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G. T. BEAUREGARD. Brigadier-General, Commanding. April 12, 1861. FORT SUMTER, S.C., GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt by Colonel Chestnut of your second communication of the 11th instant, and to state in reply that, cordially uniting with you in the desire to avoid the useless effusion of blood, I will, if provided with the ...
English: Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893) was a Confederate general officer who started the American Civil War by leading the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used his first name as an adult. He signed correspondence as G. T. Beauregard.
Confederate victory. With supplies nearly exhausted and his troops outnumbered, Union major Robert Anderson surrendered Fort Sumter to Brig. Gen. P.G.T Beauregard’s Confederate forces. Major Anderson and his men were allowed to strike their colors, fire a 100-gun salute, and board a ship bound for New York, where they were greeted as heroes.
Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard, fue un militar estadounidense, mayor general en el ejército confederado durante la guerra civil estadounidense. Fue también escritor, funcionario público e inventor. Fue el primer general confederado de relevancia, tocándole comandar la defensa de Charleston, Carolina del Sur, en la batalla por el Fuerte Sumter y obtuvo la victoria en la primera ...
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 de mayo de 1818 - 20 de febrero de 1893) fue un militar, político, inventor, escritor y funcionario estadounidense.Fue el primer general destacado del Ejército de los Estados Confederados durante la Guerra Civil estadounidense.En la actualidad se le conoce como P. G. T. Beauregard, pero rara vez utilizó su nombre de pila cuando era adulto.
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. P ierre 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 ...
Date of Death: February 20, 1893. Place of Burial: Tomb of the Army of Tennessee. Cemetery Name: Metairie Cemetery. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was born to a French Creole family on a sugar plantation outside of New Orleans, Louisiana. While studying engineering at the US Military Academy at West Point, he also studied artillery under ...
