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Most famously, Fort Sumter, the US Army garrison on its tiny island in Charleston Harbour - taken as the first shots of the war.

He was also at First Bull Run and Shiloh, and no doubt ordered plenty of artillery fire at the enemy in both of those battles too.

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Q: On what target did General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard order his Confederate gunners to open fire?
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Confederate general from Louisiana that fired first shot of civil war?

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.


Was Pierre Goustave Toutant Beauregard in the north or south war I think he was in the North?

General Beauregard was a Southern general.


Who were the generals commanding each side of this battle in fort sumter?

Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard for the South and Major Robert Anderson for the Union.


Who was nettie beauregard?

Nettie Beauregard was the wife of Henri or Henry Toutant Beauregard, younger son of General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard and first wife, Marie Antoinetter Laure Villere. Nettie's full name was Marie (Mary) Antoinetter Harney. She married Henri at Coronado Beach in San Diego County, California in 1889 when she was 21 and he was 44. Henri died in 1915 and I believe Nettie died in 1940. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Nettie returned there after her husband's death where she worked as Archivist and Curator of the Missouri Historical Society which included the Lindbergh Museum.


Who was the confederate general to order the attack on fort Sumter?

General Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregardhttp://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/sc001.htmDescription: On April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Garrison commander Anderson refused. On April 12, Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort, which was unable to reply effectively. At 2:30 pm, April 13, Major Anderson surrendered Fort Sumter, evacuating the garrison on the following day. The bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the American Civil War. Although there were no casualties during the bombardment, one Union artillerist was killed and three wounded (one mortally) when a cannon exploded prematurely while firing a salute during the evacuation on April 14.

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