P.G.T. Beauregard - New Orleans LA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

His original name was Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. He is buried in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans LA in the Army of Tennessee Mausoleum.

There is a statue of soldier on a horse above the Army of Tennessee Mausoleum. It is General Albert Sidney Johnson, CSA. General Johnson's remains were originally interred in that Mausoleum. There is a plaque dedicated to him inside the tomb. He was reinterred in 1867 to the Texas State Cemetery, Austin TX.

Description: From Find A Grave: Civil War Confederate General. Called the "Little Creole" and the "Little Napoleon", he was the fifth most senior Confederate officer, holding a variety of commands, though his opportunities were to be limited by ongoing public conflicts with President Jefferson Davis. Born Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard to a well-off French Creole family, he was educated in private schools and did not learn English until sent to New York City for further instruction at age 12. Appointed to West Point, he dropped the hyphen from his last name and thereafter styled himself "G.T. Beauregard". Graduating second in the class of 1838, he was assigned to the Corps of Engineers and found himself in the routine jobs of the time. During the Mexican War he was twice wounded and brevetted for gallantry and assisted, along with future Union commander George McClellan, then- Brevet Major Robert E. Lee on the final drive into Mexico City. After the conflict he was placed in charge of defense of the Mississippi River and lakes within Louisiana and soon found that the task in reality entailed fort building and river dredging along the entire Gulf Coast. Beauregard did an effective job, even patenting a self-acting bar excavator to aid ships in crossing sand bars, and also in 1853 openly campaigned in behalf of the presidential candidacy of Franklin Pierce with whom he had served in Mexico. (Such political activity by an active Army officer was not illegal at the time). Placed in charge of the New Orleans Customs House as a reward, he ran it from 1853 until 1860 making needed structural repairs while seeing the facility, and probably himself, turn a profit. Running for Mayor of New Orleans in 1858 as both the Democrat and Whig candidate, he narrowly lost, then was appointed Superintendent of West Point in January of 1861 where he lasted, owing to his open Southern sympathies, a week, though two years later, in the midst of the Civil War, he was still trying to collect a travel claim from the US government. Resigning his commission, he was appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate Army on March 1, 1861 and placed in command of Charleston Harbor where he supervised the April 12 shelling of Fort Sumter. In July of 1861 Beauregard commanded a corps at First Manassas under General Joe Johnston and was promoted to four star rank effective July 21st of that year; in the battle's aftermath he had his first open dust-up with Jefferson Davis as he and Johnston both stated that, provided with sufficient men and supplies, they could have taken Washington, DC and ended the war. Around that same time Beauregard designed the famous square Confederate Battle Flag as similarity of the Stars-and-Bars to the US Flag caused confusion on the field. He was given one of the four "prototypes" made by the Cary sisters from silk dresses and undergarments; today, Beauregard's flag is preserved in New Orleans along with the Washington Artillery's, while those presented to Joe Johnston and Earl van Dorn are in the collection of Richmond's Museum of the Confederacy. Running into problems with Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin, he was exiled to the West and took command of the Army of Tennessee when General Albert Sidney Johnston was killed on April 6, 1862, the first day of the Battle of Shiloh; criticized by some for not pressing the opening day's advantage, he withdrew to Corinth; blamed for the subsequent loss of Corinth, and drawing fire over unauthorized sick leave for a chronic throat infection, he was relieved by General Braxton Bragg and sent back to Charleston. There he was placed in charge of defending the southeastern coast, John Pemberton having proven incompetent as he later did at Vicksburg. Using innovative strategies such as submarines and underwater torpedoes (mines) he successfully defended Fort Sumter and prevented the Union from ever taking the city by sea. Date of birth: 05/28/1818 Date of death: 02/20/1893 Area of notoriety: Military Marker Type: Tomb (above ground) Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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