This man's brother-in-law, John Slidell, helped him get appointed superintendent of West Point, but he was forced to resign 送ve days into the job because of his state's secession.
A Tony Horwitz book includes a story about this man bringing his own cow to war because he could not stand any other milk. He nearly resigned his commission to join the 送libusterer William Walker as second-in-command, but a  lattering letter from Win送eld Scott persuaded him to change his mind. This man's brother-in-law, John Slidell, helped him get appointed superintendent of West Point, but he was forced to resign 送ve days into the job because of his state's secession. Near the end of the Civil War, he was given command of the Department of the West, but clashed with John Bell Hood, failed to stall Sherman, and was replaced with Joseph Johnston. Harry Williams's biography of this man, Napoleon in Gray, is a reference to his nickname "Little Napoleon." He took command of the Army of the Mississippi a ter Albert Sidney Johnston's death at Shiloh. For 10 points, name this general who initiated the Civil War with his siege of Fort Sumter and who won at First Bull Run.
A Tony Horwitz book includes a story about this man bringing his own cow to war because he could not stand any other milk.
P.G.T. Beauregard [or Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard]