(CIVIL WAR) BEAUREGARD P G T Autograph Letter Signed

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(CIVIL WAR.) BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Autograph Letter Signed, to General C. M. Wilcox, discussing Wilcox's account of the siege of Petersburg and detailing his memories of the battle. 4 pages, folded 8vo sheet, New Orleans and Carrollton R. R. Co. stationery; nicely inlaid. New Orleans, 23 June 1874

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" . . . I have no recollection of any of Genl Lee's troops arriving before the morning of the 18th. Kershaw's Div. was the first to report . . . it had hardly got into position when the Federals made their last determined attack during that month . . . Bragg had nothing whatever to do with the defense of Petersburg . . ."