Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard

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Confederate general military officer person

Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard was a prominent Confederate general in the American Civil War, noted for directing the opening attack of the conflict and later commanding major Southern armies in the Eastern and Western theaters.

Aliases (6)

P. G. T. Beauregard ×55
P. G. T. Beauregard – Confederacy ×1
P.G.T. Beauregard ×1
Pierre G. T. Beauregard ×1
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard ×1
Toutant-Beauregard ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confederate general → military officer → person →
allegiance	Confederate States of America → United States of America →
birthDate	1818-05-28 →
birthPlace	St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana → near New Orleans, Louisiana →
burialPlace	Metairie Cemetery →
conflict	American Civil War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1893-02-20 →
deathPlace	New Orleans, Louisiana →
educatedAt	United States Military Academy →
endTime	1861-01 →
ethnicGroup	Creole →
familyName	Toutant-Beauregard →
fullName	Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard →
givenName	Gustave → Pierre →
graduationYear	1838 →
languageSpoken	English → French →
militaryBranch	Confederate States Army → United States Army →
militaryRank	Brigadier General (Confederate States Army) → Major (United States Army) →
notableEvent	Battle of Fort Sumter → Battle of Shiloh → First Battle of Bull Run → Siege of Corinth →
notableFor	Commanding major Confederate armies in the Eastern and Western theaters → Directing the opening attack of the American Civil War →
notableWork	Directed the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter →
occupation	civil engineer → politician → railroad executive →
officeHeld	Commissioner of Public Works for New Orleans →
positionHeld	Superintendent of the United States Military Academy →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
role	Commanded Confederate forces at Fort Sumter → Confederate commander at Corinth → Confederate commander at First Battle of Bull Run → Second-in-command to Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh →
spouse	Caroline Deslonde → Marie Laure Villeré →
startTime	1861-01 →
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War → Western Theater of the American Civil War →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army of Northern Virginia ("P. G. T. Beauregard") → Confederate States Army ("P. G. T. Beauregard") → Confederate military leadership ("P.G.T. Beauregard") →	notableCommander
Battle of Shiloh ("P. G. T. Beauregard") → First Battle of Bull Run ("P. G. T. Beauregard") →	commander
Siege of Petersburg ("P. G. T. Beauregard") →	combatantCommander
Bombardment of Fort Sumter ("P. G. T. Beauregard") →	commanderConfederate
First Battle of Bull Run ("P. G. T. Beauregard – Confederacy") →	commanderSide
Fort Sumter →	ConfederateCommanderDuringBombardment
P. G. T. Beauregard ("Toutant-Beauregard") →	familyName
P. G. T. Beauregard ("Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard") →	fullName
Battle of Cerro Gordo ("Pierre G. T. Beauregard") →	notableParticipant