Title

General PGT Beauregard, Confederate Army general, 1862-1867. Artist: Unknown

Caption

General PGT Beauregard, Confederate Army general, 1862-1867. As commander of the forces in Charleston, South Carolina, Beauregard (1818-1893) ordered his troops to open fire on the Union garrison at Fort Sumter, the opening engagement of the Civil War. He commanded the Confederate Army to victory at the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the war. An engraving from volume I of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1862

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C24_370

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,4Mb (4,7Mb) / 11,6in x 16,9in / 3472 x 5069 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male face man men button buttons country body guy war location century moustache general soldiers soldier concept battle B&W signature MONOCHROME United States of America United States commander military uniform 19th century black & white black and white B W Confederate American Civil War Battle of Bull Run nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector the body Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard engraving portrait Unknown Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant General Beauregard engraving portrait