Butler, Matthew Calbraith, 1836-1909 to Pierre T. Beauregard

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GLC#
GLC06654.02
Type
Documents
Date
April 26, 1865
Author/Creator
Butler, Matthew Calbraith, 1836-1909
Title
to Pierre T. Beauregard
Place Written
Hillsboro, North Carolina
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 12.1 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Telegram instructing Beauregard to notify the commander of the 6th corps which camped 18 miles from Danville last night that the truce between Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston has resumed. On verso is an autograph note of Beauregard to Confederate General Lunsford L. Lomax, "1:10 PM Genl Johnston who is now on his way to confer with Genl Sherman in advance of Hillsboro directs as follows: 'Notify commander of 6th Corps (Federal) camped last night 18 miles from Danville that truce has been resumed between Genl Sherman and himself.'" Signed with initials on front, G.T.B. Telegram forwarded by the Southern Express Company.

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