p.g.t. beauregard. making life simpler for history students everywhere. all you have to remember is p.g.t. beauregard, he's the confederate commander on the ground in charleston. confederate government's going to tell him, look, you have to contact that fort out in the harbor and tell them, forget about it. we won't let a relief expedition through. you have to surrender. here's the really weird situation. remember the guy i told you in the fort, major anderson, he was the artillery instructor at west point when beauregard was the student. now the student is demanding that the professor surrenders. he says, look, you have to surrender the fort. beauregard would have been anderson's favorite students. they know each other well. look, sorry bud, but i've got orders and you're in the wrong as far as beauregard is concerned, you have to surrender the fort. anderson sends a message immediately back. he says, look, i can't. i'm under orders to hold the fort at all costs and i will, but i can't hold out much longer anyway. we are really low on food. we are really low on water. we're going to have t