G.T. Beauregard papers, 1844-1883 (bulk 1861-1865).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 6,500 items; 54 containers; 9 microfilm reels; 5.6 linear feetSubject(s): - Bonham, Milledge L. (Milledge Luke), 1813-1890 -- Correspondence
- Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 -- Correspondence
- Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868 -- Correspondence
- Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876 -- Correspondence
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Correspondence
- Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909 -- Correspondence
- Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902 -- Correspondence
- Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873 -- Correspondence
- Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889 -- Correspondence
- Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879 -- Correspondence
- Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 -- Correspondence
- Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895 -- Correspondence
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Correspondence
- Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 -- Correspondence
- Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869 -- Correspondence
- Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864 -- Correspondence
- Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887 -- Correspondence
- Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
- Totten, Joseph Gilbert, 1788-1864 -- Correspondence
- Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863 -- Correspondence
- Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884 -- Correspondence
- Confederate States of America. Army
- United States. Army
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
- Engineering -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Lotteries -- Louisiana
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Railroads -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Siege, 1863
- Corinth (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1862
- Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- New Orleans (La.) -- Officials and employees
- Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865
- South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Army officers, Confederate
- Engineers
- Public officials -- Louisiana
- Microfilm edition available, no. 19,007.
Open to research.
Correspondence, scrapbooks, and military papers, including a diary, letterbooks, headquarters records, telegrams and dispatches, orders, endorsements, and rosters. The bulk of the papers, 1861-1865, relate primarily to Beauregard's career as a general in the Confederate Army, especially at the sieges of Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C., Corinth, Miss., and Petersburg, Va., and the battles of Atlanta, Ga., First Manassas, Va., and Shiloh, Tenn. Other topics include Beauregard's work as an engineer, public official, railroad executive, and supervisor of the Louisiana lottery in New Orleans and his service under General Winfield Scott in the Mexican War.
Correspondents include Milledge L. Bonham, Braxton Bragg, Howell Cobb, Samuel Cooper, Jefferson Davis, Augusta Jane Evans, Wade Hampton, William Joseph Hardee, Daniel Harvey Hill, John Bell Hood, Joseph E. Johnston, Thomas Jordan, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Francis W. Pickens, Leonidas Polk, Roswell S. Ripley, Joseph G. Totten, Earl Van Dorn, and Leroy Pope Walker.
Microfilm edition available, no. 19,007.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1984.
U.S. and Confederate Army officer, engineer, railroad executive, and public official. Full name: Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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