Pierre Gustavus Toutant “Little Napoleon” Beauregard
Born: May 28, 1818
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
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.
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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