P.G.T Beauregard

Biography

• Full Name: Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
• Born: May 28, 1818
• Died: February 20, 1893
• Louisiana Native
• Was also an author, politician, and inventor

Early Years

• Beauregard was educated at a New Orleans Boarding School.
• Also attended the Freres Puegnet School in New York.
• Enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1834
• Married Marie Laure Villere in September 1841.

Pre-Civil War

• Beauregard studied engineering at West Point 
• Served as an engineer in the Mexican-American War
• Returned to Louisiana after the Mexican War was over
• Beauregard resigned from the U.S Army in 1861

EARLY CIVIL WAR

• Beauregard ordered the first shots of the war at Fort Sumter
• It was here that he defeated Sherman's forces
• Beauregard led the south to victory at the first Battle of Bull Run

Key Battles

• Beauregard commanded armies in the Western Theater
• Some of his most famous battles were at Shiloh and the Siege of Corinth.
• Returned to Charleston in 1863 to defend Union attacks 
• His greatest achievement was saving the city of Petersburg, Virginia
• Beauregard was replaced as general late in the war by Joseph E. Johnson

Post Civil War

• After the Southern defeat in the Civil War Beauregard returned to Louisiana
• This is where Beauregard settled down and became a railroad director
• In 1877 Beauregard became a supervisor of the Louisiana state lottery
• In 1979 Beauregard became the adjuent general of the Louisiana militia
• In his later years Beauregard renewed his long-running feud with Jefferson Davis

CITES

• History.com
• www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/pgt-beauregard
• Written by history.com staff