Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891 to Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

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GLC#
GLC05752
Type
Letters
Date
December 31, 1861
Author/Creator
Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891
Title
to Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Place Written
Virginia
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 12.6 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

General Johnston writes to General Beauregard, commander of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. He writes "Is the W. arts near enough to Weir's house to be concerned in pulling to pieces the out houses? I heard thro' Major Boyle that soldiers carrying off...doors &c evidently for their own new quarters." Possibly referring to General Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, he states "Genl Trimble's brigade is nearest- & most probably furnished the culprits- I have desired him to get a guard at the house, & to have a search made for the missing materials." Mentions that "a place selected by E.K.S. for Trimble, would be preferable to Camp P." He reports that the "Bohemian has, as I apprehended, given a Minute account of the positions of our troops- of their winter quarters- Even the time they would require to get to their positions." He relates that he has ordered the arrest of the Bohemian, possibly a reporter. Letter written on Headquarters, Department of Northern Virginia stationery.

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