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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 to Braxton Bragg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00913 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: Weldon, North Carolina Type: Letter signed Date: April 28, 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

General Beauregard, commander of the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, gives his opinion to General Bragg (at this point in the war in Richmond, Virginia, and functioning as Confederate chief of staff) concerning the proper proportion of light artillery. He concurs with the recommendation of Confederate chief of ordnance Colonel Josiah Gorgas. Comments on the proportions in detail.

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876
Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883

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