P. G. T. Beauregard

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893) was an American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant. He was the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Today, he is known as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used his first name as an adult.

P. G. T. Beauregard
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1860s)
Birth name	Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Nickname	The Little Creole, The Little Napoleon, Bory, Felix, The Hero of Fort Sumter
Born	(1818-05-28)May 28, 1818 St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	February 20, 1893(1893-02-20) (aged 74) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Place of burial	Tomb of the Army of Tennessee, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, U.S.
Allegiance	United States of America Confederate States of America
Service/branch	United States Army Confederate States Army
Years of service	1838-61 (USA) 1861-65 (CSA)
Rank	Brevet Major (USA) General (CSA)
Commands held	Confederate Army of the Potomac Army of Mississippi
Battles/wars	Mexican-American War Battle of Contreras Battle of Churubusco Battle for Mexico City Battle of Chapultepec American Civil War Battle of Fort Sumter First Battle of Bull Run Battle of Shiloh Siege of Corinth First Battle of Fort Wagner Second Battle of Fort Wagner Second Battle of Fort Sumter Bermuda Hundred Campaign Second Battle of Petersburg Battle of Bentonville
Other work	Author, civil servant, politician, and inventor
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Early life

Beauregard was born on May 28, 1818 in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. He was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Beauregard studied at the United States Military Academy.

Career

After the South seceded, he resigned from the US Army and became the first Confederate brigadier general. He commanded the defenses of Charleston, South Carolina, at the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Three months later he won the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia.

Personal life

Beauregard was married to Marie Antoinette Laure Villeré from 1841 until her death in 1850 after giving birth to their third child. They had three children, René, Henri, and Laure. Then he was married to Caroline Deslonde from 1860 until her death in 1894. They had no children.

Later life

Following his military career, Beauregard returned to Louisiana, where he served as a railroad executive. He became wealthy because of his role in creating the Louisiana Lottery.

Death

Beauregard died on February 20, 1893 in his sleep from heart disease in his New Orleans, Louisiana home. He was 74 years old. He was buried at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Further reading

• Conrad, Glenn R. "Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard." In A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, vol. 1, edited by Glenn R. Conrad. New Orleans: Louisiana Historical Association, 1988. ISBN 978-0-940984-37-0.
• Robertson, William Glenn. Backdoor to Richmond: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, April–June 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8071-1672-6.
• Roman, Alfred. The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War between the States, 1861 to 1865: Including a Brief Personal Sketch and a Narrative of his Services in the War with Mexico, 1846-8. New York, Da Capo Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0-306-80546-2. First published 1884 by Harper & Brothers.
• Winters, John D. The Civil War in Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963. ISBN 0-8071-0834-0.

Other websites

Media related to P.G.T. Beauregard at Wikimedia Commons

• P. G. T. Beauregard biography and timeline Archived 2006-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Several Letters of P. G. T. Beauregard Archived 2010-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
• The Citadel Archives, Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine