January 17, 1865
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Telegram
Title: Copy of telegram in cipher to Jefferson Davis
Recipient's copy of a telegram to Confederate President Jefferson Davis written in Confederate cipher, decoded above each line of the message in pencil. Concerns military strategy and Beauregard's advice not to divide the Army of Tennessee. Marked as received at Richmond by telegraph from Tupelo, Mississippi. Docketed, "To divide the army of Tenn. will cause capture of Mobile, Selma, &c."
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