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:
Dispatched by Telegraph from Near Smithfield March 27 1865
To Gen G. T Beauregard
How is Georgia organized? Please let Maj Willis ascertain if there are shoes in North Carolina. We want them much and Gen Lawton informed me that he had sent seven thousand (7000)
J.E. Johnston
31/WD
Citation:Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891), telegram to G.T. Beauregard. 27 March 1865. In The telegraphic history of the Civil War, 1861-1865. AMs 434/16