Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard 2025 Dates. Beauregard became the first confederate general officer, appointed a brigadier general in the provisional army of the confederate states on march 1, 1861. Beauregard was the first brigadier.
Beauregard commanded a confederate force of 18,000 men that defeated major general benjamin butler and his army of 30,000 soldiers at the battle. On march 1, brigadier general p.