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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) to Governor Bonham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09215.02 Author/Creator: Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 29 April 1863 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

About complaints that the impressed slaves are idle. "Nothing is known of this matter at these Hd Quarters."

From the wartime papers of South Carolina Governors Francis W. Pickens and Milledge L. Bonham.

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