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:
Dated Selma Oct 16, 1864
Rec’d Montevallo
To Gen Taylor
Jacksonville
Gen Beauregard directs post comd’t here not to forward any more soldiers without arms. They are accumulating rapidly & we have no means of keeping them. Their arms ought to be with their commands.
E Surget
A.A.G.
Citation: E. Surget, telegram to Richard Taylor. Selma, Ala.; 16 October 1864. AMs 1168/11