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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Copy of farewell address to his personal and general staff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07152 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: Greensboro, North Carolina Type: Manuscript signed Date: April 27, 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Addressed to Major Henry Bryan, his assistant adjutant and inspector general. Marked "copy." Entire document appears to be in the same hand. A later biographical note about Henry Bryan is written on verso in ink.

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

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