Tag Archive | P. G. T. Beauregard

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it… Robert E. Lee

    from the US Army Center of Military History After graduation from the U. S. Military Academy, Evans served on the western frontier with the dragoons and cavalry, before resigning in 1861 to enter Confederate service. He was commissioned a colonel and commanded a small brigade at the Battle of First Bull Run, where […]

Leaders of the lost cause : new perspectives on the Confederate high command

Leaders of the lost cause : new perspectives on the Confederate high command    Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c 2004  edited by Gary W. Gallagher and Joseph T. Glatthaar Generals Confederate States of America Biography Hardcover. 1st ed. and printing. xvi, 294 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Clean, tight and strong […]