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When was he born?
PGT Beauregard was born on May, 28 1818 in New Orleans, LA. -
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Brief Early History
He had a prominent Creole family and lived in Louisiana on a sugarcane plantation. After graduating from West Point he married Marie Antoinette Laure Villeré, the daughter of a Louisiana sugarcane planter. The two would have three children before her death in 1850. Ten years later Beauregard married his second wife, Caroline Deslonde, but she would die in New Orleans in 1864 following a long illness. -
Education
Beauregard attended the US Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1838. -
Battles
He was a general in the Battle of Bull Run. -
What part of the Civil War Army was he in?
Beauregard was a General in the Confederate Army. -
Battles
Fought in the Battle of Shiloh, which was fought in Southwestern Tennessee. The battle started when there was a surprise attack on the Union army. although the Union still won. Other people who fought in the battle were Ulysses S. Grant (Union General) and Albert Sidney Johnston(Confederate General.) Finally the number of casualties of the Union was 13,000 and for the Confederate army it was 10,000. -
Battles
Beauregard also fought in the battle of Corinth. -
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Battles
P.G.T. Beauregard was also in the Battle of Petersburg which was one of the last major battles of the war. -
Jobs outside the Army
Other than being a military general PGT Beauregard also was a railroad director and a supervisor for the Louisiana Lottery. -
When did he die?
Beauregard died on February 20, 1893 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
