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Beauregard, G.T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 to Governor Francis W. Pickens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09200 Author/Creator: Beauregard, G.T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 30 April 1861 Pagination: 3 p. Order a Copy

General Beauregard supports Colonel R. W. Habersham's submitted plan for enlisting planters' help to provide grain and hay for army livestock. "I think the above suggestions of Col. Habersham of so much importance, that I have the honor to enclose them to your Excellency in the hope that they may be carried out before it becomes too late." Written on the letter of 30 April 1861 sent from Habersham to Beauregard and forwarded to Governor Pickens.

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