Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Copy of telegram in cipher to Jefferson Davis

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GLC#
GLC00806
Type
Letters
Date
January 17, 1865
Author/Creator
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Title
Copy of telegram in cipher to Jefferson Davis
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 16 cm, Width: 20 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Recipient's copy of a telegram to Confederate President Jefferson Davis written in Confederate cipher, decoded above each line of the message in pencil. The telegram concerns military strategy and Beauregard's advice not to divide the Army of Tennessee. Marked as received at Richmond by telegraph from Tupelo, Mississippi. Docketed, "To divide the army of Tenn. will cause capture of Mobile, Selma, &c."

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