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    Early Years

    Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was born on May 28, 1818, at Contreras, his family’s sugarcane plantation outside of New Orleans in the French Creole stronghold of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. He was the third of sju children born to Jacques Toutant-Beauregard and Helene Judith de Reggio Toutant-Beauregard.

    Raised in a French-speaking aristocracy that prized European manners and held American culture in contempt, Beauregard was educated in a New Orleans boarding school before enrolling, at age eleven, in the Frères Peugnet School in New York City. The school’s founders, brothers Louis and Hyacinthe Peugnet, had served as officers under Napoléon Bonaparte and helped to inspire Beauregard’s lifelong interest in the statesman-general. Against his family’s wishes—they worried he was overassimilating into American culture—Beauregard sought appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, enrolling in March 1834 as Pie

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    Pierre G. T. Beauregard

    Born May 28, 1818
    St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
    Died February 20, 1893
    New Orleans, Louisiana

    Confederate general
    Southern hero of Fort Sumter and First Bull Run

    Pierre G. T. Beauregard was a key figure in many of the South's early Civil War victories. He led the conquest of Fort Sumter that actually started the war, and he helped guide the Confederacy to victory in the first major battle of the conflict in July 1861, the First Battle of Bull Run (also known as the First Battle of Manassas). But his war record ended up being a controversial one. For example, some critics believe that his decisions at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862) prevented the South from gaining a major victory. In addition, Beauregard's arrogance and political scheming made him very unpopular with Confederate president Jefferson Davis (1808–1889; see entry) and some other Southern military and political leaders.

    Raised in a Creole household

    Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

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    P. G. T. Beauregard

    Confederate States Army general (1818–1893)

    P. G. T. Beauregard

    Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1860–1865

    Birth namePierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard
    Nickname(s)
    • Little Black Frenchman[1]
    • Little Frenchman
    • Little Napoleon
    • Little Creole
    • Bory
    • Felix
    • Hero of Fort Sumter
    Born(1818-05-28)May 28, 1818
    St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
    DiedFebruary 20, 1893(1893-02-20) (aged 74)
    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Buried

    Tomb of the Army of Tennessee, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

    Allegiance
    Service / branch
    Years of service
    • 1838–1861 (U.S.)
    • 1861–1865 (C.S.)
    Rank
    Commands
    Battles / wars
    Alma materUnited States Military Academy (BS)
    Spouse(s)Marie Antoinette Laure Villeré (m. 1841–1850; her death)
    Caroline Deslonde (m. 1860–1864; her death)
    Children3
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