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Harris, D.B., fl. 1863 to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09214 Author/Creator: Harris, D.B., fl. 1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 April 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Responds to complaints that the impressed slaves are idle. "Requisitions have from time to time been made upon the State authorities for slave labor, not for the purpose of harassing the planters or interfering in their business, but, for the construction of works deemed necessary for the defense of their City, and State...That there is at present no guns in the Battery...is no evidence that the labor required to erect the work, has been thrown away. General Beauregard forwards the letter to Governor Bonham "for his information & for transmission to Mr. Mazick who is probably not aware that we have, here as elsewhere, more works (Batteries) than guns - but the latter are moveable & the others not, & can not be thrown up in one or two days." With autograph endorsement signed by Beauregard and autograph endorsement signed by Bonham.

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