P. G. T. Beauregard are named after Beauregard in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. An equestrian monument by Alexander Doyle in New Orleans depicted him. The monument was removed on May 17, 2017. Beauregard was portrayed by Donald Sutherland in the 1999 TNT TV movie "The Hunley". P. G. T. Beauregard Pierre-Gustave Toutant de Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893) was an American military officer who was the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Today, he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used his first name as an adult.
Signal Corps in the American Civil War Signal Corps in the American Civil War The Signal Corps in the American Civil War comprised two organizations: the U.S. Army Signal Corps, which began with the appointment of Major Albert J. Myer as its first signal officer just before the war and remains an entity to this day, and the Confederate States Army Signal Corps, a much smaller group of officers and men, using similar organizations and techniques as their Union opponents. Both accomplished tactical and strategic communications for the warring armies, including electromagnetic telegraphy and aerial telegraphy ("wig-wag" signaling). Although both services had an implicit mission of battlefield