to Earl Van Dorn

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 to Earl Van Dorn

GLC00296

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GLC#
GLC00296
Type
Letters
Date
February 21, 1862
Author/Creator
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Title
to Earl Van Dorn
Place Written
Jackson, Tennessee
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Beauregard, Confederate Commander of the Military District of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, writes to Van Dorn, Confederate Commander of the District of the Mississippi, Department #2. He states that "the fate of Missouri necessarily depends on the successful defense of Columbus & of Island no. 10, hence we must, if possible, combine our Operations not only to defend those positions, but also to take the offensive as soon as practicable to recover some of our lost ground ... At all events, we must do something or die in the attempt ... " He informs Dorn that he requested 5,000 men from Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He expects the support of twelve gunboats from New Orleans. The letter is labeled confidential.

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