Toombs, Robert Augustus (1810-1885) to Pierre G.T. Beauregard
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02469.27 Author/Creator: Toombs, Robert Augustus (1810-1885) Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 October 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.7 x 13.8 cm. Order a Copy
Written from camp near Centreville, Virginia. General Toombs, former Secretary of State (February-July 1861), writes to Beauregard, commander of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. Discusses General Walker. Relates, "I will write to the Presdt & the Secretary to day on the subject. While I do not think the President would do the Genl injustice some past incidents between them might influence him to do him tardy justice, that is, do it in his own way & own time..." (This letter possibly refers to General Leroy Pope Walker, former Secretary of War, or William Henry Talbot Walker).
Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Robert M. T. Hunter was Confederate Secretary of State July 1861- February 1862.
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