Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Answers to questions included in a 14 June 1862 interrogation by Confederate President Jefferson Davis

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GLC#
GLC08898
Type
Documents
Date
June 22, 1862
Author/Creator
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Title
Answers to questions included in a 14 June 1862 interrogation by Confederate President Jefferson Davis
Place Written
Mobile, Alabama
Pagination
9 p. : Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

General Beauregard answers questions Davis originally posed to Colonel W. P. Johnston regarding the 19 April-10 June Battle of Corinth, a Union victory. Beauregard includes both Davis's questions and his own replies. Mentions Generals Braxton Bragg, Polk (possibly Leonidas Polk), Earl Van Dorn, William Joseph Hardee, Sterling Price, and John Cabell Breckinridge. States that his actions were approved by General Robert E. Lee. Addresses issues such as choice of position and strategy, prevalent sickness in camp, and loss of military stores.

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