Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) [Copy of telegram in cipher to Jefferson Davis]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00806 Author/Creator: Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Telegram Date: 17 January 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 16 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Recipient's copy of a telegram to Confederate President Jefferson Davis written in Confederate cipher, decoded above each line of the message in pencil. Concerns military strategy and Beauregard's advice not to divide the Army of Tennessee. Marked as received at Richmond by telegraph from Tupelo, Mississippi. Docketed, "To divide the army of Tenn. will cause capture of Mobile, Selma, &c."
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