Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 Military telegram requesting Daniel H. Hill be assigned to command one of Pierre G. T. Beauregard's divisions

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GLC#
GLC00864
Type
Documents
Date
18 May 1864
Author/Creator
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876
Title
Military telegram requesting Daniel H. Hill be assigned to command one of Pierre G. T. Beauregard's divisions
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Also with autograph endorsement signed by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army. Recipient's copy of a telegram from Beauregard to Bragg. Beauregard had requested that General Hill be assigned to his department as a division commander. Bragg's endorsement denying the request appears on the verso. Bragg, backed by President Davis, for whom he now served as special military advisor, did not approve of Beauregard's request because of a prior feud between him and Hill, who remained on duty in the Charleston area. Written during Union General Benjamin Butler's Bermuda Hundred campaign. On stationery of the "Confederate States of America. Military Telegram." See GLC03013 for a related document.Written at Drewry's Bluff battlefield.

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