An American army officer and Confederate general, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) became a hero in the South with his capture of Fort Sumter and his victory at the First Battle of Bull Run. He was one of the Confederacy's eight full...

Born May 28, 1818 St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana Died February 20, 1893 New Orleans, Louisiana Confederate general Southern hero of Fort Sumter and First Bull...

In his most recent column on the Confederate-flag controversy at Harvard {Aug. 10}, Nat Hentoff refers to the flag Brigit Kerrigan flew from her dorm-room window as the "Stars and Bars." Unfortunately, however, the term "Stars and Bars" does not accurately refer to Brigit...

Byline: Randall Rothenberg I'm wandering-well, my avatar, Beauregard Babcock, is wandering-around the Club Extreme and Casino, a bustling nightspot. Beauregard is slender, has almond-shaped dark eyes, brown hair, a bald spot, and sports a white bowler and a rakish T-shirt that reads,...

When President Bush's "grand bargain" on immigration fell apart, Jeff Sessions, the Republican senator from Alabama who is named after a pair of famous Confederates, was very proud."Hopefully our Senate has learned some things," Sessions crowed on the Senate floor on Thursday after his colleagues...

Many people panic in times of great stress. Gen. Robert E. Lee, however, didn't waste his time getting upset. In 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia -- under Lee's command -- waited for one of his generals, James Longstreet, to mount an attack against Union...