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:
Received at Wilmington Sept 10 1864
Telegraph from Dunns Hill 10 To Genl G T Beauregard
Are there any guns not required at Wilmington suitable for defence of James River
R E Lee
111/3 74 c
Citation:Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), telegram to G.T. Beauregard. 10 September 1864. In The telegraphic history of the Civil War, 1861-1865. AMs 434/16