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Tag Archives: Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Laure “Doucette” Larendon: Beauregard’s Daughter
Among P.G.T. Beauregard his closest friends was Charles Villeré, son of Jules Villeré, a sugar cane planter in Plaquemines Parish and a member of one of the most prominent Creole families in south Louisiana. Beauregard became smitten with Marie Laure … Continue reading
Race, Remembrance and Tourism in New Orleans
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick In the wake of the Charleston shootings there was a renewed call to remove Confederate monuments throughout America. Few cities have seen this process play out in such … Continue reading
Posted in Memory
Tagged Jefferson Davis, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Robert E. Lee
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Confederate Generals and Racial Moderation
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick When I volunteer at the Historic New Orleans Collection, I naturally prefer the room dealing with the Civil War and Reconstruction (a close second is the Battle of … Continue reading
An Honorable Beginning
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes April 13, 1861—the broad, brown Mississippi flood tugged at United States mail steamer Bienville as she lay alongside a New Orleans levee preparing to sail the next morning with … Continue reading
Hood and Forrest in Tennessee
The affair that eventually became known as Hood’s Tennessee Campaign, that cold agony of winter fighting and marching that remains perhaps the synonym for Civil War hardship, began on a sour note. John Bell Hood’s frustrations were three. Firstly, his … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Atlanta, Corinth, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Joseph Wheeler, Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, Tennessee Campaign, Western & Atltantic Railroad, William T. Sherman
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