Auction Date:2010 Apr 14 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
War-dated ALS in pencil signed “G.T.B.,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 8, December 16, 1862. Letter to an unidentified Colonel. In part: “Upon reflection I think Alexander had better hereafter drop the signature of ‘Chief of Ordinance’ for ‘Act. G. offr Ordinance’ for I suppose that they hang their fiddle on the word Chief—and we must give them no real cause of complaint. I think tho’ that it would have been more manly to have informed us of their cause of complaint…Did I command those 2 cos of 28th Regt. Va. Voln as Arty Co. as stated by the Secretary of War?” Matted and framed to an overall size of 8.25 x 11, and affixed by hinges to a 12.5 x 26.5 frame, along with a small framed portrait. In fine condition, with intersecting folds (vertical fold somewhat heavy), small area of paper loss to lower corner tip, and several passages a shade or two light, but completely legible.
Beauregard was one of the Confederate Army’s first prominent generals. Offering amazing insight, this letter shows the good general, after having incurred the wrath of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, wanted to avoid a similar incident. In regards to Edward Porter Alexander, another Confederate general whom history does indeed identify as being “chief of ordinance” in the Army of Northern Virginia, this correspondence shows that Beauregard favored “acting” be inserted into the title to avoid another conflict with his superiors. Following the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, Beauregard went on medial leave without requesting permission. Davis relieved him of command and transferred him to lead the coastal defenses in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Unhappy with his new assignment and yearning for field armies, he still prevented the capture of Charleston by Union naval and land attempts in 1863.
Historic evidence of how one iconic southern Civil War general still bowed to pressure from the chain of command. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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