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:
Richmond August 14th
Gen G.T. Beauregard
South Carolina Citadel Cadets will leave Richmond on Thursday fifteenth 15th instant for Manassas. Will you send instructions to meet them.
W.G. De Saussure
Citation:Wilmot G. DeSaussure, telegram to G. T. Beauregard. Richmond, Va.; 14 August 1861. AMs 1168/11