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Born
Beauregard was born at the "Contreras" sugar-cane plantation in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, about 20 miles (32 km) outside New Orleans, to a Creole family. Beauregard was the third child of Jacques Toutant-Beauregard, of French and Welsh lineage, and Hélène Judith de Reggio Toutant-Beauregard, a descendant of an Italian noble family that had migrated to France. -
Graduation
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Confederate Rank Recieval
Following a brief appointment at West Point in 1861, with the South's secession, he became the first Confederate brigadier general. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
He commanded the defenses of Charleston, South Carolina, at the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter. -
First Battle of Bull Run
He was the Victor -
Battle of Shiloh
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Beginning of Siege of Corinth
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End of Siege of Corinth
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First Battle of Fort Wagner
First Battle of Fort Wagner was fought on Morris Island in Charleston harbor during the American Civil War. An attempt by the Union Army to capture Fort Wagner was repulsed. The more famous Second Battle of Fort Wagner, which involved an assault by the 54th Massachusetts, would be fought on July 18 -
Battle of Petersburg
His greatest achievement was saving the important industrial city of Petersburg, Virginia, and thus also the Confederate capital of Richmond, from assaults by overwhelmingly superior Union Army forces -
The Battle of Bentonville
On the first day of the battle, the Confederate States Army attacked one Union Army flank and was able to rout two divisions, however did not manage to rout the rest of the army off the field. The next day, the other Federal flank arrived and for the next two days, the armies skirmished with each other before Johnston's army. As a result of the overwhelming enemy strength and the heavy casualties his army suffered in the battle, Johnston surrendered to Sherman little more than a month later a -
Death
(aged 74)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Place of burial: Tomb of the Army of Tennessee, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans
