The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States 1861 to 1865, Including a Brief Personal Sketch and a Narrative of His ... Mexico, 1846-8, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

States. It is offered as a guide to the future historian of that momentous period. In developing the truth of history, and fortifying it with evidence beyond dispute, I desire to express my appreciation of the earnest, able, and judicial manner in which the author has performed his arduous undertaking; and I fully endorse all his statements and comments, excepting only such encomiums as he has thought proper to bestow upon me. To General Thomas Jordan, formerly my Chief of Staff, and to Mr. W. J. Marrin, of New York, I am indebted for valuable assistance in the obtaining of many facts and data; also to Lieutenant-C olonel B. !N .S cott, U. S. A., in charge, at Washington, of the publication office of the War Eecords of 1861-65, and to General Marcus J. Wright, agent of the War Department in the collection of Confederate Records, for copies of important papers furnished by them. G. T. BEAUKEGAKD.
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