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[Two Beauregard related items].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08238 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1861-1869 Pagination: Order a Copy

Reporting that Union troops were between him and General Jones. Countersigned by General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, who adds a pencil note that forces were sent against the Union troops, who unfortunately already were retreating (GLC08238.01). Collateral is a note from Confederate Congressman Robert H. Smith to Beauregard regarding a conversation with Jefferson Davis on the possibility of capturing Washington, D.C. (GLC08238.02)

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