“If the whole world were to ask me to restore General Beauregard to the command which I have already given to General Bragg, I would refuse it.”
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P. G. T. Beauregard
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was an American military officer known for being the Confederate general who started the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used his first name as an adult. He signed correspondence as G. T. Beauregard.
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science · Confederate States Army general (1818–1893) · army officer · artillerist · inventor · writer · politician · human rights defender · also P. G. T. Beauregard, Gustave Toutant Beauregard, G. T. Beauregard, P.T.G, General Beauregard, General P.T.G. Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Born 28 May 1818 · Died 20 February 1893 · Q313976
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2016· 3 entries
Published “Perovskite energy funnels for efficient light-emitting diodes” in Nature Nanotechnology — cited 2,252 times.
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Published “Highly efficient quantum dot near-infrared light-emitting diodes” in Nature Photonics — cited 429 times.
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Published “Ligand-Stabilized Reduced-Dimensionality Perovskites” in Journal of the American Chemical Society — cited 1,390 times.
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2013· 2 entries
Published “<i>Bacillus subtilis</i> biofilm induction by plant polysaccharides” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 545 times.
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Published “Sticking together: building a biofilm the Bacillus subtilis way” in Nature Reviews Microbiology — cited 962 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Published “Making the link between work-life balance practices and organizational performance” in Human Resource Management Review — cited 515 times.
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2003· 2 entries
Published ““Change the mind and you change the brain”: effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on the neural correlates of spider phobia” in NeuroImage — cited 343 times.
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Published “Neural circuitry underlying voluntary suppression of sadness” in Biological Psychiatry — cited 513 times.
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2002· 1 entry
Published “Areas of brain activation in males and females during viewing of erotic film excerpts” in Human Brain Mapping — cited 430 times.
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2001· 2 entries
Published “Non-invasive detection of apoptosis using magnetic resonance imaging and a targeted contrast agent” in Nature Medicine — cited 429 times.
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Published “Neural Correlates of Conscious Self-Regulation of Emotion” in The Journal of Neuroscience — cited 708 times.
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1893· 1 entry
Died 1893-02-20.
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1889· 1 entry
Beauregard refused the honor of heading the funeral procession, saying "We have always been enemies
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1888· 1 entry
Was elected as commissioner of public works in New Orleans
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1887· 1 entry
Democratic Governor Samuel McEnery called for the assistance of ten infantry companies and an artillery company of the state militia
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1882· 1 entry
While sharing stories of Pierre's youth and growing up, Mamie pointed to a personal portrait that Pierre gave her during a visit in 1867, saying "that's my son"
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1879· 2 entries
After which Beauregard became chairman of the Hood Relief Committee; he arranged for the publication of Hood's memoirs, Advance and Retreat, in order to care for the orphaned Hood children
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Leaving ten destitute orphans, Beauregard used his influence to get Hood's memoirs published, with all proceeds going to the children
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1869· 1 entry
Demonstrated a cable car and was issued U
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1868· 1 entry
Beauregard was vacationing at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, where a number of other prominent former Confederates including Lee were
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1866· 1 entry
Was promoted to president, a position he retained until 1870, when he was ousted in a hostile takeover
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1863· 2 entries
Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, led a union ironclad attack against Fort Sumter that was repulsed by highly accurate artillery fire from Beauregard's forces
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From repeated naval and land attacks by Union forces
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1861· 3 entries
With an element of surprise for both armies—both McDowell and Beauregard planned to envelop their opponent with an attack from their right flank
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Beauregard met with Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens and inspected the defenses of the harbor, which he found to be in disarray
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And after Louisiana seceded, he resigned from the United States Army and became the first brigadier general in the Confederate States Army
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1860· 1 entry
Beauregard married Caroline Deslonde (1831–1864), who died in New Orleans following a long illness
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1858· 1 entry
Where he was promoted by both the Whig and Democratic parties to challenge the Know Nothing party candidate
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1856· 1 entry
That he was going to join the filibuster with William Walker, who had seized control of Nicaragua; he had offered Beauregard the rank of second-in-command of his army
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1852· 1 entry
And a former general in the Mexican War who had been impressed by Beauregard's performance at Mexico City
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1841· 1 entry
Beauregard married Marie Antoinette Laure Villeré (1823–1850), the daughter of a Louisiana sugarcane planter
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1838· 2 entries
And excelled both as an artilleryman and military engineer
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Studied at United States Military Academy (1838).
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1837· 1 entry
Would guarantee that South Carolina's actions be exercised with "skill and sound judgment
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1818· 1 entry
Born 1818-05-28.
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