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:
Head Quarters, Corinth May 1862
By Telegraph from Grand Junction 1862
To Genl Price
Permit me to go & see my son who is very sick at your Head Qrs.
E. J Gardiner
Respectfully [upward?] to Genl Beauregard
By order of Maj Genl Price
Bg. Gen. Thomas Jordan
Citation: E. J Gardiner, telegram to Sterling Price. Grand Junction, [Tenn.?]; 6 May 1862. AMs 1168/11