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> 11 rasped rasced : face while whUe a aspmdly aspindly aspindly spmdly spindly maiden of forty , to whom fOI foitv forty tv made nodifference no nodIfference nodifference dIfference , , snipped n a button fiom flom fioin his coat " Three monthslater months 'ater ater later ' two unifoimed umfolmed uniformed mobs mobsfought mobsfought mobsfought fought a battle neir ne'1l ne1l near ' " Manassas or Bull Run In InVirginia ! n ntilrglma tilrglma ' \ Irglma The uniformed mob " nhich "Iuch Iuch which ha had hadmarched hadmarched 1 < 1marc11ed marc11ed marched south , miny many m'1n m1n ' of them driving cariing c'1rl c1rl ' ) lng lengths lengthsof len lengthsof ths thsof of rope ' ' to leid le\d le d lead ' \ a n Rebel prisoner back hack to Wash WashIngton WashIngton WashIngton Ington , " \ went ent back towird tow'lrd towlrd toward ' that city C1ty In a panicstricken panic panicstricken historyThe trlcken stricken rout almo-it almo it almo.t almot almost . - unparalleled In history The uniformed umformed mob \ which \ hlch had marched north northeach , fl\eYankees fl theYankees eD.ch eDch each . man confident of his Ills abilit\ abilit abllIb abilits abilitto \ toU to U " "whip whip " hip the \ Yankees before breikfist bre'lkf\st bre'lkf brelkf st breakfast ' ' \ , , " experienced e\.penenced e.penenced e .penenced penenced ' \ . unex unexpected unexpetted unespected pected petted difficulties In whipping two But theirswas theIrs theIrswas theirswas was the victory v1ctory , anyway , and after aft r that another anothere anotherextravigans'a anotherextravigansa e worshipIn traV'1gan7a traV1gan7a trav'iganra traviganra ' ' ' of heio helo hero worshipIn "orohlpIn " worship "orohlp orohlp : In the South they begin beg'1n beg1n began ' naming children childrenafter childrenafter childrenafter after PrcsIdent Presldent PresIdent him 'rhereas ' There 'rhere rhere was \\as as ' \ tilk t'llk tllk talk ' of making him Pres ldent Ident of the Confederates States of AmerIca AmericaHe buttonsIn He had to keep an ettn etr'l etrl extra " ' { ' supply of coat buttons in his tent-they tent they tent - they snipped them off ore so fast , . As you have probably already alreadv guessed , theobject the theobject theobject object of all aU this tlus frenn frenzs frennas fren , \ vas \\as as was \ PIene Pler1e Plerie Gustave GustaveToutant GustaveTontant Toutant Tontant Beaure Beauresird Beauregard 'lrd lrd ' , , a n generil gener11 general In the Confeder Confederate Confcdcrate Confederate ate arm army ' In 1801'But 1501'But 1801 1501 herothen 'But But 'But But ' But . , " you S'l Sl sis say ' , 'If If ' if he wis W'1S W1S was ' such a gl gleat great eat hero then , , \ why hv do we hear so little of him nowP now " ' ' To find Tofind the answer to that question , turn to a new newbiography biography byChailes byChalles \ which luch has just been publl published hed by Challes Charles Scribner Scrlbncr's Scrlbncrs ScrIbner's ScrIbners " ' Sons It Is Beauregard 'Beauregard ' ' the Great tlieGreat theGreat whohas "hohas Creolerltten Creole , ; " ' \ written \\rltten rltten \ by Hamilton Hampton Basso , . "ho ho who " has set about the ti&k tik tk task % & of resc\lin resc lin rescuing \ from ob obscurlty scurlty scurity obscurlty obscurity the mm m\n m n man ' \ once hilled h'll1ed hll1ed hailed ' as 'one one ' of tilE the ' thegreatest greatest mllitiry mlht'lry mlhtlry military ' figures in histor history htstory / ; . " ' Bissosays n1SS0says Bassos In the prologue to his biography , Mr n1SS0 Basso says 'Occasionilh Occasionilh OccaslOn'llh OccaslOnllh Occasion'tlls Occasiontlls ' ' ' , , In the te\.t te.t te .t t test textbooks \ . books " we "e e ae came thenwith across his h1S nime n'lme nlme name ' But It Is only rarel rarely rarel3 , and then with a scant line or two they are done " with 1th him "He He " has fallen Into obscuilty obscU11ty absculty : , , even c\en c en \ In the South ' \ where here once he " was "as as 10\ 10 lo\ed lo ed 10ed foxed \ ed and honored as much asmuch as Lee And so o . , In writing wntlng of him , , it h\s h s has ' \ Intere.ted Intereted Interested : . me to seek seel seep an explanation of his neg lect lest and cfficcment eIT'lcement eITlcement efflccrnent ' The fiult f'1ult f1ult fault ' , , I beUe belles belle\e belle e \ , e , , and the andthe blame If ( ( [ if f there is in\ in 'lD\ 'lD lD 'fns fns ' ' inblime 'lDbl'lme \ \ blime bl'lme bllme blame ' ) ! Is s that of the tradltlonall traditionalists thetradltlonall&ts thetradltlonallts thetradltlonall them & ts and the ny m : ; ) th malt'r-111 malt'r maltr 111 makers-'ill makers 'ill ill makers ' : ' - ' ' ill the theHappi theBapp theHapp3 Bapp Happ3 Galahads of the Picturesque .turesque turesque I'icturesque Iicturesque Pl ' < . " " Mr BJSSO B.tsso Btsso Basso . then points out that In 1SG5 18G5 1S05 when \ \ \ hen the Civilfir Civil \ war \\fir fir ended , , i 1 ' ruined , , a n defeated defe.tted defetted . peo peg pIe timelife returned to the ( he daily dally rout routine IDe of peicc pe'lCC pelCC pezco ' time life , , a changed life hfe In which wblch 'they they ' they hid h'ld hld ' no pre prey : . ? ent eat and , , so far as the thev then , could see , no future All that Allthat ' \ was fiS left Inviolate \ was as the past ' ' And the pro.trate protrate prostrate : . South outb clung dung desperately to It Its ' ) ' mem orJes odes memorles memorJes memodes of the beauty , tlic the chivalry and the rom'lnce romlnce rom'snce romsnce ' ' that hid h'ld hld had ' been ID In Ia the past ' - In the years veare ; that followed follo\\e follo e \ \ 1 < myths m ) ths and legends leend ; : : . beg'ln begln begun ' to spring up to form the parts of U1e the ' the'plantation theplantation plantation 'plantation or Southern Southun Soutlicrn tndltlon tr'lditIon trlditIon tradition ' ' * ' and a part of ofthat that tradition was \ \ as that of the Civil war gen eral general ' Here IIere , , fortunately , , the mvth myth makers were DOt not called upon to e exercise .ercIse ercIse > . their creatn creatue crealne e In genuIty genufty to any ; greit gre'lt grelt rent ' ' e extent .tent tent > . . . , Their hero was already made mnde His nls nime n'lme nlme name ' was Robert nobert Edward ( h\llrd h llrd \ Lee Lee , then , became the legendary hero He was the " model the others otherf , must measure up tip to A few Southern e'cuerals ecuerals benerals generals ' , , notlhly not\bly not bly notably ' \ Stonewall Jaclson Jackson , Albert Sidney Idney Johnston , and Jeb JcbStuart JebStuart LeeThe Stuart , bore many points of resemblance to Lee The tradition therefore , could Incorporate them Into themInto Its dogma " But Beauregard BCluregard ! could not be so Included IncludedFor For one thing he lie unlikeIn , and Lee " were "ere ere totally unlike In every respect . . Then , too . , Beauregard was svaa a Frenchman aFrenchman and the tradition Is essentially An . glo An.glo Anglo Saxon a'ton aton . " ' Add to this tlie the bitter al1taonlsm autagonlsm antagonismthat { ; that spring spr'lng sprlng sprang ' up between President Jefferson 1 Y.1 Y1 a ? . < J - ; a " b A Ay , ; y it iti -i- i - iM ih - ' 4 4W ' W \ M ' s si i q qJ J/ J J1q / 1q s \ \ ? ' i V4 sV4 V4y y , y \h h \ / M jq n nf nj f j v f S,5/ S,5 S5 S,5Jk , f/ f / / / Jk Jkq Jkn JkA > if ifv iff \ / kv V VMA \MA MA \ n A yl / q w < ? X < x - ; rsP ; C 1/y 1 y 1y0 / y"ry yry y"ryF " ? ' . . /F F / /0 0 / r'q rq yj ' / vf.v vfv / / . 1- 1 - 1Laure " > " v , xi xiq o < - /4 4 / r rL.aure q t to tZ tS t4 Z S ' L-aure L aure Laure L.aure - . . Vtllere Vilere ( Beaureqard Beauregard f ' yMJ , S & Divis D1\'Is D1 'Is Is Davis \ ' and Bciurcgard Be'luregard Beluregard Beauregard ' carlj early earl ! In n the \ war ar . . More Moreth1n Morethin Morethan th1n than one historlin hlstorl'1n hlstorl1n histori'rn historirn ' ' lias has pointed pomted out how DavIs DavIssuffered Davissuffered Davissuffered suffered from the delusion that he was a gre'lt grelt great gre'ltmlhtary greatmilitary greitmilitary ' mlhtary military strategist and he would biook b100k brook no In- In Interferencp In-terferencp In terferencp Interferenc - - terferencp terferenc with his IllS strategy of \ wiging waging 1gmg ' a 1e de 1efensh defensls < defenshe fensh fensls e a war and trJ try trying Ing to defend every pirt p'lrt plrt part ' of ofthe ofthe ofthe the far flung empire of the SouthIn SouthIn South SouthIn In contrast to this attitude " was as Be'1UJ Be1UJ Be'smegtrds Besmegtrds Be'smegtrdsdesire Beiuiegirdsdesire ' ' e 1rd s sde de desire lre for a concentration concentratJon of the Confederate Confederateforces Confederateforces Confederateforces forces In the vitally Impol Impoitint impoitlnt t'lnt tlnt ' places and the thewaging thewaging waging \ aging of a smashing oITensl\ oITensl oITensl'o offensive oITensle offenslse \ e \'o 'o o \ war ' ar "hlch hlch sshlch "hlchwould " whichwould sshlchwould would decide the Issue as quickly qulcIc1y as possible . . . One of the most Interesting ' its US ifs " of or the CIvil CIvil"ar Civiluar Civilwar "ar ar war " Is what might hrn ha\e ha e hale \ e Inppened h'l11pened hl11pened happened ' If this Creole Creolereared , reared ! In n the Nipoleonic N'1poleODlc N1poleODlc N'ipoleomc Nipoleomc ' ' tradition , , hid h'ld hld had ' been beengl"en beengiven beengiven gl\"en gl "en en given \ " a free hind h'1nd h1nd ' from the outset There Is Isno Isno Isno no doubt tint th'lt thlt that ' he had In him the miklngs m'1hlngs m1hlngs makings ' of a agreat agreat agreat great soldier soldlcr but he seems ah\ ah aha always \ a s to hive h'lve hlve ' just justmlsse justmissed justmissed mlsse missed 1 < success-whether success whether success - whether becau because e of his own ownshortcomings ownshortcomings ownshortcomings shortcomings or because of circumstances over overwhich overwhich overwhich which he hid h'1d h1d h'td htd ' ' no control , , It Is dllhcult dlfhcult dlfitcult to say . , Beiurcgird BC'lurcg'1rd BClurcg1rd Beauregard ' ' " was "as as born on a plintitlon phnt'ltlon phntltlon phtntation ' In Loul Loulslana Loulsiana Loulslana slana siana just 115 years 1go- 1go 1golay 'igo-May 'igo igo May ' ' igo - May lay 23 , ISI8-when ISI8 when ISIS-when ISIS ISI8whenthat ISISwhenthat 1818 - - whenthat that state wis was \ 'IS IS ' still more French 'rench rench [ ' than AmerIcan AmerIcanrrom Americanfrom AmericanFrom rrom from the first he had a p pission p'lSSlOn plSSlOn ' issron fur for guns , for forhorses forhorses forhorses horses , for e\ e es everything eerythlng \ erythlng erything military So when he heas hewas hewas \\as as was \ \ sent to school In New Y01l Yoik { , , conducted by bythe bythe bythe the brother brothero brothers : ; ? , , Peugnet , , two ecap ex e\ e " \ : cap captains tams of Na Napolcon Napoleon Napolcon polcon poleon , and listened to their talcs tales of the great greatcampaigns greatcampaigns greatcampaigns campaigns In which they had fought under the theLittle theLittle theLittle Little Corporal , this passion w \ was as only IntensifiedThe |