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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Special field order No.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01177 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: January 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Relieves General John B. Hood of his command of the Army of Tennessee at his own request. Assigns Lieutenant General Richard Taylor in his place. Written on printed stationery of the Head-Quarters, Military Division of the West. With pencil docket on verso possibly added at a later date.

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879

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