Life span: 05/28/1818 to 02/20/1893TabsLife SummaryFull name: Pierre Gustave Toutant BeauregardPlace of Birth: New Orleans, LABurial Place: New Orleans, LABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 2Family: Jacques Toutant-Beauregard (father), Helene Judith de Reggio (mother), Marie Laure Villere (first wife, 1841), Caroline Deslonde (second wife, 1860)Education: West Point (US Military Academy)Occupation: MilitaryBusinessmanMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Confederate Army Note Cards Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (American National Biography) ScholarshipDuring the Mexican War, Beauregard served as an engineer in Winfield Scott's army and distinguished himself in several battles, including Contreras, Churubusco, and Chapultepec. He received brevets as captain and major for his conduct and was promoted to captain in the regular army on 3 March 1853. Beauregard returned to Louisiana after the war and resumed engineering duties there….On 23 January 1861 he became superintendent of West Point but was ordered to vacate the post two days later. Beauregard left the academy two days after the secession of Louisiana, and he resigned his commission on 20 February 1861. Governor Thomas O. Moore of Louisiana passed over Beauregard for commander of the Louisiana state forces but offered him a commission as colonel of engineers. Beauregard declined the commission and enlisted as a private in a volunteer company. Jefferson Davis appointed Beauregard a brigadier general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America on 1 March 1861 and placed him in command of the troops at Charleston, South Carolina. There Beauregard supervised the bombardment of Fort Sumter and received the surrender of its garrison on 14 April. The public acclaim Beauregard received led to his assignment to command Confederate forces near Manassas, Virginia. Though outranked by General Joseph E. Johnston, Beauregard was allowed by the latter to direct the disposition of troops for the battle of First Manassas on 21 July. The Creole general performed bravely in the engagement and had a horse shot from under him. Arthur W. Bergeron, "Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-01171.html. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 11/10/1860 11/10/1860 Louisiana native Major Pierre G.T. Beauregard appointed as the next Superintendent of West Point 01/23/1861 01/23/1861 Major Pierre Gustave T. Beauregard takes up his appointment as Superintendent of West Point 01/28/1861 01/28/1861 Major Pierre Gustave T. Beauregard is removed from his post as Superintendent of West Point 03/05/1861 03/05/1861 Jefferson Davis appoints Pierre G.T. Beauregard commanding general of the troops around Fort Sumter 04/08/1861 04/08/1861 President Lincoln gives South Carolina notice that he intends to resupply Fort Sumter 04/10/1861 04/10/1861 From Montgomery, the Confederate secretary of war orders immediate action against Fort Sumter 04/11/1861 04/11/1861 General Beauregard demands that Major Anderson surrender Fort Sumter immediately 04/12/1861 04/12/1861 Beauregard again demands that Major Anderson surrender Fort Sumter immediately 06/01/1861 06/01/1861 General Beauregard attempts to rally Virginians against "the tyrant" Lincoln and his "Abolition hosts" 07/21/1861 07/22/1861 The first pitched battle of the war between armies results in a Union disaster at Bull Run 12/26/1861 12/26/1861 Philip St. George Cocke, Confederate general and veteran of Bull Run, shoots himself dead at his home in Virginia 04/03/1862 04/03/1862 Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston reorganizes the Army of the Mississippi into three corps 04/06/1862 04/06/1862 Massed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing 04/07/1862 04/07/1862 At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh 09/06/1863 09/06/1863 In Charleston Harbor, after months of bloody attacks and meticulous siege, Union troops occupy Fort Wagner 09/06/1863 09/06/1863 The Confederate garrisons of Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg abandon their defense and slip away in the night 09/29/1864 09/30/1864 In Virginia, Union attacks at Chaffin's Farm tighten the ring around Petersburg Major TopicsFort SumterMexican War Documents Author Docs Date Title 04/14/1861 General P. G. T. Beauregard's General Order Number 20, April 14, 1861, Charleston, South Carolina Subject Docs Date Title 06/05/1858 New York Times, “The New Orleans Committee,” June 5, 1858 02/22/1861 Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Regular Officers in the South,” February 22, 1861 04/15/1861 Entry by Josie Underwood, April 15, 1861 05/24/1861 San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “Protection of New Orleans,” May 24, 1861 07/24/1861 Chicago (IL) Tribune, “An Absurdity Exposed,” July 24, 1861 09/16/1861 Timothy Davis to William H. Seward, September 16, 1861 Images Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, detail Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, in uniform, detail Pierre G. T. Beauregard, Brady image Pierre G. T. Beauregard, Brady image, detail Bibliography
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (American National Biography) ScholarshipDuring the Mexican War, Beauregard served as an engineer in Winfield Scott's army and distinguished himself in several battles, including Contreras, Churubusco, and Chapultepec. He received brevets as captain and major for his conduct and was promoted to captain in the regular army on 3 March 1853. Beauregard returned to Louisiana after the war and resumed engineering duties there….On 23 January 1861 he became superintendent of West Point but was ordered to vacate the post two days later. Beauregard left the academy two days after the secession of Louisiana, and he resigned his commission on 20 February 1861. Governor Thomas O. Moore of Louisiana passed over Beauregard for commander of the Louisiana state forces but offered him a commission as colonel of engineers. Beauregard declined the commission and enlisted as a private in a volunteer company. Jefferson Davis appointed Beauregard a brigadier general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America on 1 March 1861 and placed him in command of the troops at Charleston, South Carolina. There Beauregard supervised the bombardment of Fort Sumter and received the surrender of its garrison on 14 April. The public acclaim Beauregard received led to his assignment to command Confederate forces near Manassas, Virginia. Though outranked by General Joseph E. Johnston, Beauregard was allowed by the latter to direct the disposition of troops for the battle of First Manassas on 21 July. The Creole general performed bravely in the engagement and had a horse shot from under him. Arthur W. Bergeron, "Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-01171.html.