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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 to his troops

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04487 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: Weldon, North Carolina Type: Manuscript document signed Date: April 23, 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 26.7 cm, Width: 21.8 cm Order a Copy

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. Otey and Robert Ferry; Majors Henry Bryan and Giles B. Cooke; Colonel D. B. Harris; Majors E. Willis and F. Malloy; and Surgeon S. Choppin.

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

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