Letter : Charleston, S.C., to Rev. John T. Wightman, 1862 April 12.

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Letter : Charleston, S.C., to Rev. John T. Wightman, 1862 April 12.

Letter concerns an invitation extended by John T. Wightman (probably John Thomas Wightman, 1784-1875), pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, to Beauregard and his staff to attend church. Beauregard regrets that his work prevents him from accepting the invitation.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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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...

Wightman, John Thomas, 1784-1875.

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Trinity United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.)

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Charleston (S.C.) church. Trinity United Methodist Church began in 1786 as the Cumberland Street Methodist Episcopal Church with 35 white and 23 black members. In 1791 part of Cumberland's congregation withdrew to form Trinity Primitive Methodist Church, but the two congregations reunited in 1861 after Cumberland's building was lost in a fire. Two separate Boards of Trustees existed until 1874, when the two congregations were formally united as Trinity United Methodist Church. The black congrega...