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Beauregard Becomes Lost Hero in Souths Romantic Myths
A retrospective on Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, the Civil War Confederate general once hailed as a national idol. The piece reviews his rise from West Point to Manassas and Shiloh, the ensuing mythmaking in the South, and the later neglect that led to his obscurity despite a storied career.
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Fort Sam Hills
Confederate States of America
Confederate Congress
General Assembly of
South Carolina
New Orleans
Montgomery
Ala
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Manassas
Bull Run
Virginia
Washington
Confederates States of America
Pierre Gustave Tourant Beauregard
Charles Scribner's Sons
Beauregard
Hamilton Basso
Mr. Basso
South
Lee
Robert Edward Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Albert Sidney Johnston
Jeb Stuart
Jefferson
Davis
Louisiana
West Point
Robert Anderson
Irvin McDowell
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Bull Run Creek
Engineers Corps
Fort Adams
Rhode Island
Barataria Bay
Laure Villere
Contreras
Churubusco
Chaultepec
Lincoln
New York
Mississippi River
Benjamin
Department of the West
Shiloh
Pittsburg
Johnston
Grant
Corinth
Sumter
Halleck
Braxton Bragg
Charleston
Secession
Petersburg
Joseph Johnston
Sherman
Jubal A. Early
Octopus
Stuart