biography
| name: |
Beauregard, Pierre G(ustave) T(outant)
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pronunciation:
[bohregah(r)d]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1818–93)
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| biography:
| Confederate soldier, born in St Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA. He trained at West Point (1838), entered the Mexican War, and was twice wounded. He resigned from the US service during the secession crisis. He opened the Civil War with the bombardment of Fort Sumter, commanded the Confederate left wing at the First Battle of Bull Run (1861), succeeded the mortally wounded A S Johnston in command of the Army of Tennessee at Shiloh (1862), and commanded the Charleston defences during Union siege operations (1862–4). Small and animated, he graded high in defence of static positions but performed less ably on a fluid battlefield. After the war he held several public offices in Louisiana. |
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