What is P. G. T. Beauregard?
{{Infobox military person |birth_name=Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard |birth_date={{birth date|1818|5|28|mf=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|1893|2|20|1818|5|28|mf=y}} |image=Pgt beauregard.jpg |image_size=250 |caption=General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1860s) |nickname=The Little Creole, The Little Napoleon, Bory, Felix, The Hero of [[Fort Sumter]] |birth_place=[[St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana|St. Bernard Parish]], [[Louisiana]], U.S. |death_place=[[New Orleans]], Louisiana, U.S. |placeofburial=Tomb of the [[Army of Tennessee]], [[Metairie Cemetery]], New Orleans, U.S. |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |allegiance={{flag|United States of America|1837}}<br/>{{flag|Confederate States of America}} |branch= {{army|USA}}<br />{{army|CSA}} |serviceyears=1838-61 ([[United States Army|USA]])<br />1861-65 ([[Confederate States Army|CSA]]) |rank=[[File:Union army maj rank insignia.jpg|35px]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Major]] ([[United States Army|USA]])<br />[[General (CSA)|General]] ([[Confederate States Army|CSA]]) |unit= |commands= [[Confederate Army of the Potomac]]<br />[[Army of Mississippi]] |battles=[[Mexican-American War]] *[[Battle of Contreras]] *[[Battle of Churubusco]] *[[Battle for Mexico City]] *[[Battle of Chapultepec]] [[American Civil War]] *[[Battle of Fort Sumter]] *[[First Battle of Bull Run]] *[[Battle of Shiloh]] *[[Siege of Corinth]] *[[First Battle of Fort Wagner]] *[[Second Battle of Fort Wagner]] *[[Second Battle of Fort Sumter]] *[[Bermuda Hundred Campaign]] *[[Second Battle of Petersburg]] *[[Battle of Bentonville]] |awards= |relations= |laterwork= Author, civil servant, politician, and inventor |signature= Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard signature.svg }} '''Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard''' (May 28, 1818 &ndash; February 20, 1893) was an [[Americans|American]] military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant. He was the first prominent [[General officer|general]] of the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Today, he is known a