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Beauregard? A turncoat against the Union? Who could've seen it coming? (Original Post) NightWatcher Mar 2017 OP
Who was Beauregard during the Civil War? I don't know us history. applegrove Mar 2017 #1
The losing side, the treasonous side, the South NightWatcher Mar 2017 #2
Sorry. I was not clear. Was Beauregard a general for the South? applegrove Mar 2017 #4
Yes LeftInTX Mar 2017 #6
Thanks. Wondered too about the French Ness of the name. New Orleans applegrove Mar 2017 #8
He was in over his head from the start and now he might drown eleny Mar 2017 #3
There far too many people that still are fighting the Civil War... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #5
NEO CONFEDERATES NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #7
Anything to do away with MFM008 Mar 2017 #9
It's the name of this hound dog on the Beverly Hillbillies & it's an insult to the dog :D luvMIdog Mar 2017 #10
! nt Mc Mike Mar 2017 #11

LeftInTX

(25,264 posts)
6. Yes
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 12:14 AM
Mar 2017

Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard

He was from New Orleans, hence the French name.

I used to think he was from the Revolutionary War because his name was French.

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
5. There far too many people that still are fighting the Civil War...
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 12:12 AM
Mar 2017

I'm getting sick and tired of hearing those Repub cracker good ole boys with that "friendly" southern drawl on the TV machine. It's the 21st Century. Slavery is dead. Tara was burned down. The Civil War is over and the South lost.

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