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Last updated on November 7, 2024.
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was a Confederate general officer of Louisiana Creole descent who started the American Civil War by leading the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. 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.
The curse of God must have been on our people when we chose him out of so many noble sons of the South, who would have carried us safely through this Revolution.
Now, gentlemen, let tomorrow be their Waterloo!
The enemy has assailed my outposts in heavy force. I have fallen back on the line of Bull Run and will make a stand at Mitchell's Ford.
That living specimen of gall and hatred, that individual.