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:
Received at Mobile Jany 22nd 1865
By telegraph from Montgomery 22 to Genl G T Beauregard
Genl Taylor deported last night about twenty five hundred white and six thousand negro troops reported to be at New Orleans on fourth or fifth=an army corps said to be from Thomas army went down Mississippi on fourteen transports destination believed to be Mobile.
Geo Wm Brent Col. & A.A.G.
Citation: George W. Brent , telegram to G. T. Beauregard. Montgomery, Ala; 22 January 1865. AMs 1168/11