Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 General orders, no. 44
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00666 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: Corinth, Mississippi Type: Document signed Date: May 19, 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 14 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
General Beauregard's order rallying Confederate soldiers, in response to Benjamin F. Butler's infamous General Order number 28, signed by Smith as Assistant Adjutant General. Butler's order number 28, stating that New Orleans women showing contempt for Union soldiers will be treated as prostitutes is reprinted here, as well as Beauregard's words rallying the men to "drive back from our soil, those infamous invaders of our homes and disturbers of our family ties."
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