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- GLC#
- GLC00028
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 11, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
- Title
- to John L. Manning
- Place Written
- Centreville, Virginia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 18 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Discusses prospects for a battle before the spring, and is doubtful one will occur. Discusses both their health. Discusses officers in and out of camp. Mentioned are Beauregard's chief of staff David R. Jones, staff member John S. Preston, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn, Confederate General Bushrod Rust Johnson, Confederate Brigadier General Edmund Kirby Smith, and Union General George McClellan. Beauregard was commanding general of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia, at the time of this letter.
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