Peter Gustave (or Gustavus) Toutant Beauregard was an American soldier. He was born in 1818 at Louisiana and died in 1893. Educated at West Point, he was employed in the engineer service of the United States until 1861, when he resigned and entered the service of the seceded States. Placed in command of the defences of Charleston, he opened fire on Fort Sumter on April the 12th 1861. With general J E Johnston he won the victory at the Battle of Bull Run on July the 21st. In the spring of 1862 he was ordered to Tennessee. When general A S Johnston was killed at Shiloh, Gustave Beauregard succeeded him in the command but was forced to retire, and subsequently to evacuate Corinth. From September 1862 until April 1864 he defended Charleston against general Gillmore and admirals Dupont and John Dahlgren. In May 1864 he aided Robert E Lee at Petersburg; in the autumn he aided in the vain attempt of the Confederates to stop Sherman's march through Georgia. He surrendered with Johnston in April 1865. After the American Civil War he was manager of the Louisiana State lottery. Research Gustave Beauregard
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