Manuscripts

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard letter to Senator John Slidell

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Description: Contemporary copy of a letter sent from G.T. Beauregard of the Engineering Corps to Louisiana senator (and Beauregard's future brother-in-law) John Slidell. In the letter Beauregard outlines what he believes to be strategic mistakes in General Scott's planned assault on Utah Mormons with a corps from California. Beauregard analyzes the proposed military strategy at length, as well as offering his suggestions with a variety of historical examples. Later segments of the letter thoroughly express Beauregard's outrage with what he perceives as the economic and political favors granted to the Northern states at the expense of the South. He closes with recommendations for future officer positions under a possible Army expansion, and specifically mentions G.W. Smith, George B. McClellan, and J.K. Duncan. Beauregard writes that he himself would like to be appointed colonel of a regiment, preferably the Zouaves.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1858, February 9.
Call number: mssHM 24506
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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant. The Shiloh Campaign

Manuscripts

The collection consists of an almost equal number of manuscripts and correspondence with a few miscellaneous items. All manuscripts within the collection were submitted to Bryce for publication while he worked as the editor for the North American review. All correspondence is addressed to Bryce and most of it concerns editorial matters. The collection's miscellaneous items include pieces that relate to the personal lives of Bryce and his wife, Edith Cooper.

HM 50521

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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant. Operations about Charleston, S.C

Manuscripts

HM 50520

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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893

Visual Materials

The Singleton Collection is organized into four discrete yet interrelated units. The first consists of 79 photographs by Mathew Brady (1823-1896) and Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) of scenes of the Civil War taken between 1861 and 1865. Included are group portraits of generals with their staffs, important wartime sites and activities, and photographs of paintings depicting various skirmishes. While the photographs were taken by Brady and Gardner during the war, the images were printed around 1885 by John Taylor and marketed by the firm of Taylor & Huntington. These photographer-entrepreneurs hoped to capitalize on twenty-fifth anniversary war reunions and commemorations by reissuing the once-familiar views. On the verso of each image is a partial list of the photographs sold by Taylor & Huntington for 75 cents a piece. The second grouping of photographs depicts two views of Abraham Lincoln and portraits of the Lincoln conspirators and their execution. These were also taken by Brady and Gardner during the war and, as with the first group, printed and issued around 1885 by Taylor & Huntington. Of particular rarity are the fourteen photographs of the Lincoln assassination conspirators including portraits of David Herold, George Atzerodt, Edward Spangler, two views of Lewis Payne, two views of Michael O'Laughlin, and an unidentified conspirator. Additionally, there is a complete set of three images depicting the execution of Mrs. Surratt and the conspirators taken by Alexander Gardner on July 7, 1865, as well as three of the five known images documenting the execution of Captain Wirz, the notorious Keeper of Andersonville Prison. Eighty-three cabinet portraits of Confederate Generals and other Southern leaders by George S. Cook (1819-1902) comprise the third section of the collection. Cook was a friend and former employee of Matthew Brady, and he provided E.& H.T. Anthony Co. with portraits from the South, including the first portrait of Colonel Robert Anderson. These portraits may come from sources other than Cook as he purchased competing photographers negatives, issuing them on his mounts. These portraits were taken in the 1860s but printed between 1880 and 1890 when Cook operated his Richmond, Virginia studio at 913 East Main Street. The last grouping of photographs contains 210 images by William H. Tipton (1850-1929), the self-described "Battlefield Photographer." The imperial-sized photographs depict the numerous monuments erected on the Gettysburg battlefield to honor the soldiers who fought and died in this decisive battle. The photographs date from the 1880s. The Singleton Collection constitutes of one of the most complete historic archives of the Gettysburg monuments.

photCL 445

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G. T. Beauregard order and letters

Manuscripts

Includes original order to fire upon Fort Sumter.

mssHM 25134-25139

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Gustave Eiffel letter to Paul Buquet

Manuscripts

The letter, written by Eiffel to the director of his alma mater in June 1902, was presented to the École Centrale Paris along with a copy of Eiffel's book La tour de trois cents métres, 1900. In the letter, Eiffel describes his book and talks about the Eiffel Tower, its history and the modifications done to to the tower for the Exposition of 1900. He also states that he hopes the copy of the book will help future students of the school. The letter is in French.

mssHM 74095

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Edmund Kean letter to John Lee

Manuscripts

This letter is written to John Lee at Theatre Royal, Richmond, Surrey. Kean asks "What day do I open in Cheltenham?" He also complains about money and someone he calls a "stupid son of a bitch." The letter is not dated but the letter has the posted date of 1831, August 1.

mssHM 78383

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard letter to Senator John Slidell

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