Civil WarConfederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard Photo & Autograph

Description

Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893) was an American military officer who was the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army
during the American Civil War. Today, he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used his first name as an adult. He signed correspondence as G. T. Beauregard.
Trained as a civil engineer at the United States Military Academy, Beauregard served with distinction as an engineer in the Mexican-American War. Following a brief appointment as
superintendent at West Point in 1861, after the South seceded he resigned from the United States Army and became the first brigadier general in the Confederate States Army.
He commanded the defenses of Charleston, South Carolina, at the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.
Three months later he won the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia.
Printed on Canson Baryta Photographique photo paper which was designed to exceed museum standards
for quality and longevity.
8-1/2" X 11" includes scanned COPY of his autograph card below photo from my collection.Mailing costs .50