15 April 1861
Tilghman, Lloyd (1816-1863)
Autograph letter signed
Title: to General P.G.T. Beauregard
"Allow me...to congratulate you on your brillant success on Sumter. The news came yesterday and has a most glorious effect on the "shreikers.' They to a man, yeild like men to their duty, and Kentucky is a unit from this time. She will go out of the Old Union for certain." [CSA General, KIA, 1863]
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