Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard CLASS OF 1838 Beauregard chose the Corps of Engineers after graduating West Point, serving first in his home state, Louisiana, then as a staff officer during the Mexican War. Appointed West Point superintendent in 1861, he remained just five days before removal for his outspoken Southern sympathies. Soon thereafter he resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army. As commander of Confederate forces in Charleston, Beauregard launched the attack on Fort Sumter that triggered the Civil War. He and Confederate President Jefferson Davis (Class of 1828) were often at odds. Within months, Beauregard became more administrator than combat leader. After the war, Beauregard returned to New Orleans to head the New Orleans, Jackson & Mississippi Railway. He later served as the city’s commissioner of public works. NEXT Organizing for War Alfred Mordecai 1804–1887 Class of 1823 George Henry Thomas 1816–1870 Class of 1840 John Clifford Pemberton 1814–1881 Class of 1837 Robert Anderson 1805–1871 Class of 1825 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard 1815–1893 Class of 1838
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