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:
Dispatched by Telegraph from Smithfield March 17 1865
To Gen GT Beauregard
Please let no artillery without horses come on. Let it stop at Greensboro, order on all artillery horses
J.E. Johnston
15/Col WD
Citation:Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891), telegram to G.T. Beauregard. Raleigh, 17 March 1865. In The telegraphic history of the Civil War, 1861-1865. AMs 434/16