... in 1845 that his name change "was merely for the sake of brevity, [his] name being rather a long one, [he] endeavored to shorten it as much as possible (qtd. in ("Pierre Beauregard")."" At the beginning of his military career, he was assigned first to artillery and later to engineers (Williams 35). For nearly two years directly following his graduation he was second ... of Alabama, Mississippi and Texas and for the protection of Ft. McRee, Florida. He functioned also as superintending engineer of the New Orleans Marine Hospital and quarantine warehouses ("Pierre Beauregard"). Shortly pr...

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... to be unconstitutional, vowed to preserve the union at all costs. Lincoln also refused to relinquish control of the federal forts in South Carolina. On April 11, 1861, Confederate general Pierre G. T. Beauregard demanded that Major Robert Anderson, in charge of Fort Sumter, surrender. Anderson refused, but his supplies were diminishing and only had a few days until it was gone ... . Beauregard gave an ultimatum to Anderson and again he refused. The first shots were fired on April 12, 1861, beginning the Civil War. The conflict between the North and the South ... ...

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... the time period that can be clicked on and enlarged. In addition, it provides links to several other sites with resources on important individuals of the time period eg. Gen Pierre Beauregard, along with links to information on important historical events....

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... lasted from dawn to dusk and was one of the most desperate of the war, the Union troops were steadily driven back, but Johnston was killed, and his successor, General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, ordered operations suspended a few hours later. The following day Grant, with 25,000 reinforcements under General Don Carlos Buell, attacked the Confederates and forced them to withdraw to Corinth, Mississippi ... ...

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... January 1861. In February 1861, the south creates a government of its own with Jefferson Davis becoming the president. The war begins. April 12, 1861 at 4:30 am Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard start the war with the firing of fifty cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. Fort Sumter eventually is surrendered. In mid April Virginia becomes a part of the Confederacy ... ...

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