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 in P.G.T. Beauregard’s papers at the Rosenbach.
Transcript:
Corinth Nov 18 1864
To Genl Beauregard
We are ordered by Lt Genl Taylor to keep Selma Meridian Jackson & Tuscumbia offices open all night for benefit of military business. We can dispatch to these offices at any time tonight. Yankee raid from Baton Rouge & Natchez in two columns reached NOP & GHRR this evening at Brook Haven & Hazelhurst South of Jackson do not know force
Very respectfully
Jno B Morris
Major
Citation: John B. Morris, telegram to G.T. Beauregard. Corinth, Miss; 18 November 1864. AMs 1168/11