P. G. T. Beauregard
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Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was an American military officer known for being the Confederate general who started the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he
Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1860–1865
Pierre G. T. Beauregard as a young man, painting by Richard Clague
The Battle of Chapultepec, September 13, 1847
U.S. Army Major P.G.T. Beauregard
Joseph E. Johnston
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston was an American military officer and politician who served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and in the Seminole Wars. After Virginia declared secessi
P. G. T. Beauregard
…professional relationships with President Jefferson Davis and other senior generals and officials. In April 1865, Beauregard and his commander, General Joseph E. Johnston, convinced Davis and the remaining cabinet members that the war needed to end. Johnston surrendered most of the remaining armies of the Confederacy…
Johnston in uniform, c. 1862
Portrait by Benjamin Franklin Reinhart (c. 1860)
Johnston lived on this lot during his time in Savannah. He was visited by General Robert E. Lee.
Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston in 1869–1870