P.G.T. Beauregard letters, 1858-1886.

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P.G.T. Beauregard letters, 1858-1886.

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Letters from Beauregard to Wharton discuss personal matters and the authorship and publication of Beauregard's reminiscences on the Civil War. A letter (1858) gives Wharton advice on how to succeed in life; a letter (1862) from R. M. Smith, provost marshal of the Confederate Army, concerns Beauregard's order to burn bales of cotton belonging to Andrew Turnbull, a British subject; and a letter (1884) from John Johnson, Confederate Army major, recalls the condition of Fort Sumter after 60 days of bombardment in the Fall of 1864.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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

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P.G.T. Beauregard was a Confederate States Army general from New Orleans, Louisiana. The Aztec Club was organized in 1847 as a fraternal society for officers serving under General Winfield Scott's command in Mexico City. Several officers later became major Civil War leaders. From the description of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard letter, 1892 Dec. 29. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70294149 Former Confederate general and resident of New Orleans. At the t...

Wharton, Edward C.

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Edward Clifton Wharton, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was a journalist and newspaper editor, writing under the pen names of "Orleanian", "Easy Doubleyew" and "Louisianian". He was also a successful playwright, author and dramatic critic. Educated at Jefferson College in St. James Parish, Louisiana, he served as a colonel in the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate States Army. From the description of Edward Clifton Wharton family papers, 1819-1947 (bulk 1819-1901)....