P. G. T. Beauregard, Part 6 | "A Fatricidal Dagger"

Описание: Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard takes a prominent role in Civil War history for its first full year, then, in general, he fades to background, taking on a role less talked about than the generals who actively campaigned. Its no wonder that Jefferson Davis jumped at the chance to place Beauregard at the head of the forces opposing fort Sumter in the spring of 1861. His reputation as an excellent engineer, competent soldier, and his unique creole background allowed his legend to grow in this early part of the Confederacy’s life. The hero of Fort Sumter became the hero of First Manassas, actively placing troops at the front, while the overall commander, Joseph E. Johnston sent troops to him. However, his feud with Davis and the Confederate War Department resulted in him moving around the Confederacy. First to the West to help Albert Sidney Johnston, where he became commander of the army after that general’s death at the Battle of Shiloh. Beauregard’s vague reports to Davis about him leaving the army for rest without requesting leave gave Davis the impetus for relieving him from his position. Beauregard spent a great deal of the war, as the defender of Charleston, as well as the coast of Georgia and later Florida, but he always felt he should be on the front commanding armies, constantly wanting to return to his Army of Tennessee that he helped to concentrate at Corinth, Mississippi in early 1862. He defended Charleston Harbor well, throwing back repeated attacks by Union forces bent on capturing the symbol of the rebellion. He spent the last year of the war commanding troops around Petersburg and overseeing the Department of the West at the end of 1864. 1865 saw him helping his old superior Joseph E. Johnston as they battled Sherman as that general pushed through the Carolinas. He ended his Civil War career with his Army of Tennessee in North Carolina. Unlike many ex-Confederates, Beauregard became wealthy in his post war years. He was a constant reminder of the Confederacy to the visitors and residents of New Orleans as he walked down its streets. Though his military star dimmed after the war's opening acts, Beauregard remained a lasting symbol of the Confederacy's early hopes and enduring myths. In memory and in presence, he stood as a living relic of a cause lost, his legacy woven into the very streets of the city he called home. To many, he will always be the Napoleon in Gray.



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