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Ancestors of Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
As the South's most experienced field general, Beauregard was sent to Charleston,
SC. Since the Yankees had twice missed mutually agreed deadlines to evacuate
Ft.Sumter in Charleston harbor, war had become a possibility. He was under
orders to take the fort by force, if the next withdrawal deadline was missed.
When the deadline neared, a Yankee fleet approached Sumter. at first spirits rose,
the Yankees were leaving. Then it was noticed that the ships rode low in the
water. They were bringing in supplies and reenforcements, not empty to
evacuate. On 12 Apr 1861, Beauregard reluctantly ordered the first shots of a war
that shoild never have been. Sumter surrendered the next day. Four years later,
after almost a million American's were killed, Robert E. Lee surrendered at
Appomatox. More Americans died in that war than all other wars from the
Revolution in 1776 to the War on Terror in 2009, combined.
Beauregard was transferred north after Sumter and won several battles in VA,
most notably Manasses Jct., VA aka Bull Run, thwarting the 1st Yankee invasion of
VA attempt. Jefferson Davis did not like Beauregard from their old association
before the War and replaced him as soon as possible with his 1st choice, Gen,
Robert E. Lee as commander of the Army of Northern VA. Davis kept Beauregard
in the "backwaters" of the war from that time forward.
Beauregard was called "Old Alphabet" by his troops, because "it took the whole
damn thing to spell his name." He was also called "Napoleon in Gray" by the
press.
The original family name was Toutant de Beauregard in France. The Louisiana
Creole family stressed just the Beauregard portion. General Beauregard was called
Gustave by family and friends, and often dropped the Pierre in correspondence.
Simon Toutant Beauregard
Jacques Toutant Beauregard
b. 1690 ?
m.
b. circa 1722 St.Soulle, Saintonge
d. circa 1782 N.O., LA
m.
b. 1700 ?
Madeleine Cartier
b. 1700 ? France
m.
Marie Landrain
Francois Cartier
Louis Toutant Beauregard
b. 27 Apr 1755 N.O., LA
d. 2 Jun 1792 N.O., LA
m. 13 Apr 1784
b. 1725 ? Nancre, France
d. circa 1799 N.O., LA
Jacques Elie Toutant
Beauregard
Joseph de Lucinge Ducros
b. 9 Feb 1789 N.O., LA
m. 29 Aug 1808 N.O., LA
Joseph Marius Ducros
Victoire Marie Ducros
b. 1720 Haute Savoie
m.
b. 28 May 1818 St.Bernard
Parish, LA
d. 20 Feb 1893 New Orleans
Laure Marie de
Villere
Laure Marie
de 1823 LA
b. 22 Mar
Villere d. 22 Mar 1850
Wilhelmina Marguerite Wiltz
b. 1735 ? LA
Fort Sumter
b. 22 Mar 1823
m. 18
LASep 1841 New Orleans
d. 22 Mar 1850
m. 18 Sep 1841
Marguerite
New OrleansCatherine
has modern DesLondes
Beauregard descendants
b. circa
1830 SJA, LA
Catherine
DesLondes
d. 1864 P., LA
b. 1830 ? St.James
m. 1860 m. 1860 N.O., LA
b. 1690 ?
m.
Francoise Deroche
b. 1690 ?
b. 1757
Gen. Pierre Gustave
Toutant Beauregard
Henriette Brosset
b. 1710 ? France
Laurent Conrad Wiltz
b. 1700 ?
m.
Marie Anne Colon
b. 1710 ?
Renaldo de Reggio
Francois Marie chv.de Reggio
b. 1700 ?
m.
b. 1732 Alba, Piedmont
d. 7 Oct 1787 N.O., LA
m. 1751
b. 1700 ?
Helene de Fleuriau
b. 1700 ? France
m. 31 Dec 1724
Felicite de Canapan
Louis Charles de Reggio
b. 29 Nov 1759 N.O., LA
d. 1850
m. 26 Oct 1789 N.O., LA
Jean Francois Fleuriau
b. Jan 1733 N.O., LA
d. before 25 Feb 1804 N.O., LA
Helene de Moriere
b. 1705 ? France
d. circa 1747 N.O., LA
Judith Helene de Reggio
Hugues sgr.Sionne-enBassigny
Olivier
b. 12 Sep 1793 New Orleans, LA
d. 6 Feb 1861
Pierre Francois sr.de Vezin
Olivier
b. 28 Apr 1716 Nancy, Lorraine
d. 20 Apr 1776 N.O., LA
m. 14 Jun 1747 Trois-Rivieres
Judith de Vezin Olivier
b. 6 Feb 1751 N.O., LA
d. 1856
b. 4 Sep 1720 Trois-Rivieres, Canada
d. 9 Dec 1772 N.O., LA
Maj.Gen. Camille
Armand Jules pr.de
Polignac CSA
b. 16 Feb 1832 Fr.
d. 15 Nov 1913 Paris
m. 1874 Marie Adolfine
Langenberger
At first, he was unpopular with his troops,
who called him "Prince Polecat."
Eventually, they learned to accept him.
Louise Leroux deDinjolincourt
b. 1690 ?
d. 1747
Jean Baptiste dit Duplessis
Gatineau
Marie Josephe
Gatineau-Duplesis
Beauregard's French noble friend, the
Prince de Polignac joined him as a general
in the Confederate Army. Prince Polignac is
a 1st cousin 4 times removed of the current
prince of Monaco.
b. 1660 Nancy, Lorraine
d. 1735
m. circa 1710 Nancy
b. circa 1671
d. 1750 Trois-Rivieres
m. 1711
Charlotte Marie Le Boulanger
b. 1692 Cap de la Madeleine
d. 1756 Nicolet, Quebec
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Printed on: 12 Aug 2009