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:
Corinth April 4th 1862
By telegraph from Memphis 1862
To Gen Beauregard
Orleans light horse arrived ordered by Genl Lovell to report to you you for instructions two or three days will be required to recruit horses and repair wagons damaged on board steamboat by a collision.
Thos. L. Leeds
Captain
34fw
Citation: Thomas L. Leeds, telegram to G. T. Beauregard. Memphis, 4 April 1862. AMs 1168/11