G. T. Beauregard
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Edwin A. Thompson and Aurelia Wolsey
Revised by Patrick Kerwin and Lia Apodaca
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2005
Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2005
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006004
Title: Papers of G. T. Beauregard
Span Dates: 1844-1883
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1861-1865)
ID No.: MSS12203
Creator:
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Extent:
6,500 items;
54 containers;
5.6 linear feet;
9 microfilm reels
Language: Collection material in English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: U.S. and Confederate Army officer, engineer, railroad executive, and public official. Correspondence, scrapbooks, and military
papers, including 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 Fort
Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina; Manassas and Petersburg, Virginia; Shiloh, Tennessee; Corinth, Mississippi; and Atlanta,
Georgia. Other topics include Beauregard's work as an engineer, public official, and railroad executive in New Orleans and
his service under General Winfield Scott in the Mexican War.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped
by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Names:
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
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
Subjects:
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
Occupations:
Army officers, Confederate
Engineers
Public officials--Louisiana
Provenance:The greater part of the papers of G. T. Beauregard, United States and Confederate Army officer, engineer, railroad executive,
and public official, was purchased by the Library of Congress in 1915. Other items were donated or purchased from 1909 to
1972.
Processing History: The Beauregard Papers were processed in 1963. An addition was made in 1978, and the collection was prepared for microfilming
in 1984. The finding aid was revised in 2003.
Copyright Status: The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of G. T. Beauregard is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States
(Title 17, U.S.C.).
Microfilm: A microfilm edition of these papers is available on nine reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division
concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, G. T. Beauregard
Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
| Date |
Event |
| 1818, May 28 |
Born near New Orleans, La. |
| 1838 |
Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1841 |
Married Laure Villere |
| 1846 |
Served as an engineer on staff of General Winfield Scott in Mexico |
| 1847 |
Took part in Mexican War battles of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Mexico City |
| 1853 |
Promoted to captain, United States Army |
| 1858-1861 |
Chief engineer in charge of draining the site of New Orleans, La. |
| 1860 |
Married Caroline Deslonde |
| 1861 |
Superintendent of United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., for five days
Resigned from United States Army
Appointed brigadier general, Confederate Army, in command of forces at Charleston, S.C.
Commanding officer, Department of Alexandria
Commanding officer, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
Promoted to general, Confederate Army
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| 1862 |
Assistant to General Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate Army
Commander, Army of the Mississippi
Commanding officer, Western Department
Commander, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, with headquarters at Charleston, S.C.
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| 1864 |
Commander, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, Confederate Army
Commander, Military Division of the West
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| 1865 |
Named second in command to General Joseph E. Johnston
Chief engineer and general superintendent, New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad
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| 1866-1870 |
President, New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad |
| 1866-1876 |
President, New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad Co. |
| 1877-1893 |
Supervisor, Louisiana lottery |
| 1879 |
Adjutant general of Louisiana |
| 1888 |
Commissioner of public works, New Orleans, La. |
| 1893, Feb. 20 |
Died, New Orleans, La. |
The papers of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) consist of a diary, personal letterbooks, military records, the manuscript of "Reminiscences" which served as the basis for Alfred Roman's The Military Operation of General Beauregard (1884), scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material spanning the years 1844-1883. All but a few items are dated during or concern the Civil War.
The few early items in the collection relate to Beauregard's career as an engineer in New Orleans and on the staff of General
Winfield Scott in Mexico, where Beauregard took part in the siege of Vera Cruz and the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras,
and Mexico City. The bulk of the correspondence, the military papers, and the "Reminiscences" relate to Beauregard's service
as an officer of the Confederate Army. He was in command of the troops at Charleston, South Carolina, when the Civil War
began with the siege of Fort Sumter. The papers also document his role in the battles of First Manassas and Shiloh, in the
sieges of Corinth, Charleston, and Petersburg, and in the consolidation of Southern forces after the battle of Atlanta.
Material on Beauregard's career as a railroad executive and public official in New Orleans and supervisor of the Louisiana
lottery can be found in his letterbooks. Three volumes of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings are devoted almost exclusively to the Civil War.
Principal correspondents include Milledge L. Bonham, Braxton Bragg, Howell Cobb, Samuel Cooper, Jefferson Davis, Augusta J.
Evans, Wade Hampton, William Joseph Hardee, Daniel Harvey Hill, John Bell Hood, Joseph E. Johnston, Thomas Jordan, Robert
E. Lee, James Longstreet, F.W. Pickens, Leonidas Polk, R. S. Ripley, Joseph Gilbert Totten, Earl Van Dorn, and Leroy Pope
Walker.
The collection is arranged in six series:
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BOX 1
REEL 1
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Beauregard's diary. |
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BOX 2-12
REEL 1-2
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Copies of correspondence. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 13-46
REEL 2-7
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Letterbooks, telegrams, dispatches, endorsement books, order books, transfer books, registers, and rosters. |
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Arranged alphabetically by military department or division and therein by type of material. |
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BOX 47-49
REEL 7-8
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A register containing entries for various Confederate military units, two volumes containing copies of letters, and notes
and genealogical and biographical material.
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BOX 50-52
REEL 8
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Scrapbooks. |
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Arranged in approximate chronological order. |
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BOX 53-54
REEL 8-9
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Correspondence, notes, reports, and calling cards. |
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Arranged by type of material. |
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 19,007
| Container |
Contents |
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BOX 1
REEL 1
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Diary, 1847
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Beauregard's diary. |
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BOX 1
REEL 1
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1847, Jan. 14-Sept. 12 |
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BOX 2-12
REEL 1-2
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Personal letterbooks, 1844-1880
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Copies of correspondence. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 2
REEL 1
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1844, June 19-1846, Dec. 26 |
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BOX 3
REEL 1
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1846, Nov. 26-1847, Mar. 1 |
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BOX 4
REEL 1
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1861, Mar. 4-May 25, also includes "Record of Fort Sumter" |
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BOX 5
REEL 1
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1861, Mar. 1-1863, Dec. 8 |
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BOX 6
REEL 1
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1861, June 30-1863, Feb. 9 |
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BOX 7
REEL 1
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1865, Dec. 16-1867, Apr. 18 |
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BOX 8
REEL 1
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1867, Apr. 19-1869, Feb. 4 |
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BOX 9
REEL 1
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1869, Feb. 6-1872, Feb. 5 |
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BOX 10
REEL 2
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1872, Feb. 28-1875, Dec. 1 |
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BOX 11
REEL 2
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1875, Dec. 4-1880, Mar. 24 |
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BOX 12
REEL 2
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1880, Mar. 9-1883, Dec. 5 |
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BOX 13-46
REEL 2-7
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Headquarters Records, 1861-1865
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Letterbooks, telegrams, dispatches, endorsement books, order books, transfer books, registers, and rosters. |
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Arranged alphabetically by military department or division and therein by type of material. |
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BOX 13
REEL 2
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Department of Alexandria, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Mississippi, Western Department, and Department No. 2 |
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Letterbook "A," 1861 |
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Department of Alexandria, June 1-20 |
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Army of the Potomac, June 21-Dec. 31 |
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BOX 14
REEL 3
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Letterbook "B," 1862 |
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Army of the Potomac, Jan. 2-29 |
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Army of the Mississippi, Jan. 29-May 6 |
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Western Department, May 7-June 25 |
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Department No. 2, June 26-Sept. 9 |
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BOX 15
REEL 3
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Letterbook "C," 1862 |
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Army of the Mississippi, Apr. 1-May 26 |
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Western Department, May 7-June 25 |
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Department No. 2, June 26-Aug. 27 |
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BOX 16
REEL 3
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Summary of letters received, 1861, Dec 29-1862, Aug. 29 |
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BOX 17
REEL 4
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Telegram book "A," Army of the Mississippi, 1862, Feb. 17-Apr. 24 |
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BOX 18
REEL 4
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Telegram book "B," Army of the Mississippi, 1862, Apr. 25-June 18 |
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BOX 19
REEL 4
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Telegram book (transcripts), Army of the Mississippi (Thomas Jordan and Braxton Bragg), 1862, June 19-Aug. 11 |
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BOX 20
REEL 4
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Endorsement book, 1862 |
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Army of the Potomac, Jan. 3-30 |
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Army of the Mississippi, Mar. 7-May 6 |
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Western Department, May 7-July 13 (kept by Braxton Bragg June 18-July 13) |
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BOX 21
REEL 4
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Order book, 1861 |
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General orders, June 2-Dec. 24 |
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Special orders, June 4-Dec. 31 (Department of Alexandria and Army of the Potomac) |
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BOX 22
REEL 5
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Special order book, 1862, Jan. 2-Aug. 27 |
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Army of the Potomac |
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Army of the Mississippi |
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Western Department No. 2 (Thomas Jordan for Beauregard and Braxton Bragg) |
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BOX 23
REEL 5
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Transfer book, 1861, June 7-1862, Nov. 27 |
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BOX 24
REEL 5
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Register, 1861, June 9-1862, July 31 |
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BOX 25
REEL 5
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Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida |
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Letterbooks, 1862 |
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Aug. 21-Sept. 30 |
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BOX 26
REEL 5
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Oct. 1-31 |
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BOX 27
REEL 5
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Nov. 1-30 |
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BOX 28
REEL 6
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Dec. 1-31 |
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BOX 29
REEL 6
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Field telegram and dispatches, 1862, Oct. 21-1863, Feb. 2; 1864, Jan 24-Nov. 15. Includes Department of the West, |
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1864, Oct. 3-Nov. 15 |
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BOX 30
REEL 6
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Letterbook and telegram book (transcripts), 1864 |
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Letters, Apr. 22-Sept. 22; Nov. 15 |
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Telegrams, Jan. 17-Feb. 2; Apr. 25-June 3. Includes Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Jan. 17-Feb. 2 |
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BOX 31
REEL 6
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Letterbook, 1864, Apr. 22-May 30 |
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BOX 32
REEL 6
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Letterbook "B," kept by John M. Ortez, assistant inspector general, 1864, May 30-July 9 |
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BOX 33
REEL 6
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Letterbook, kept by Thomas Jordan, assistant inspector general, 1864, July 10-Oct. 2 |
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BOX 34
REEL 6
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Telegram book, 1864, Apr. 22-June 9 |
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BOX 35
REEL 7
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Endorsement book "A," 1864, Apr. 23-Sept. 27 |
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BOX 36
REEL 7
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Roster of officers, 1864 |
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BOX 37
REEL 7
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Military Division of the West |
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Letterbook "A" |
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1864, Oct. 11-Dec. 31 |
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BOX 38
REEL 7
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1865, Jan. 4-Mar. 16 |
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BOX 39
REEL 7
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1865, Feb. 11-Apr. 10 |
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BOX 40
REEL 7
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Letterbook of Henry Bryan, assistant inspector general, 1864, Nov. 30-1865, Mar. 9 |
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BOX 41
REEL 7
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Telegram book "C," 1864, Dec. 3-1865, Mar. 18 |
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BOX 42
REEL 7
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Special orders, 1864, Oct. 18-Dec. 30 |
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BOX 43
REEL 7
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Special field orders, 1864, Oct. 23-1865, Mar. 6 |
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BOX 44
REEL 7
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Endorsement books |
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1864, Oct. 3-Dec. 31 |
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BOX 45
REEL 7
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1865, Jan. 1-Mar. 17 |
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BOX 46
REEL 7
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Organization of Military Division of the West, 1864-1865 |
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BOX 47-49
REEL 7-8
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Miscellaneous Record Books, 1862-1869
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A register containing entries for various Confederate military units, two volumes containing copies of letters, and notes
and genealogical and biographical material.
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BOX 47
REEL 7
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Register |
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First Corps, Army of the Potomac, pp. 5-115, 1862, Jan. |
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List of generals and lieutenant generals, p. 116, 1863, Jan. 1 |
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General officers, Army of the Mississippi, p. 118, n.d. |
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Army of the Potomac, pp. 124-126, 1862, Jan. 31 |
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General officers, Department of Northern Virginia, p. 127, 1862 |
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Return of the First Corps, Army of the Potomac, p. 128, 1862, July 21 |
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"Yankee" Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Manassas, pp. 129-130, n.d. |
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Force at Battle of Shiloh, pp. 131-133, 1862, Apr. 6-7 |
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Confederate forces that retreated from Corinth, Miss., pp. 155-160, 1862, May 27 |
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Army of the Mississippi (Braxton Bragg), pp. 161-163, n.d. |
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Officers of the different military courts, pp. 166-167, 1862 |
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Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, pp. 168-244, [1862?] |
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BOX 48
REEL 8
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Miscellaneous Book, 1861-1865 |
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Copies of letters, 1861, Jan. 23-1865, Apr. 27 |
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Miscellaneous Book, 1865-1869 |
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BOX 49
REEL 8
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Notes on Edward Albert Pollard's The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates, 1867
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Notes on Horace Greeley's The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-64, 1865
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Genealogical and biographical notes on Beauregard, 1869 |
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Cash accounts, 1865, Jan.-Mar. |
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BOX 50-52
REEL 8
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Scrapbooks, 1861-1870
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Scrapbooks. |
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Arranged in approximate chronological order. |
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BOX 50
REEL 8
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Vol. 1, 1861-1862 |
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BOX 51
REEL 8
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Vol. 2, 1861-1864 |
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BOX 52
REEL 8
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Vol. 3, 1861-1870 |
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BOX 53-54
REEL 8-9
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Miscellaneous Unbound Material, 1860-1879, n.d.
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Correspondence, notes, reports, and calling cards. |
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Arranged by type of material. |
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BOX 53
REEL 8-9
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General correspondence, 1860-1879, n.d. |
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Book file, "Reminiscences," notes, n.d. |
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Narrative |
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(8 folders)
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BOX 54
REEL 9
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(2 folders)
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Charleston, S.C. |
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(4 folders)
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Petersburg, Va. |
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(2 folders)
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Military papers, reports, 1861-1865 |
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Miscellany, calling cards, n.d. |
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