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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Biographical sketch of General Beauregard. (search)
trances, or for some other cause, that Major Beauregard altered his determination, we are unable to state; but he did not leave the service; and from 1853 to the latter part of 1861 remained in charge of what was then called the Mississippi and Lake Defences in Louisiana. He was also at that time superintending the building of the United States custom-house at New Orleans. On the 20th of November, 1860, he was appointed to the high position of Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point, but, owing to complicated events then darkening more and more our political horizon, and of which it is not now our purpose to speak, he only filled the position during a few days. He resigned his commission in the army of the United States in February, 1861; and on the 1st of March of that year entered the Confederate service, with the rank of brigadier-general. From that eventful period to the close of the war he was ever in the van—active, self-sacrificing, vigilant, and bold. He
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 27 (search)
Appendices to Vol. I. Appendix to Chapter I Engineer Department, Washington, Jan. 24th, 1861. Bvt. Major P. G. T. Beauregard, Corps of Engineers, West Point, N. Y.: Major,—The Secretary of War directs that Special Orders No. 238, of Nov. 8th, 1860, appointing you to the post of Superintendent of the Military Academy, be revoked, and that you return to your former station at New Orleans. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Jos. G. Totten, Bvt. Brig.-Genl., Chief Eng. War Department, Adjutant. General's office, Washington, Jan. 25th, 1861. Special Order No. 19. Special Order No. 238, Adjutant-General's Office, of November, 1860, appointing Bvt. Major Peter G. T. Beauregard, Captain Corps of Engineers, to be the Superintendent of the Military Academy, is hereby revoked, and Major Beauregard will return to his former station at New Orleans, La. By order of the Secretary of War. S. Cooper, Adj.-Genl. Major Beauregard, through Engineers.