{⋆★⋆} GEN Beauregard, Pierre Gustavus Toutant

Pierre Gustavus Toutant “Little Napoleon” Beauregard

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Born:
May 28, 1818
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Birthplace: St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Father: Jacques Santiago Elie Toutant Beauregard 1789 – 1853

Mother: Helene Judith de Reggio 1793 – 1848

1st​ Wife: Marie Antoinette Laure Villere 1823 – 1850
(Buried: Saint Bernard Catholic Cemetery, Kenilworth, Louisiana)​

Married: September 18, 1841 in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

2nd​ Wife: Marguerite “Caroline” Deslonde 1831 – 1864
(Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, Louisiana)​

Married: 1860 in New Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Children:

Major Rene Toutant Beauregard 1843 – 1910​
(Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)​
Henri Toutant “Henry” Beauregard 1845 – 1915​
(Buried: Saint Bernard Catholic Cemetery, Kenilworth, Louisiana)​
Laure Toutant Beauregard Larendon 1850 – 1884​
(Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)​

Education:

1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (2nd​ in class)​

Occupation before War:
1838: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Artillery​
1838 – 1839: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army Corps of Engineers​
1839 – 1853: 1st​ Lt. United States Army Corps of Engineers​
1848 – 1849: Superintendent Engineer in Mobile, Alabama Harbor​
1852 – 1853: Superintendent Engineer Lake Ponchatrain, Louisiana​
1853 – 1861: Captain United States Army Corps of Engineers​
1853 – 1860: Superintendent Engineer New Orleans Customs House​
1858 – 1861: Chief Engineer for Drainage Site in New Orleans, Louisiana​
1859 – 1860: Superintendent Engineer New Orleans Marine Hospital​
1861: Appointed Superintendent of West Point Military Academy​
1861: Resigned from United States Army on February 20th​

Civil War Career:
1861: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, Infantry​
1861: Commanding General at Charleston, South Carolina Harbor​
1861: Commanding General of Army of the Potomac​
1861: Commanding General 1st​ Army Corps, Army of the Potomac​
1861 – 1865: General of Confederate Army, Infantry​
1861 – 1862: Commanding General of Potomac, Virginia Division
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1862: Commanding General Army of the Mississippi​
1862: Second in Command Army of the Mississippi​
1862: Commanding General CSA Department of the Mississippi​
1862–1864: Commanding General Department of S.C., Georgia, Florida​
1864: Commanding General Department of North Carolina & South VA​
1865: Commanding General Military Division of the West​
1865: Second in Command Army of Tennessee​
1865: Surrendered near Durham, North Carolina​
1865: Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina​

Occupation after War:
1865: Issued a Mass Pardon by President Andrew Johnson​
1866: Declined Chief Command of the Army of Romania​
1869: Declined Chief Command of the Army of Egypt​
General Superintendent of New Orleans, Jackson, Great Northern R.R.
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1866 – 1870: President of New Orleans, Jackson, Great Northern R.R.​
1866 – 1876: President of New Orleans & Carrollton St. Railway​
Invented a system of cable powered Street Railway Cars​
Civil Engineer in New Orleans, Louisiana​
Supervisor of Louisiana State Lottery Serving 15 years in position​
1879 – 1888: Louisiana State Adjutant General of Louisiana State Militia​
New Orleans, Louisiana Commissioner of Public Works​

Died: February 20, 1893

Place of Death: St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Cause of Death: Heart Disease, Aortic Insufficiency, Myocarditis

Age at time of Death: 74 years old

Burial Place: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

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I am well pleased that most Confederates and especially Jeff Davis had a great dislike of Little Napoleon. I regard Beauregard as a Commander on a high level and he often presented a number of outstanding plans that were fortunately rejected by Jeff Davis as they could have been fatally to the Union Republic.
 
Pierre Gustavus Toutant “Little Napoleon” Beauregard

Born: May 28, 1818View attachment 332815

Birthplace: St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Father: Jacques Santiago Elie Toutant Beauregard 1789 – 1853

Mother: Helene Judith de Reggio 1793 – 1848

1st​ Wife: Marie Antoinette Laure Villere 1823 – 1850
(Buried: Saint Bernard Catholic Cemetery, Kenilworth, Louisiana)​

Married: September 18, 1841 in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

2nd​ Wife: Marguerite “Caroline” Deslonde 1831 – 1864
(Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, Louisiana)​

Married: 1860 in New Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Children:

Major Rene Toutant Beauregard 1843 – 1910​
(Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)​
Henri Toutant “Henry” Beauregard 1845 – 1915​
(Buried: Saint Bernard Catholic Cemetery, Kenilworth, Louisiana)​
Laure Toutant Beauregard Larendon 1850 – 1884​
(Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)​

Education:

1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (2nd​ in class)​

Occupation before War:
1838: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Artillery​
1838 – 1839: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army Corps of Engineers​
1839 – 1853: 1st​ Lt. United States Army Corps of Engineers​
1848 – 1849: Superintendent Engineer in Mobile, Alabama Harbor​
1852 – 1853: Superintendent Engineer Lake Ponchatrain, Louisiana​
1853 – 1861: Captain United States Army Corps of Engineers​
1853 – 1860: Superintendent Engineer New Orleans Customs House​
1858 – 1861: Chief Engineer for Drainage Site in New Orleans, Louisiana​
1859 – 1860: Superintendent Engineer New Orleans Marine Hospital​
1861: Appointed Superintendent of West Point Military Academy​
1861: Resigned from United States Army on February 20th​

Civil War Career:
1861: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, Infantry​
1861: Commanding General at Charleston, South Carolina Harbor​
1861: Commanding General of Army of the Potomac​
1861: Commanding General 1st​ Army Corps, Army of the Potomac​
1861 – 1865: General of Confederate Army, Infantry​
1861 – 1862: Commanding General of Potomac, Virginia DivisionView attachment 332814
1862: Commanding General Army of the Mississippi​
1862: Second in Command Army of the Mississippi​
1862: Commanding General CSA Department of the Mississippi​
1862–1864: Commanding General Department of S.C., Georgia, Florida​
1864: Commanding General Department of North Carolina & South VA​
1865: Commanding General Military Division of the West​
1865: Second in Command Army of Tennessee​
1865: Surrendered near Durham, North Carolina​
1865: Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina​

Occupation after War:
1865: Issued a Mass Pardon by President Andrew Johnson​
1866: Declined Chief Command of the Army of Romania​
1869: Declined Chief Command of the Army of Egypt​
General Superintendent of New Orleans, Jackson, Great Northern R.R.View attachment 332816
1866 – 1870: President of New Orleans, Jackson, Great Northern R.R.​
1866 – 1876: President of New Orleans & Carrollton St. Railway​
Invented a system of cable powered Street Railway Cars​
Civil Engineer in New Orleans, Louisiana​
Supervisor of Louisiana State Lottery Serving 15 years in position​
1879 – 1888: Louisiana State Adjutant General of Louisiana State Militia​
New Orleans, Louisiana Commissioner of Public Works​

Died: February 20, 1893

Place of Death: St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Cause of Death: Heart Disease, Aortic Insufficiency, Myocarditis

Age at time of Death: 74 years old

Burial Place: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

Although this has no historical significance, I thought you might want to see a post war letter written by him (from my collection). He typically did not sign his name with the "P" just "G T"

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Oddly enough, Beauregard thought his first name made him sound too French (as opposed to being an American citizen), preferring in official correspondence to use Gustave (NOT Gustavus!) Toutaint or just plain G.T. The first photo of him here is another of those taken postwar in Matthew Brady's New York studio ca. 1867 wearing former Confederate Brig. Gen. Mansfield Lovell's coat!
 
After He bottled up Butler in the Bermuda Hundred Beauregard made some outlandish boasts. Among them were his defeating Butler, then Grant. But the one that really sticks out is his idea of invading the North using a large part of Lee's army. This set off a lengthy 3 way correspondence between Him, Lee and Richmond.
 
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Superintendent of West Point for 5 whole days?
A cadet from a Southern state that hasn't seceded from the Union yet asked him if he should resign from the Academy or until his state seceded. Supposedly Beauregard had replied "Well, watch me and jump when I jump. There's no sense in jumping too soon." The story must have got back to Washington and the Secretary of War immediately relieved him of the superintendency.
 
I am well pleased that most Confederates and especially Jeff Davis had a great dislike of Little Napoleon. I regard Beauregard as a Commander on a high level and he often presented a number of outstanding plans that were fortunately rejected by Jeff Davis as they could have been fatally to the Union Republic.
He wasn't referred as the Little Napoleon that often as newspapers took to calling George McClellan the Young Napoleon when he was put in command of the Army of Potomac, was he? Ironically, Beauregard planned the attack on Grant's army at Shiloh after Napoleon's advance at Waterloo and also he modeled his flank attack at the first battle of Bull Run after Napoleon's flank attack at the Battle of Austerlitz.
 
There was a story right after the Civil War about Beauregard. Actually there were probably many more.It seems rumors stated Beauregard was harboring Gen.Kirby Smith in his New Orleans home (he wasn't). He and his whole household spent the night locked in a cotton press and probably surrounded by soldiers because there was no jail.Beauregard complained to Phil Sheridan and the matter was taken care of. Neither of the Generals were amused.
 
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