Home | Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant
- CountryUS
- Town:LA New Orleans
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Year of creation:1915
- Rider(s):Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant
(1818 –1893) was a Louisiana born American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Following a brief appointment at West Point in 1861, with the South’s secession, he became the first Confederate brigadier general. He commanded the defenses of Charleston, South Carolina, at the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Three months later he was the victor at the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia.
- Sculptor(s):Doyle, Alexander
(1857–1922) was an American sculptor. Alexander Doyle became a sculptor of marble and bronze monuments of historical figures including Civil War heroes and other prominent persons. He studied in Italy at the National Academies at Carrara, Rome, and Florence.
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In 2015, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu acknowledged the impact of the June 2015 Charleston church shooting, and after talking with New Orleans jazz ambassador Wynton Marsalis, Landrieu called for the removal of several city memorials to Confederates.
The New Orleans City Council voted 6-to-1 to remove the Gen. Beauregard Statue, along with three other historical monuments built 100 to 135 years ago.
The statue was removed in May 2017. After its removal the pedestal remained in place. In 2018 after the base of the statue was removed, a time capsule was discovered to exist. The capsule was opened and found to contain Confederate memorabilia, including photos of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, along with flags, currency, medals, ribbons and other paper items related to the city. Officials stated that the copper box was placed in the statue’s pedestal in 1913, a year before the statue was erected.
Photo by Infrogmation
