re: What Happened to Confederate Leaders After the Civil War

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PGT Beureguard campaigned for civil rights, including right to vote for blacks after returning to LA

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He was also likely, at least in part, black.

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That is a common misconception due to a few things.

One is the changing meaning of the term Creole. Creole was used to indicate the children of European parents born in the Americas, Beauregard referred to himself as French Creole. Creole was also used to indicate people of mixed European and Black heritage, usually called Creoles of Color at that time. Beuregards mother was French & Italian and father was French & Welsh.

The second reason is there were Creoles of color in his family, an uncle on his dad's side married a prominent Creole of color from New Orleans.