{"product_id":"2940013048744","title":"Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: P.G.T. Beauregard's Account of the Battle of First Manassas (Illustrated)","description":"Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard 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. Today he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used his first name as an adult and signed correspondence as G. T. Beauregard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeauregard was trained as a civil engineer at the United States Military Academy and served with distinction as an engineer in the Mexican-American War. Following a brief appointment at West Point in 1861, with the South's secession, he became the first Confederate brigadier general. He commanded the defenses of Charleston, South Carolina, and he became quickly famous throughout the South for commanding the successful attack on Fort Sumter from April 12-13, 1861, beginning the Civil War. Beauregard was also the victor at the First Battle of Bull Run, the war’s first major battle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeauregard would serve the Confederacy throughout the war, mostly in the Western theater at battles like Shiloh. His forces also saved Petersburg in June 1864 by defending against assaults by overwhelmingly superior Union Army until Lee’s army could arrive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a general, Beauregard wrote dispatches and reports that were preserved in The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Beauregard’s official account of the Battle of First Manassas or First Bull Run, the first major land battle of the Civil War, describes the events leading up to the battle and its aftermath. This edition includes illustrations of the battle and Beauregard.","brand":"Charles River Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068705489136,"sku":"2940013048744","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013048744_p0.jpg?v=1763575820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013048744","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}