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:
By telegraph from Augusta 18 to J M Oley A A G
The line is open to Montgomery & Selma the enemy made a raid on Pollard on Friday destroying about a mile of the railroad & six miles of the line communication will be opened to Mobile in a few days.
J A Brenner
Citation: J. A. Brenner, telegram to John M. Oley. 18 December 1864. AMs 1168/11