2021-02 Raynors HCA Live
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BEAUREGARD, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) was a Confederate general officer who started the American Civil War by leading the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Beauregard commanded armies in the Western Theater, including at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee, and the Siege of Corinth in northern Mississippi. He returned to Charleston and defended it in 1863 from repeated naval and land attacks by Union forces. He is most known for his defense of the industrial city of Petersburg, Virginia from Union troops, in June 1864, which delayed the eventual fall of the confederate capital Richmond, Virginia in April 1865. Autograph Letter Signed "G.T. Beauregard", on preprinted letterhead, 'Head Quarters Department of South Carolina , Georgia and Florida, Charleston SC', June 15th, 1863, 5" x 3-1/4", near fine. In full, "Dear General, Permit me to introduce Lt. Col. Fremantle to you. He bro't me the enclosed letter from at your Command to facilitate his object. Yours very truly, G.T. Beauregard, Gen'l. R.E. Lee". General Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle GCMG CB KStJ (11 November 1835 - 25 September 1901) was a British Army officer and a notable British witness to the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Whilst holding the rank of "Captain and Lieutenant Colonel" he spent three months (from 2 April until 16 July 1863) in North America, travelling through parts of the Confederate States of America and the Union.
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