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Bonham, Milledge L. (1813-1890) to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09216 Author/Creator: Bonham, Milledge L. (1813-1890) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 April 1863 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Replies to Beauregard's forwarded report by William Echols of 20 April 1863. "I have directed Col. Shannon to call on two Divisions...for the month of May, which I hope will enable the Engineer to complete the works, as the cultivation of the provision crop... is growing daily more important and there is great unwillingness on the part of the planters to send their hands to the Coast at this particular period."

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

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