General P. G. T. Beauregard, C.S.A.
File Name
Q250
Order Form
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf
Use Agreement Form
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Item Title
General P . G . T . Beauregard , C.S.A .
Description
(Uniform in photograph does not indicate rank ; photo taken on March 31 , 1861 . -- W . Davis) Graduated from West Point , 1838 ; Mexican War veteran . Appointed Superintendent of West Point in January 1861 but held the post for only a few days ; resigned from the U.S . Army in February 1861 . Appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and assigned to command the Confederate forces at Charleston . After Fort Sumter , Beauregard was given command of the Confederate forces near Manassas and promoted to full general after First Manassas . Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas , Shiloh , Drewry's Bluff , Petersburg , and the Carolinas . After the war , Beauregard was a railroad executive , supervisor of the Louisiana Lottery , commissioner of public works in New Orleans , and a writer . Beauregard died in February 1893 and is buried in New Orleans . Sources : Boatner , Mark M . The Civil War Dictionary . New York : Vintage Books , 1988 . Davis , William C. , ed . The Confederate General . Vol . I . National Historical Society , 1991 .
Date
1861 Mar 31
Time Period
1860-1869
Subject
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Louisiana United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
Still image
Format
Photographs Cartes-de-visite Studio portraits
Collection Creator
Pollard, Charles T.
Collection Title
Charles T. Pollard Confederate officers photograph album
Location
LPP40 , #09
Catalog Record
http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA216295580002743
Repository
Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Language
English
Rights
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Original Size
2.6 by 3.8 inches
Digital Format
600 PPI TIFF
Project Name
Confederate officers Cornerstone Project
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