Brigadier General of the Confederate Provisional Army, placed in command at Charleston, where he ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Vintage 4.25 x 6.5 Sarony cabinet portrait photo, signed in fountain pen along the bottom, “G. T. Beauregard,” and signed again on the reverse, “G. T. Beauregard, New Orleans, La, December 10th, 1890, Taken in 1883.” In very good condition, with vertical surface mark through facial area, some scattered light soiling and surface marks, pencil notation to reverse, a touch of light silvering and missing top left corner tip. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
