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Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard is born in Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
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Beauregard graduates from West Point second in his class.
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Beauregard marries Marie Laure Villere.
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Beauregard becomes a captain in the United States army.
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Beauregard loses a tight race for mayor to Gerald Stith.
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Abraham Lincoln, an abolitionist, is elected as president of the United States of America, worrying southern slave owners.
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South Carolina is the first state to secede from the United States. It secedes on a vote of 169-0.
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Louisiana secedes from the United States to join the Confederacy. It is the 6th state to secede.
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The Confederate Constitution is adopted in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Jefferson Davis is elected as the first (and only) president of the Confederate States of America. He ran without opposition.
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Beauregard resigns from his position in the US army to join the Confederate army.
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Beauregard becomes the Confederacy's first hero after directing the bombardment on Fort Sumter from April 12-14.
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The Confederacy routs Union forces at the Battle of First Bull Run.
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Captain David G. Farragut captures New Orleans.
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President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in the rebelling states.
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Beauregard defends Petersburg against Grant for four days in the Battle of Petersburg.
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Lee surrenders to US Grant at the Appomattox Court House, ending the Civil War.
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The 13th Amendment is passed, finally abolishing slavery for good.
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Beauregard is elected as commissioner of public works in New Orleans.
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Pierre GT Beauregard dies in New Orleans.
