May 2, 1862
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Message rallying troops before an anticipated battle at Corinth, with illegible signature
Calls on the "Soldiers of Shiloh and Elkhorn" to "drive back into the Tennessee the presumptuous mercenaries collected for our subjugation." Tells his men "We are about to meet once more, in the shock of battle, the invaders of our soil, the...
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