Trivia 1-25-16 Payback's a ________

[MaryDee]

Pierre Gustave Toutaint Beauregard, at Fort Sumter. Major Robert Anderson, the commander at Fort Sumter, had been Beauregard's artillery instructor at West Point and had especially favored him. Source: wikipedia article, "Battle of Fort Sumter."

 

[hoosier]

P. G. T. Beauregard, who ordered artillery fire on Fort Sumter, commanded by his former artillery instructor, Robert Anderson.

 

[MaryDee]

Sorry I misspelled Pierre's third name: should be Toutant.

 

[sarladaise]

P.G.T. Beauregard fired artillery on Major Anderson

 

[GELongstreet]

Suppose you mean Beauregard on Robert Anderson; though when we consider that e.g. every West Point cadet has had at least one instructor of artillery during his term - and the instructors are listed in the yearly report - we'd for sure find more examples.

 

[ErnieMac]

P. G. T. Beauregard.

 

[JOHN42768]

P.G.T. Beauregard against Robert Andersen

 

[lelliott19]

PGT Beauregard fired on Major Robert Anderson of the 1st US Artillery regiment at Fort Sumter.

"Ironically, Major Anderson had been Beauregard's artillery instructor at West Point; the two had been especially close, and Beauregard had become Anderson's assistant after graduation." wikipedia article on Battle of Fort Sumter

 

[General Casey]

Pierre G.T. Beauregard

Edit - See post # 37.

Hoosier

 

[DickWilliams]

Stonewall Jacksom

Edit - Though Jackson used artillery against a lot of people, I'm sorry, but I cannot find a source indicating that Jackson ever used artillery against someone who had formerly been his artillery instructor.

Hoosier

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

When he fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, General Beauregard used it on Major Robert Anderson who had been his artillery instructor at West Point.

 

[CjkCjkCJk]

I have a feeling it has to do with Stonewall Jackson, but I can't find anything, though it could be something with West Point

 

[FZ11]

Who used artillery fire on his former artillery instructor?

credit: @FarawayFriend

E.Porter Alexander at Gettysburg. Fired on genl. Hunt.

Edit - I can find no source indicating that Hunt ever served as an artillery instructor for Alexander. However, GELongstreet has provided information that John Gibbon, on whom Alexander also fired at Gettysburg, did serve as a West Point artillery instructor during the years Alexander attended there.

The question didn't ask who the instructor was. Therefore, since Alexander did use artillery fire on a former instructor of his, I will count this answer as correct.

Welcome to the trivia game, FZ11. Hope you'll come back and play again.

Hoosier

 

[GELongstreet]

Some examples, as I said we would find them, we´re taking ... West Point class of 1857.

Instructors of Artillery (relevant years):

George H. Thomas (53-54)
James B. Fry (54)
Fitz-John Porter (54-55)
John Gibbon (54-57)
William J. Hardee (56-57)
Henry F. Clarke (56)
George L. Hartsuff (56-57)

Lots of instructors, with some commanding armies so it is pretty easy to fire on their commands. As for the cadets we have, being our perfect example, E. Porter Alexander. During the war he didn´t just have artillery in his command he was, for most of it, an artillerist - firing e.g. on Gibbon at Gettysburg, probably on Thomas around the early stages of Chattanooga and maybe on Hartsuff somewhere in the west. George A. Cunningham served as Confederate artillerist, too, and stood against Hartsuff in West Virginia.

We also have the interesting case of instructor versus instructor. Thomas on Hardee, and vice versa. Most likely Hartsuff has something in this, too. We also have artillery cadets opposing each other though I´m not sure if they exchanged fire, e.g. Alexander versus George A. Kensel around Petersburg and Appomattox or versus Charles H. Morgan at Fredericksburg. By the way, in this class we also have Richard K. Meade, who was present with Anderson at Sumter but joined the CSA afterwards.

But you already got my answer; I´m just using it as excuse to open the files again.

 

[CraftyMauiMamma]

Brigadier general Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard

Edit - Correct, CraftyMauiMamma. Welcome to the trivia game.

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Hoosier

 

[James N.]

Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Ft. Sumter in Charleston Harbor, then commanded by Maj. Robert Anderson, former instructor of artillery at West Point.

 

[General Casey]

P.G. T. Beauregard, whose instructor was Major Robert Anderson

Edit - Correct, General Casey. Welcome to the trivia game and to CivilWarTalk.

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Hoosier

 

[marinegrunt]

I think Beauregard.

 

[ami]

General Beauregard fired upon Major Anderson, who was stationed at Fort Sumter.
http://www.west-point.org/academy/malo-wa/inspirations/buglenotes.html