Laure in 1850 Beauregard later remarried in 1860 to Caroline Deslonde, but they had no children together Libbie Randolph