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 Memphis 5 1861
To Col T. Jordan A.A.G.
A Cavalry Company aggregate ninety armed with shot guns distance thirty seven miles on RR. Shall I muster it in for twelve months.
Jno Adams
March 5, 62
Muster in the Compy.
By order of Genl B
Thomas Jordan
Citation: John Adams, telegram to Thomas Jordan. Memphis, 5 March 1862. AMs 1168/11