Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (P. G. T. Beauregard, 1818 to 1893) was an engineer and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is famous as the first general commissioned to lead the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (on 1 March 1861) and the Confederate officer who ordered the first shots fired at the Battle of Fort Sumter on 12 April 1861, starting the war. As such, he became the first war hero of the Confederacy, and his popularity in the South became even greater after he commanded the Confederate Army (along with General Joseph E. Johnston) at the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) on 21 July 1861, the first major battle of the Civil War and a decisive Confederate victory.
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1818 - 1893Life of P. G. T. Beauregard, Confederate General.
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1834 - 1838P. G. T. Beauregard attends West Point Military Academy, graduating second in his class.
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1847 - 1848P. G. T. Beauregard serves in the Mexican-American War under General Winfield Scott.
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1861 - 1865P. G. T. Beauregard serves as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
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1873P. G. T. Beauregard leads the Louisiana Unification Movement advocating for civil rights, Black suffrage, and desegregation.
