Oct 26, 2023 - Sale 2650

Sale 2650 - Lot 8

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WANTS TO CORRECT PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT HIS PART IN PROLONGING WAR BEAUREGARD, PIERRE G.T. Autograph Letter Signed, "G.T. Beauregard," to General Robert Frederick Hoke ("Dear General"), requesting copies of documents and a personal narrative describing military operations during the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, the Bermuda Hundred campaign, and the Siege of Petersburg, explaining that Generals Henry Wise and Bushrod Johnson have already contributed, and planning to write an accurate account of those conflicts. 2 pages, 8vo, "Office New Orleans and Carrollton R.R. Co." stationery, ruled paper, written on recto and verso of a single sheet; cello tape or minor staining at right corners verso, folds. New Orleans, 8 May 1874
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"Not having in my files many important papers referring to our operations about Drury's bluff [sic], Bermuda Hundred & Petersburg. I would be much obliged to you for copies of such as you may have in your possession, especially of those relating to the operations from the Battle of Drury's bluff to the explosion of the Petersburg mine. If they could be accompanied by a narrative of your own, of the active part you & your Division took in those important results, I w'd be still further obliged to you.
"Gen'l Wise has already complied with my request, & I expect Gen'l B'd Johnson will soon do likewise. I hope one of these days to be able to use them to some advantage, to correct public opinion & give a reliable account of those mil'y operations which contributed so much to prolonging the late War one year longer. . . ."
In Afred Roman's The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States (1883)--written by incorporating extensive consultation with Beauregard--there are a number of places where the information requested in this letter might have been used, including in Chapter XXXVI concerning the Siege of Petersburg.