Orr, Nathaniel

P.G.T. Beauregard of New Orleans, La., graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838. He served in the Mexican War and directed the building of the Federal customs house in New Orleans. Beauregard was a full general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, serving at Fort Sumter, the First Battle of Manassas, the Battle of Shiloh, and the Second Battle of Petersburg, among others. After the war, he served as president of two Louisiana railway companies and as manager of the Louisiana Lottery.

From the description of P.G.T. Beauregard cartoon, circa 1865. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244206275