Editing P. G. T. Beauregard (section)

===West Point===
Beauregard attended the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]]. One of his instructors was [[Robert Anderson (major)|Robert Anderson]], the later commander of [[Fort Sumter]]; he surrendered to Beauregard at the start of the Civil War. Upon enrolling at West Point, Beauregard dropped the hyphen from his surname and treated Toutant as a middle name, to fit in with his classmates. From that point on, he rarely used his first name, preferring "G. T. Beauregard."<ref>Williams, p. 6; Woodworth, p. 72.</ref> He graduated second in his class in 1838 and excelled both as an [[artillery]]man and [[military engineer]]. His Army friends gave him many nicknames: "Little Creole", "Bory", "Little [[Frenchman]]", "Felix", and "Little [[Napoleon]]".<ref name=Eicher>Eicher, pp. 123–124.</ref>

In February 1845, Beauregard returned to Louisiana, where he moved into the [[French Quarter]] of New Orleans, living in a prominent Creole of color neighborhood on St. Louis Street. Beauregard maintained an office on [[Bourbon Street]], where he continued his work for the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]]. In the meantime, he worked on an improved furnace for boiling sugar.<ref name="seanmichaelchick"/>