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 part of The Telegraphic History of the Civil War; a compiled album of telegrams to Beauregard from Davis, Lee, Johnston and others.
Transcript:
Received at Nov 27 186 at 1 o’clock 45 minutes
By telegraph from Macon 27 To Col G W Brent
Chf of Staff
Maj Genl Martins care will be attended to soon as poss I return to Montgomery. I intend to reorganizing Wheelers cavalry soon as practicable. Sherman was at Saundersville moving in direction of Central Railroad.
G T Beauregard
Genl
32 wpd
Citation:G.T. Beauregard, telegram to Dabney Herndon Maury. Macon, Ga, 27 November 1864. In The telegraphic history of the Civil War, 1861-1865. AMs 434/16