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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 to Horatio G. Wright

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03499 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 18, 1859 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Discussing the poor health of a "promising...young officer" and possibility of "another such terrible epidemic" as had recently hit the men.

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Wright, Horatio Gouverneur, 1820-1899

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