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to Horatio G. Wright
April 18, 1859
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Discussing the poor health of a "promising...young officer" and possibility of "another such terrible epidemic" as had recently hit the men.
GLC03499
[Broadside version of a letter to Braxton Bragg]
May 10, 1862
Printed broadside version of a letter from Beauregard to Braxton Bragg encouraging aggressive tactics. Bragg had the letter printed as a broadside "for the information and guidance of this army." States "When without orders or at a loss to know...
GLC03514
to Edward Manigault
March 14, 1861
The letter discusses sending ammunition & weapons to Morris & Sullivan Islands.
GLC04461.02
to his troops
April 23, 1864
By order of Braxton Bragg, Beauregard assumes command of the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, and lists the names of his personal staff: First Lieutenants A.R. Chisholm (Beauregard's aide-de-camp) and A. J. Toutant; Captains John M...
GLC04487
to John Quitman
September 17, 1847
Co-signed by Lieutenant M. Lovell, Adjutant General. Describes the falls of Mexico City and Chapultepec in detail and praises his supporting officers. Also discusses the rebuilding of sand bag parapets. Mentions having been wounded.
GLC04499
Message rallying troops before an anticipated battle at Corinth, with illegible signature
May 2, 1862
Calls on the "Soldiers of Shiloh and Elkhorn" to "drive back into the Tennessee the presumptuous mercenaries collected for our subjugation." Tells his men "We are about to meet once more, in the shock of battle, the invaders of our soil, the...
GLC04593
[Photograph of Robert E. Lee and his former staff]
1869 August
Photograph of Robert E. Lee and those than once served on his staff. Standing left to right in the back row are: Brigadier General James Connor, Brigadier General Martin W. Gary, Major General John Bankhead Magruder, Brigadier General Robert D...
GLC04595
to Page M. Baker
May 4, 1875
Beauregard thanks Barker for his "vigorous defense of myself in your paper in answer to abuses of the Chicago Tribune." Also states that he is aware "that my letter to Governor Porter was not polite, but the charges of Mr. Sherman had to be met."...
GLC04027
Four notes to be telegramed to Pierre G. T. Beauregard [Decimalized .01-.04]
16 June 1862 - 17 June 1862
Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897
Four autograph copies of notes that were sent to Beauregard as telegrams. Telegrams relate to various preparations for military action and the defense of Confederate positions in Mississippi. All telegrams were sent to Beauregard in Tupelo...
GLC04057
[Note to be telegramed to Pierre G. T. Beauregard]
16 June 1862
Reports that "It is important to secure the plantation boats on both banks of the Mississippi. Shall I have it secure so as to prevent their destruction by the enemy?"
GLC04057.01
17 June 1862
Informs Beauregard that "Col. Shelby reports the Enemy in considerable force at Holly Springs." While the Western front was relatively quiet at this time, Holly Springs would be the site of a major battle in September.
GLC04057.02
Wonders whether or not he should "establish the Holly Springs repairing machinery at Newtown." While the Western front was relatively quiet at this time, Holly Springs would be the site of a major battle in September.
GLC04057.03
Requests railroad cars to move his forces and supplies.
GLC04057.04
to Mary (Wright) Kellogg
April 21, 1862
Blanchard, Ira, 1835-?
Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from the General Hospital in Savannah. Reports on the Battle of Shiloh, "...a day never to be forgotten by me." Says the battlefield was littered with dead and wounded. Informs his right arm was wounded on the...
GLC03523.31.14
to Braxton Bragg
April 26, 1864
Beauregard, commanding the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, writes to Bragg, Confederate Commander in Chief at Richmond, Virginia. Transmits anonymous communications (not included), indicating that General Ambrose Burnside's column...
GLC03550
to J. T. Doswell
1861-1865
Dated "Saturday morning." Beauregard encloses a note (not included) from "a gentleman who had offered me that servant girl & her family." Two of the family recently died, and though Beauregard regrets their death, he is "glad it has occurred before...
GLC03564
to Richard S. Ewell
July 17, 1861
Brigadier General Commanding Beauregard writes to General Ewell to give instructions on troop position and permit an attack on Centreville, if the opportunity arises. Letter written shortly before the First Battle of Bull Run.
GLC03782
[Carte de visite of G.T. Beauregard]
1868
Stanton & Butler
G. T. (Gustave Toutant) Beauregard (1818-1893), full length in civilian clothes.
GLC03823
Special Orders 111 issued before the Battle of First Manassas
July 13, 1861
Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895
Jordan, Acting Assistant Adjutant General, issues Special Orders 111 from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, based on the command of Confederate Brigadier General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. Provides arrangements and dispositions...
GLC05093
Daily sun. [Vol. 7, no. 89 (November 4, 1861)]
November 4, 1861
Gilbert, Thomas, fl. 1861-1864
Subjects include Georgia Constitution, Beauregard's General Orders, Death of Sam Houston Reported. In an effort to dispel fiction from fact, this issue includes a very detailed account of the battles of Leesburg and Manassas. A list of cotton...
GLC05959.03.03
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 65, (May 1, 1862)]
May 1, 1862
Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865
Includes a printing of the Conscription Bill and exceptions to the Conscription Bill. The Battle of Shiloh is discussed.. Includes General Sherman's report from the field on April 8, 1862. Includes an undated address from General Beauregard. Tears...
GLC05959.09.010
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 69, (May 6, 1862)]
May 6, 1862
Subjects include: Recruits Wanted for a Band of Partisan Rangers, Freed enslaved individuals, General Beauregard's Intercepted Dispatch from the Battle of Corinth, General Lovell of New Orleans. Signed in pencil on top. Miscellaneous advertisements...
GLC05959.09.014
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 78, (May 16, 1862)]
May 16, 1862
Subjects include: Salt Springs in Georgia, and How to Find Them, The Manufacture of Saltpetre. Details The Battle of Shiloh, printing General Beauregard's official report. Miscellaneous advertisements for goods and services throghout issue. Pages no...
GLC05959.09.017
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 115 (June 29, 1862)]
June 29, 1862
Subjects include the Flag of Truce between Beauregard & Halleck, and The Effort to Abolitionize Kentucky. Includes "A Patriotic Letter from Senator Hill," which discusses his views of the Conscript Act. Advertisements land, food, nurses, and other...
GLC05959.09.041
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 215 (October 26, 1862)]
October 26, 1862
Prints army correspondence between General G.T. Beauregard and General Braxton Bragg. Features the official report of the battle sent to the Adjutant General, including casualties, entitled "The Battle of Perryville - Gen. Bragg's Official Report."...
GLC05959.09.095
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 51 (April 12, 1863)]
April 12, 1863
Features a description of the Richmond Riot, excerpted from the Whig, which argues that it "was not a rising against extortion, but for plunder and open robbery." "The Capture of Our Seaports" describes the danger of allowing the Union to capture...
GLC05959.09.169
Southern recorder. [Vol. 45, no. 16 (April 19, 1864)]
April 19, 1864
Orme, Richard M., 1797-1869, and Denison, Henry, 1795-1819
Includes descriptions of Southern officials, including P. G. T. Beauregard as General, Robert E. Lee as General, Stonewall Jackson as General, and Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy. Battles of Shiloh and Murfreesboro. Excerpt from a...
GLC05959.10
Opelousas courier. [Vol. 10, no. 14 (March 8,1862)]
March 8, 1862
Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864
Battle Expected Daily at Boston Mountain, General Johnston's Address to the Army of the Potomac, Capture of Roanoke Island. This issue lists news items in French on the front page and in English on the back page. The inside 2 pages contain ads...
GLC05959.15.01
Annual report of Major G. T. Beauregard, Corps of Engrs- for the works under his charge during the year 1860.
September 1, 1860
Includes a report on the status of defenses at Proctor's Landing, Virginia. Beauregard notes that operations at the Landing were closed 30 September 1858 for want of funds, and that a fort keeper has manned the fort since. Reports that 30 August...
GLC06180
to Pierre T. Beauregard
April 26, 1865
Butler, Matthew Calbraith, 1836-1909
Telegram instructing Beauregard to notify the commander of the 6th corps which camped 18 miles from Danville last night that the truce between Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston has resumed. On verso is an...
GLC06654.02
to Edward Richard Sprigg Canby
November 7, 1864
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Written in the clerical hand of C. Christensen, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General of the Military Division of West Mississippi. Marked as a true copy. "Cipher" is written at the top. Sherman, commander of the Military Division of...
GLC05747
to Robert E. Lee
June 28, 1863
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, writes to Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Referring to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, he writes "Whilst with the President last night I recd your letter of the 23rd...
GLC05751
to Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
December 31, 1861
Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891
General Johnston writes to General Beauregard, commander of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. He writes "Is the W. arts near enough to Weir's house to be concerned in pulling to pieces the out houses? I heard thro' Major Boyle...
GLC05752
[Endorsement regarding defense of New Orleans]
circa April 28, 1862
Beauregard's signed pencil docket on telegram from General Mansfield Lovell regarding defense of New Orleans. Lovell telegramed Beauregard to inform him that he is prepared to defend New Orleans, but "will not be responsible for the loss of life to...
GLC05812
to Mrs. O. W. Lebert
December 14, 1863
General Beauregard, Commander of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, writes to Mrs. Lebert in Alabama, on "the 158th day of the siege" (referring to military activity in Charleston Harbor). He relates that he transmits photographs...
GLC06395
to Milledge Luke Bonham
June 9, 1861
Jones, David R., 1825-1863
Jones writes as an Assistant Adjutant General (possibly under Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard) at the Department of Alexandria, Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction. Informs General Bonham, Commanding Forces at Fairfax County, "I am...
GLC02459.16
April 29, 1861
Lee, Stephen D., 1833-1908
Lee, Assistant Adjutant General at Charleston, writes to Colonel Manigault, Chief of Ordnance, South Carolina. The Brigadier General commanding (possibly P.G.T. Beauregard, commander of the forces of Charleston Harbor), orders Manigault to send...
GLC02459.21
to Pierre G.T. Beauregard
January 25, 1862
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
James Longstreet requests permission to return to Richmond. Since bad weather seems "to render a speedy advance improbable," he requests "authority to return to Richmond," but is willing to stay if needed.
GLC02459.22
to Pierre G. T. Beauregard
January 21, 1862
Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910
Colonel Porter forwards a telegram (not present) from his brother, Major William Alexander, to General Beauregard, commander of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. Reports that he does not know what the telegram pertains to, but...
GLC02460.01
to Zebulon Baird Vance
May 25, 1863
General Jordan thanks Vance, Governor of North Carolina, for a letter intercepted from a clerk on the U.S.S. Huron, off of the Charleston Harbor. Thanks Vance in the absence of General P.G.T. Beauregard. Written on Headquarters, Department of South...
GLC02461.15
January 22, 1865
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Confederate Major General Maury writes to General Beauregard requesting that he make known what work the engineers should focus on first. Asks if the work above the city should be put off until the work at Bay Shore is completed. Informs, "At present...
GLC02461.21
April 29, 1864
Robertson, Beverly Holcombe, 1827-1910
General Robertson writes to Beauregard, who recently transferred from command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida to the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. Robertson writes, "I am anxious to be again in active...
GLC02461.30
September 19, 1861
Slidell, John, 1793-1871
Introduces Mr. Pike, who has arrived in camp to pay the Louisiana troops for prior service.
GLC02469.23
to unknown
June 20, 1861
Smith, William, 1797-1887
Smith relates that Nicolas King, a topographical engineer under General Milledge Luke Bonham, desires permanent employment as a military engineer. He admits that he does not personally know King, nor has knowledge of his ability as a draughtsman. He...
GLC02469.24
October 27, 1861
Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885
Written from camp near Centreville, Virginia. General Toombs, former Secretary of State (February-July 1861), writes to Beauregard, commander of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. Discusses General Walker. He relates, "I will...
GLC02469.27
A congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of First Bull Run
July 25, 1861
Jones, Samuel, 1819-1887
Confederate general Samuel Jones has written "For the 8th Rgt. Ga. Volunteers" on the verso of a copy of a congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of...
GLC02691.07
March 5, 1862
Mackall, William Whann, 1818-1891
General Johnston and his men are advancing towards Decatur, Alabama, and will soon join with Beauregard. Johnston's plan was use the rails to get from Decatur to Corinth, Mississippi. While this plan wound up succeeding, it took longer than Johnston...
GLC02456.16
to J. M. Otey
April 16, 1865
Confederate General Lomax writes to Colonel Otey of the Army of Tennessee to request that he be sent to Virginia to resume command of his division. Details the circumstances that caused him to become detached from his command. Endorsement dated 16...
GLC02457.11
to Francis W. Pickens
June 1861
Boham, Milledge L., 1813-1890
Milledge L. Boham states officers "just from Richmond" related news that an approaching South Carolina regiment will be sent to the York River, Virginia. Hopes that South Carolina Governor Pickens may prevent this; writes to notify Pickens in the...
GLC02459.04
to Thomas Jordan
October 19, 1861
Evans, Nathan George, 1824-1868
Possibly written in Virginia. Two days before the Battle of Ball's Bluff, Confederate General Evans informs Colonel Jordan that "the Enemy have appeared in the Turnpike between Dranesville and this place, in considerable force." Reports that he is...
GLC02459.07
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