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Tilghman, Lloyd, 1816-1863 to General P.G.T. Beauregard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08299 Author/Creator: Tilghman, Lloyd, 1816-1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 April 1861 Pagination: Order a Copy

"Allow me...to congratulate you on your brillant success on Sumter. The news came yesterday and has a most glorious effect on the "shreikers.' They to a man, yeild like men to their duty, and Kentucky is a unit from this time. She will go out of the Old Union for certain." [CSA General, KIA, 1863]

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