What Confederate general helped start the American Civil War by leading the attack on Fort Sumter in 1861?

Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard commanded the fortifications of Charleston, South Carolina when the Civil War began on April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter. He is most remembered for defending the industrial city of Petersburg, Virginia against Union soldiers in June 1864, delaying the collapse of the Confederate capital of Richmond.

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