Brigadier General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard commanded the Southern forces at Fort Sumter in April of 1861. He was born in Louisiana near New Orleans May 28, 1818.
Charleston, South Carolina, where Confederate artillery opened up on the US army garrison on the island of Fort Sumter. The Confederate commander was General P.G.T. Beauregard, acting under orders from his President, Jefferson Davis.
US Civil War - Battle of Shiloh. Near Shiloh, Tennessee. General Ulysses S. Grant defeats confederate army.
George McLellan
Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina.
Henry S. Farley, a Lieutenant, fired the first shot at Fort Sumter. The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the American Civil War.
Charleston, South Carolina, where Confederate artillery opened up on the US army garrison on the island of Fort Sumter. The Confederate commander was General P.G.T. Beauregard, acting under orders from his President, Jefferson Davis.
Confederate Troops
Fort Sumter - an island garrison in Charleston Harbour, held by Union troops, and fired-on by Confederate artillery, on the orders of General P.G.T. Beauregard.
US Civil War - Battle of Shiloh. Near Shiloh, Tennessee. General Ulysses S. Grant defeats confederate army.
Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina.
The Confederate states seceded from the Union and fired the first shots.
On Apr. 12,1861, 4.20 am the Confederate artillery fired the first shot on Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay.
George McLellan
The Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter signed the outbreak of the American Civil War-.
The South's firing on Fort Sumter.April 12, 1861 last shot fired by the Confederate
The Civil War. The Confederate fired on Union Fort Sumter.
April 12, 1861, Ft. Sumter was fired upon by Confederate forces.