P G T Beauregard

  • Full Name: Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard
  • American


Pierre Beauregard (28 May 1818 - 20 February 1893) was an American civil engineer and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. - AsNotedIn

Notable Position Organization From To
General Confederate States Army 1861 1865

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1860/06/17 P G T Beauregard marries Caroline Deslonde, the daughter of Andre Deslonde, a St James Parish sugar planter. They honeymoon at the LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House. Groom LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House New Orleans
1861/04/12 General P T Beauregard orders the bombardment of Ft Sumter. Beauregard surveys the attack from the piazza of the Edmondston-Alston House. Confederate Commander Edmondston-Alston House Charleston, SC Battle of Fort Sumter
1861/07/21 18,000 Union troops battle 18,000 troops from Confederate States of America Confederate Commander Manassas National Battlefield Park Manassas First Battle of Bull Run
1862/04/00 Confederate Commander Shiloh National Military Park Tennessee Battle of Shiloh
1863/00/00 Fort Pringle is erected by Gen P G T Beauregard on the Stono River as the western terminus of the James Island Siege Line. The fortification is named after Capt Pringle, Lucas Battalian South Carolina Regular Artillery, killed on Morris Island in 1863. Confederate Commander Fort Pringle Charleston, SC
1863/08/12 The H L HUNLEY arrives in Charleston, South Carolina, by train on the morning of August 12th. Representatives are soon granted an audience with besieged Charleston's military commander, PGT Beauregard. Confederate General H L HUNLEY (submarine) H L HUNLEY's Final Mission
1868/00/00 P G T Beauregard's home from 1866 to 1868. Home LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House New Orleans
1879/09/00 PGT Beauregard leads efforts to find homes for the ten orphaned Hood children, all under the age of ten. They will eventually be adopted by seven different families in Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and New York. Benefactor John Bell Hood House NOLa New Orleans Lower Mississippi Valley Yellow Fever Epidemic 1878
1879/10/00 PGT Beauregard raises money for John and Anne Hood's ten destitute children, left orphaned by Yellow Fever, by selling General Hood's memoirs. A charity will raise over $30,000 for the support and education of the children. Benefactor Lower Mississippi Valley Yellow Fever Epidemic 1878
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