Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was a Louisiana-born general of the Confederate States Army. He had graduated second in his class from West Point in 1838 and was an admirer of Napoleon. He achieved fame early in the Civil War for commanding the Fort Sumter bombardment and as the victor of the first battle of Manassas. He later served in the Western Theater (including Shiloh and Corinth), Charleston, and the defense of Richmond, but his career was hampered by friction with Jefferson Davis and other generals.
This telegram is from The Telegraphic History of the Civil War; a compiled album of telegrams to Beauregard from Davis, Lee, Johnston and others.
Transcript:
Received at June 16 1864 at 4 o’clock, 0 minutes, ?
By telegraph from Drewry’s Bluff To Genl Beauregard
The transports you mention have probably returned Butlers troops. has Grant been seen crossing James River.
R E Lee
16 coll 400 N
Citation:Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), telegram to G.T. Beauregard. Drewry’s Bluff, Va., 16 June 1864. In The telegraphic history of the Civil War, 1861-1865. AMs 434/16