Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-21
Death of General Beauresard.

General P. G.. T. Beauregard died in
New Orleans last night in the 10Th year
of his age. He was stricken down with
an attack of heart disease on the th
inst, but rallied the next day. and 1t
was thought he would recover. Unfav-
orable symptoms developed again, how
ever. and the end, though not uneX-
pected, was somewhat sudden.
Pierre Gustaye Toutant BeauregarI,
the last survivor of the Confederate mil
itary leaders who attained the full rank
of general. came of n famous ancestry
of fighters. and during the civil war
proved himself to be a brave ana Drii,
liant commander. He was descended
on his mothers side from the Dukes OF
Modena and Reggie, and on his father
side from u Welsh lord famous in the
18th century, and the Sioux Pair de
Beauresard. The first one OF the tami-
" to come directly from France to Lou
isiana, was Jacques Toutant dc Beallre-
gard, commodore in the royal navy
The future Confederate general was
born Nav 2S, 1918. He was sent to the
West Point Military Academy in 1881
and graduated in 1888, second in class
which included among its number the
Confederate generals Hardee and Sio-
lev and the Union generals Barry, Mich
OILS. Granger aud Mcdowell. He was
at first assigned to the artillery, but
was soon transferred to the engineers.
He served through the Mexican war
with distinction and won the brevet OF
major. ...c
lie superintendent the Notifications of
Mobile Bay and the Mississippi until
January IS, 1861, when he was made
superintendent of the West Point MILF
tarv Academy. On February 20 of the
same wear he resigned, and at once OF
fcrcd his services to the Contederacy
and was placed in command of the de-
lenses at Charleston, 5. c. He COM
manded in the attack on Fort Sumter
on April T., 1861, and later i'll the day
received the surrender of Major Ander-
son.
Beauregard was almost Immediately
ordered to Virginia, where he was
practically in command at the first bat
lie of Bull Run, on July 81, 1861, al
though superseded at the last moment
bv General Joseph E. Johnston. In
the spring of 1862 he was ordered to
Tennessee as second in command to
General Albert Sydney Johnston, ami
when that officer was killed ut the bat
tie of Shiloh, April 6, Beauresard took
command and nearly succeeded IN
routing the Union army, but was event
uallv compelled to retreat by General
Grant, falling back in good order to
Corinth. Miss, where he made q sue
cesslul defense until the Goth of May,
when he evacuated the place, destroy
inc his stores and retreating southwark
along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
General Beauregard's health failed
after this campaign, and he was on
leave of absence until August, when,
with the full rank of general, he was
again placed in command at Charles
ton, which for year and half-trom
September, 1862, to April, lS6l-he de
Tended against the formidable siege
operations Of General Gilmore and Adj
mirals Dupont and Dahlgreen. His
relations with President Davis had be-
come so strained that during his illness
which necessitated a change of air from
that of hi; headquarters, he was
summarily deposed from his command
bv the president. Gen. Beauregard's
friends urged his reinstatement, but
Davis declared he would not restore
him though the whole world should
ask it, He was, however, too
valuable an officer to be dispensed
with, and after n short time he was
placed in command ut Charleston. In
May, 1864, when General Grant was
closing in on the approaches to Rich
mond, Beauregard reinforced Lee,
defeated Butler at Drury's Bluff AMI
held Petersburg against the Federal
advance. In October he was appointcd
commander of the military division f
the West, and was sent to Georgia to
resist the march of the Federals under
sherman. The attempt proved futile,
and, Joining forces with General Jo-
seph Il. Johnston in North Carolina,
he surrendered with that officer TO
General Sherman in April, 1865.
After the war General Beauregard
settled in New Orleans and was for
some years preslueHC vi VIC NcW VI
leans, Jackson and Mississippi Rail
road. and later, with General Jubal a.
Early, superintendent the drawings
of the Louisiana State Lottery. He
served as Adjutant General of the
State, and in April, 1887, was elected
Commissioner of Public Works of New
Orleans by the reform democrats, but
only held the position for a few
months While in Europe, in 1866
General Beaurcgard was offered the
command of the Roumania army. but
he declined it, rs he did a similar
offer from Egypt. The command of
the Egyptian army was again offered
to him in 1870 but before he named
the conditions on which he would ac
cept. the offer was withdrawn through
the influence of the late George II.
Butler, nephew Of General b. +. But
Ter, who was then United States Con-
sui at Alexandria.
Gen. Reauregard was fne.looking
man, of the Creole type, and in his
late years of striking appearance by
reason of his white hair and beard.