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 Quarts May 14, 1862
By Telegraph from Little Rock 14 1862
To Gen G.T. Beauregard.
The authorities here desire that Genl Roane cmdg in Arkansas be authorized to place the city of Little Rock & Vicinity for twenty miles under martial law & authority also to appoint provost marshal the condition of affairs demand this at once the regular business of the place we do not desire to interfere with.
Wm E Ashby
Major
Citation: William E. Ashby, telegram to G. T. Beauregard. Little Rock, 14 May 1862. AMs 1168/11