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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) Farewell to his troops one day after Johnston's surrender

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07051 Author/Creator: Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) Place Written: Greensboro, N.C. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 27 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. 32 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

"The day was when I was confident that this parting would be under far different and auspicious circumstances... but circumstances which neither the courage, the endurance and the patriotism of our armies could overcome leave turned my brightest anticipations...into bitter disappointment." Addressed to Lieut. A. J. Toutant A.D.C.

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