civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

ers of war, and the treatment of noncombatants at Vidalia, La.,
New Orleans, La., Vicksburg, Miss., Mobile, Ala., and Galveston,
Tex. Also contains details on skirmishes with Gen. Wirt
Adams (CSA) in Mississippi, and Gen. Henry W. Slocum's expedition
toward Jackson, Miss., July 3-9, 1864.
Finding aid available.
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Beard, Richard (1799-1880) Capt., 5th Infantry
Regiment, CSA
Letter, 1875. 1 item.
Transcript.
Letter from Beard to the editor of the Nashville (Tenn.)
Union and American, June 27, 1875, defending himself against
accusations concerning the death of Gen. James B. McPherson
in the Atlanta Campaign.
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Beardslee, Lester Anthony (1836-1903) Lt. Comdr., USN
Papers, 1855-1900. 128 items.
Orders, 1861 — 65, and official correspondence, 1863—65,
relating to Beardslee's service aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga,
U.S.S. Nantucket, and U.S.S. Wachusett. Also, a diary, 1864,
describing his service on the Wachusett with the South Atlantic
Blockading Squadron, particularly his role in the capture of
the C.S.S. Florida at Bahia Harbor, Brazil, Oct. 7, 1864.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant
(1818-1893) Gen., CSA
Papers, 1844-83. ca. 6,500 items.
Chiefly official correspondence, letterbooks, telegrams,
orders, endorsement books, and newspaper clippings relating
to the Fort Sumter affair, the 1st Manassas, Shiloh, and Corinth
campaigns, the defense of Charleston, S.C., and the Siege
of Petersburg, and the consolidation of Confederate forces after
the Battle of Atlanta. Also includes Beauregard's autograph
manuscript "Reminiscences," which was the basis for Alfred
Romans' The Military Operations of General Beauregard (1884).
Principal correspondents include Milledge Luke Bonham, Braxton
Bragg, Howell Cobb, Samuel Cooper, Jefferson Davis, Wade
Hampton, William J. Hardee, Daniel H. Hill, John Bell Hood,
Joseph E. Johnston, Thomas Jordan, Robert E. Lee, James
Longstreet, Francis W. Pickens, Leonidas Polk, Roswell S.
Ripley, Earl Van Dorn, and Leroy P. Walker.
Finding aid available.
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