Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) [Answers to questions included in a 14 June 1862 interrogation by Confederate President Jefferson Davis]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08898 Author/Creator: Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) Place Written: Mobile, Alabama Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 22 June 1862 Pagination: 9 p. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
General Beauregard answers questions Davis originally posed to Colonel W. P. Johnston regarding the 19 April-10 June Battle of Corinth, a Union victory. Beauregard includes both Davis's questions and his own replies. Mentions Generals Braxton Bragg, Polk (possibly Leonidas Polk), Earl Van Dorn, William Joseph Hardee, Sterling Price, and John Cabell Breckinridge. States that his actions were approved by General Robert E. Lee. Addresses issues such as choice of position and strategy, prevalent sickness in camp, and loss of military stores.
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