Forgotten Catholic family of the Confederacy:
The Beauregards weren’t just aristocrats, they were devout Catholics, deeply rooted in Louisiana’s old faith. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard wasn’t the only one who fought. His whole family bled, prayed, and sacrificed for the South. 🧵
The Beauregards weren’t just aristocrats, they were devout Catholics, deeply rooted in Louisiana’s old faith. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard wasn’t the only one who fought. His whole family bled, prayed, and sacrificed for the South. 🧵
P.G.T. Beauregard, the Confederate general who fired the first shot at Fort Sumter, was born in St. Bernard Parish to a French Creole Catholic family. He spoke French before English, went to Catholic school, and never missed daily prayer.
His wife, Marie Antoinette Laure Villere (yes, named after that Marie Antoinette), came from one of Louisiana’s oldest Catholic families. She helped organize war relief, sewed uniforms, and hosted rosaries for the wounded.
After her death, Beauregard never remarried, but raised his children with a strict Catholic rule: daily Mass, confession, and never dishonor the family name or the Confederate cause.
When the war ended, Beauregard refused bitterness. He rejected revenge, advocated for racial cooperation, and spent his final years rebuilding Southern infrastructure and helping the poor, because, as he said, “charity is the crown of the faith.”
The Beauregards show a forgotten truth: the Confederacy wasn’t just generals and battles. It was Catholic homes, family rosaries, and old-world values, faith lived under fire.
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