November 3, 1862: Samuel Preston Moore telegram to G. T. Beauregard

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 Charleston S.C. Nov 3 1862 at 11 o’clock 35 minutes

By telegraph from Richmond Va To Gen G. T. Beauregard Comdg

Two hundred (200) pounds of Chlorate of Potassa & five pounds of the black oxide of manganese can be obtained in Richmond.

S. P. Moore

Surg Genl

Citation: Samuel Preston Moore (1813-1889), telegram to G. T. Beauregard. Richmond, Va.; 3 November 1862. AMs 1168/11