The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-04
GENERAL BE4EREGARD.
Brief Sketch OF Ills Distinguished Life.

/ Gen. Beauregald came from dis
! tineulshed French family On his
| mo:hel's side he was descended from
the dukes Of Modena and Peggio, aud
on his fathers side from Welsh lord
famous in the thirteenth century
jacques Tou'an de Beauregard was
! the first of this family to settle in
j Louisiana. He was COMMODORE in the
royal navy, so that the famous gener-
al may be said to have, in !. measure,
inherited his military genius.
Gen. Beauregard was born in St.
Bernard parish, May Is, 1918. The
basis af his education he secured in
New York City and in 1891 he receiv-
ed his appointment to the West Point
Military Academy, graduating second
III class of forty five that included
many young fden who afterwards be-
came famous in military and evil
ranks. He entered the engineers
corps after leaving the great college
W hen the war with Mexico broke out
he went with the army of conquest,
engaging himself III The construction
of deienses at Tampico, and In the
siege operations at Vera Cruz. and ac-
companylng the army in its battles at
Cefro Gordo, ,Contrefas, Chepultepec
and the City Of Mexico, being twice
wounded. emelging from the war a
| brsvetted ma jor. and attaining the
full rank of captain of engineers in
vice.
Returning to New Orleans he was
assigned to engineering work in this
vicinity and the vicinity of Mobile and
in 1861 was made superintendent of
the Military Academy at West Point
Before the tiual clash Of the war then
impending he resigned from the Fed
eral Army and offered his services to
the Confedelacy. He was Immediate
ly made Brgadier General and as
signed to
THE DEFENSE OF CHARLESTON,
firing the first gun of the great war
between the States ard rapidly redu-
cling Fort Sumter, then in command of
Major Anderson. From Charleston
he was ordered to Virginia and was in
command of the Confederate forces
practically winning the great victory of
Bull kun which sent a thrill through
out the country, raising the hopes of
the South to theshighest pitch. From
Virginia he was ordered to Tennessee
and was second in command on the
bloody field of Shiloh, until the death
of the lamented Albert Sidney John
ston, when he took full charge of the
Confederate forces, almost completely
routing the enemy and only calling
halt ut night when his men were en-
tirely worn out with the terrible en-
gagement they had fought. Bueli's
leinforcements on the following day
turned the tide at Shiloh, and Beau
regard beat an orderly retreat, falling
back to Corinth, whence lie Ietreated
southwark.
General Beanregard. with the full
rank of general. was subsequently or
dered to Charleston, and his defenses
OF the Atlantic seaboard against the
operations of the flower Of the Federal
naval and land forces and the unlimi-
ted resources of the Federal govern
ment attracted worldwide attention
and established General Beauregard's
reputation as a military genius. In
1864 Beauregard reinforced Lee in
Virginia, defeating Butler at Drury's
Bluff and withstanding the Federal
advance at Petersburg Thence he
Went West and subsequently t. Geor
gla to intercept Sherman's march to
the sea. Retiring from Georgia he
T,h Il
surrendered in 1865.
After the war Gen. Beauregard re-
turned to New Orleans, and up to the
time Of his death always evlnced a
deep interest in public affairs. He
was Adjutant General under both
Cows. Witt and McEnery, and in
1888 his name added strength to the
movement for the overthrow of the
ring government then i'll power. He
Works, resi- gned after a short occu-
pancy of the office. Gen. Beauregald
assisted the late Judge Roman in his
work on "The Military Operations OF
General Beauresard in the War be-
tween the States,' and was the author
OF ''Principles and Maxims OF the War
and Report of the Defense of Charles
ton" After the war Gen. Beauregard
was offered the command of the Ron
manian Army and of the Egyptian Ar
my, and also offered positions of pro-
minence in the armies of France and
Turkey, but all of these he declined
from Il high sense of patriotism.
Gen. Beanrcgald was married in
1871 to Miss Laure Nillere, IA grand
daughter of the second governor of
Louisiana. the issue of the union being
three children, Rene L. Btaure.ard.