Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard ( \ / ˈbɔərɨɡɑrd \ / ; May 28 , 1818 - February 20 , 1893 ) was a Louisiana-born American military officer , politician , inventor , writer , civil servant , and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War .
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard ( May 28 , 1818 - February 20 , 1893 ) was an American military officer , politician , inventor , writer , civil servant .