April 30, 1864: John Oley to P. G. T. Beauregard

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 is one of approximately 1000 military telegrams to and from Beauregard in the Rosenbach collection.

Transcript:

By Telegraph Weldon April 30^th 1864

To Genl Beauregard

On 29^th inst Genl Martin writes that Capt=hwury [Cooke]= of the=ayeg [Albe]=anhfi [rmarhe]=reports that the njezoxr [weather]=too=lrwuu [rough]=to venture into the=iiyll [sound]=Genl Martin says the =lkhmarw [weather]=is apparently as=loyc [calm]=as usual and that he fears tho=vsry [boat]=cannot be counted on for kuvi-ecdvwbd [cooperation]=or knm [the]=gam…n [attack]=gb [on] augfvw [Newbez]= v [n]=

Jno M. Oley

A.D.G.

Citation: John M. Oley, telegram to G. T> Beauregard. 30 April 1864. AMs 1168/11