Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 202

Price Realized: $ 21,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
RALLYING HIS SOLDIERS OF BULL RUN BEAUREGARD, PIERRE G.T. Autograph Manuscript Signed, "G.T. Beauregard / Gen'l Com'dg," an address to the "Soldiers of the 1st Corps of the Army of the Potomac," explaining that he must leave the Army of the Potomac temporarily, calling upon his men to endure and resume their duty to engage the enemy, expressing thanks to the army of the Shenandoah for their assistance in July [the Battle of Bull Run], and offering encouragement to those soldiers who have not yet met the enemy in battle. 2 pages, tall 4to, ruled paper, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; short separations at folds, faint scattered dampstaining, minor loss to corners. (AKF) "Head Quarters 1st Corps AofP Near Centreville," 30 January 1862
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". . . You are now undergoing the severest trial of a soldier's life; . . . My faith in your patriotism, your devotion and determination, and in your high soldierly qualities is so great, that I shall rest assured you will pass through the ordeal resolutely . . . . Still, I cannot quit you without . . . deep anxiety, in the moment of our country's trials and dangers. . . . [T]his is no time for the army of the Potomac--the men of Manassas--to stack their arms and quit . . . .
"To the army of Shenandoah, I desire to return my thanks for their assistance, last July, their timely, decisive arrival . . . .
"Those . . . not so fortunate as yet to have been with us in conflict with our enemy, I leave with all confidence that on occasion they will show themselves fit comrades for the men of Manassas, Bull Run, and Ball's Bluff."
In the winter of 1861-62, the decision was made to transfer Beauregard to Tennessee to share command of the Army of the Mississippi. Since the term of enlistment was about to expire for many of the soldiers in Beauregard's former army, the General turned the occasion of his farewell into an opportunity to inspire the ranks to fight on.