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| South |
| 1818-1893
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| Louisiana |
| Field Commander |
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Like Robert E.
Lee, Pierre Beauregard also left the Union army to
defend his native state. The Mexican War veteran was present
at the opening shots on Fort Sumter and Bull Run, where
he defeated a fellow West Point graduate. For all his
Creole flair and courage, however, Beauregard proved a
better engineer than, and quarreled for years with former
Confederate leaders over his role in the war. |
