Butler, Matthew Calbraith, 1836-1909 to Pierre T. Beauregard
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06654.02 Author/Creator: Butler, Matthew Calbraith, 1836-1909 Place Written: Hillsboro, North Carolina Type: Autograph document signed Date: April 26, 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 12.1 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy
Telegram instructing Beauregard to notify the commander of the 6th corps which camped 18 miles from Danville last night that the truce between Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston has resumed. On verso is an autograph note of Beauregard to Confederate General Lunsford L. Lomax, "1:10 PM Genl Johnston who is now on his way to confer with Genl Sherman in advance of Hillsboro directs as follows: 'Notify commander of 6th Corps (Federal) camped last night 18 miles from Danville that truce has been resumed between Genl Sherman and himself.'" Signed with initials on front, G.T.B. Telegram forwarded by the Southern Express Company.
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