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	P.G.T. Beauregard
		Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard (May 28, 1818 - February 20, 1893), best known as a General for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, was also a writer, civil servant, and inventor.
		Beauregard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to a white Creole family.
		Beauregard's first assignment from the Confederate Government was command of the forces in Charleston, South Carolina, where on April 12, 1861 he opened fire on the Union held Fort Sumter, regarded as the start of the American Civil War.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pi/Pierre_Gustave_Toutant_Beauregard.html (445 words)

	Pierre Beauregard
		President Jefferson Davis was impressed with Beauregard's achievements and on 31st August, was was appointed general of the Confederate Army.
		Beauregard was taken ill in June, 1862 and while recovering his command of the Confederate Army went to Braxton Bragg.
		General Beauregard was next in rank to Johnston and succeeded to the command, which he retained to the close of the battle and during the subsequent retreat on Corinth, as well as in the siege of that place.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWbeauregard.htm (718 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant - AOL Research & Learn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Beauregard, resigning from the army in February, was soon made a Confederate brigadier general and was given command at Charleston, where he ordered the firing on Fort Sumter.
		Assuming command of the army in NE Virginia (June), he was second in command to J. Johnston at the first battle of Bull Run (July 16, 1861) and was promoted to full general.
		After the war Beauregard was a railroad president, manager of the Louisiana state lottery, and for many years adjutant general of that state.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/beauregard-pierre-gustave-toutant/20051205192609990022 (309 words)

	Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (28 May 1818-20 Feb
		Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (28 May 1818-20 Feb. 1893), Rebel soldier, was born at "Contreras," his family's plantation in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, the son of Jacques Toutant-Beauregard, a planter, and Helene Judith de Reggio.
		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.
		Beauregard was assigned to cooperate with General Albert Sidney Johnston in the western theater in the spring of 1862.
	www.libarts.ucok.edu /history/faculty/roberson/course/1483/suppl/chpXV/PGTBeauregard.htm (1163 words)

	Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
		Beauregard's failing health compelled him to take a leave of absence for three months, when, with a promotion to a general's rank, he was again placed in command at Charleston, where he successfully resisted for a year and a half the siege operations of Gen. Gilmore and his naval assistants.
		He was the author of "Principles and Maxims of the Art of War" (Charleston, 1863) and "Report of the Defence of Charleston" (Richmond, 1864).
		Roman, Military Operations of Gen. Beauregard in the War between the States, 1861-65 (New York, 1884); Cycl.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/beauregard,pierre_gustave_toutant.html (477 words)

	Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		To the extent he is remembered at all, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard is the "Hero of Fort Sumter" and the man who led Confederate forces to victory in the First Battle of Manassas...
		He was present as an aide-de-camp to Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard during the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861.
		Beauregard, resigning from the army in February...Charleston in 1863.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101231897 (1114 words)

	Baby Name Beauregard - Origin and Meaning of Beauregard
		Literary: Mame marries a Southerner, Beauregard Jackson Burnside, in Patrick Dennis's novel "Auntie Mame".
		Dennis took this name from the names of three prominent Confederate generals, Pierre Beauregard (who fired on Fort Sumter), Thomas Jackson (known as "Stonewall"), and Ambrose Burnside (better known for his whiskers or sideburns).
		Beauregard is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
	www.thinkbabynames.com /meaning/1/Beauregard (152 words)

	Pierre G. T. Beauregard History \| acwr_01_package.xml
		Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was born on May 28, 1818, on his family's plantation just south of New Orleans, Louisiana.
		Beauregard was thus raised in a household that continued to honor the customs and language of France, even though the country was an ocean away.
		Beauregard was a very good student, especially in the field of engineering (a discipline that uses mathematical and scientific principles in the design, construction, and operation of equipment, systems, and structures).
	www.bookrags.com /history/pierre-g-t-beauregard-acwr-01 (429 words)

	Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, “The Little Napoleon” “The Little Creole” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Johnston knew Beauregard had a better grasp of the terrain, and allowed his subordinate to control the battle, while he worked to forward troops to the men on the spot.
		Beauregard’s star was at its zenith in the South.
		Beauregard was Number 2 in the west as well, behind Albert Sidney Johnston, one of the fiercest commanders around.
	ehistory.osu.edu /ancient/PeopleView.cfm?PID=7 (1106 words)

	General Pierre G.T. Beauregard by Thomas Healy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The story behind the portrait of General Pierre G. Beauregard illustrates the complex situation of allegiance surrounding the outbreak of the Civil War.
		The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, under Beauregard’s direction, forced the brothers to evacuate the area for their own safety and leave the piece unfinished.
		Beauregard’s leadership at Fort Sumter probably encouraged the commission of this smaller version of the original portrait.
	lsm.crt.state.la.us /painting/healyt.htm (266 words)

	Places - Genealogy of French in North America
		Lupcourt (540330) : BEAUREGARD, Claude and CHRÉTIEN, Marguerite (1773-01-26)
		Lupcourt (540330) : MARC, Nicolas and BEAUREGARD, Élisabeth (1806-05-07)
		Moivrons (540372) : DOURGE, Claude and BEAUREGARD, Marguerite (1722-01-27)
	www.francogene.com /quebec-genealogy/places/54.php (1776 words)

	Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard Biography
		The services of "The Hero of Fort Sumter," Pierre G.T. Beauregard, were not utilized to their fullest due to bad blood between the Confederate general and Jefferson Davis.
		However, during the battle Beauregard, being familiar with the field, exercised tactical command while Johnston forwarded troops to the threatened left.
		Beauregard also managed to thwart the early Union attempts to take Petersburg while Lee was still north of the James River.
	www.civilwarhome.com /beaubio.htm (777 words)

	Confederate Battle Flags' History-1 (U.S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Beauregard suggested that a color exterior border be added for decorative reasons, but this also served to thicken the outer edges of the flags and prevent fraying.
		Beauregard and Johnston to have the flag they adopted in Virginia become the standard for all Confederate armies.
		Keeping with Beauregard's preference, these flags were bordered in either pink or yellow silk and the stars were 6 pointed, which is heraldicly correct, as opposed to the Americanization of 5 pointed stars.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/us-csah.html (3722 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Beauregard,
		As engineer on the staff of Winfield Scott in the Mexican War, he figured prominently in the taking of Mexico City.
		He was elected to the state legislature in 1852 and 1858 and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1859 and 1860.
		Chateau de Beauregard: a portrait gallery at one of France's great Renaissance residences.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Beauregard, (638 words)

	Beauregard (Pierre Gustave) Papers, 1862
		Beauregard was named Superintendent of West Point in 1860, but he served in that capacity only five days.
		Beauregard directed Confederate forces to victory at Bull Run, Virginia on July 21, 1861, the first military encounter after the surrender of Fort Sumter.
		Beauregard was with General Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina when the Civil War ended.
	www.navarrocollege.edu /library/civilwar/finding_aids/a_f/beauregard.htm (333 words)

	Generals
		Beauregard was second in command at the First Battle of Bull Run (July 1861).
		After the war Beauregard was president of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Mississippi Railroad and later was adjutant general of Louisiana.
		At the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, Johnston came to the assistance of General Pierre Beauregard and is given much of the credit for that first important Confederate victory.
	www.civilwarhistory.com /070400/generals.htm (2495 words)

	P. G. Beauregard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Beauregard was a Lousianan born in Saint Bernard Parish on May 28, 1818.
		After the surrender of Sumter, General Beauregard took charge of preparing the defense near the Manassas junction.
		In 1862, Beauregard was transferred to the Western theatre of operations.
	nps-vip.net /history/portraits/beauregard_pierre_gustave.htm (237 words)

	Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893), Confederate general, born near New Orleans, Louisiana, and educated at the United States Military...
		Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919), French painter and sculptor, who was one of the leading Impressionists.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Beauregard_Pierre_Gustave_Toutant.html (102 words)

	P.G.T. Beauregard souvenirs
		Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard was born May 28, 1818 and died on February 20, 1893.
		Beauregard participated in every phase of the Civil War from its beginning to its end.
		The entries are in alphabetical order and range from Confederates such as Pierre Beauregard, the hero of Ford Sumter, to the legendary Stonewall Jackson - and from 'Johnny Shiloh,' the little drummer boy, to General Ulysses Grant, 'the Butcher,' of the Union forces.
	www.jennie-wade-house.com /pgt-beauregard.htm (782 words)

	P.G.T Beauregard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Born in 1818 in Louisiana, Pierre G.T. Beauregard graduated from West Point in 1838, served in the Mexican War, then as Chief Engineer in New Orleans, and briefly as Superintendent of West Point before resigning in February 1861 to join the Confederate service.
		Beauregard then led the successful defense of Petersburg in the opening assaults of June 15-18, 1864.
		Beauregard's postwar career included a railroad presidency, being supervisor of the Louisiana State Lottery, and turning down offers of commands from the Rumanian and Egyptian armies.
	www.nps.gov /archive/pete/mahan/edbiospb.html (132 words)

	PIERRE BEAUREGARD Autograph
		B[eauregard] you have been kind enough to send me; please return my sincere thanks to the parties connected with it's (sic) transmission.
		At the time of this letter, Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) was Commander of the Confederacy's Military Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (1862-1864) and was defending Charleston from attacks by the Union Army and Navy.
		In addition to the capture of Ft. Sumter, Beauregard distinguished himself in battle at Manassas (July 1861) and Shilo (April 1862) and would later defeat Union General B.F. Butler at Drewry's Bluff and hold Petersburg (1864) against U.S. Grant until the arrival of Robert E. Lee.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=262816 (275 words)

	Civil War
		One of the most notable Louisianians to serve in the Civil War was P. Beauregard, a graduate of West Point and the Confederacy's first brigadier general.
		As commander of Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, Beauregard ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, firing the first shot of the Civil War.
		Thomas Healy's older brother, George Peter Alexander Healy, an internationally known portraitist, was commissioned in New Orleans to paint a large portrait of Beauregard.
	lsm.crt.state.la.us /cabildo/cab10.htm (2320 words)

	GENERAL PIERRE GUSTAV TOUTANT BEAUREGARD - ANNOTATED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED 1866
		PIERRE G.T. In command of the bombardment of Fort Sumter.
		Beauregard was appointed Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in January 1861, but was reassigned less than a week later following his declaration that, should Louisiana secede, he would follow her.
		After the Civil War, Beauregard was President of the New Orleans, Jackson and Mississippi Railway, Adjutant-General of Louisiana and manager of the Louisiana state lottery.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/8_2003/military/GENERAL_PIERRE_GUSTAV_TOUTANT_BEAUREGARD.htm (248 words)

	PGT Beauregard - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		PGT Beauregard - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was born near New Orleans, Louisiana, and...
		At the beginning of the 20th century a group of writers stressed the bonds between the habitant and the ancestral land and became known as the...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /PGT_Beauregard.html (54 words)

	PIERRE BEAUREGARD JOSEPH JOHNSTON Autograph
		The prisoner is a resident of this place-the owner of the Mill which supplies us with flour." Beauregard has penciled beneath Johnston's letter, in full: "The charges against Mr.
		Six weeks after this letter was written to Beauregard by General JOSEPH E. General Beauregard requested aid to repulse the Union advance into Virginia.
		Beauregard and Johnston, aiding General N.G. Evans' beleaguered troops, were successful in driving Union troops back in defeat.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=4445 (557 words)

	LA Sweet Potato Commission
		The LSU Agricultural Center's release of the Beauregard sweet potato variety in 1987 revived a failing Louisiana industry and still plays a major part in its success some 10 years later.
		Not only that, but the Beauregard also had a sweet, rich flavor, baked well and was disease-resistant.
		But, meanwhile, the sweet potato industry, thanks to the Beauregard, continues to be the largest vegetable enterprise in Louisiana.
	www.sweetpotato.org /media.php?display=releases_turn_10 (880 words)

	History surrounding Lake Wateree, South Carolina
		On April 14, 1861 Confederate troops under Pierre Beauregard open fire on Fort Sumpter in Charleston SC.
		Due to the location of a telegraph office in Ridgeway General Pierre Beauregard, the commanding General of the Division of the west, set up a temporary headquarters on Feb 17, 1865.
		Sherman arrived in Winnsboro and continues with his scorched earth march across the South At that time Winnsboro's male population was 2, a clergyman and a doctor.
	www.lakewateree.com /information/history.asp (905 words)

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