Letter

P.G.T. Beauregard to E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General, July 7, 1861

Author

P.G.T. Beauregard

Recipient

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General

Date

July 7, 1861

Type

Letter

Manassas Junction, Va., July 7, 1861.

Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowEL1, Commanding U. 8. Forces, Arlington, Va.:

Sir: The bearer, Col. Thos. H. Taylor, is sent (with an escort of twelve men and an officer, under a flag of truce) as bearer of dispatches from the President of the Confederate States to the President of the United States. He is instructed by the former to deliver his dispatches in person to the latter, and to return with the answer. His escort will await his orders.

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Fort McHEnRY, July 8, 1861.
Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General:
Four men, parties to the seizure of the St. Nicholas, were arrested
on board the Mary Washington this evening. The officers and sailors
of the St. Nicholas on board the Mary Washington identified the prisoners. The leader had a commission as colonel of the Virginia army,
dated July 1,and signed by Governor Letcher. He was secreted in a

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Manassas Junction, Va.. Summary: G. T. Beauregard authorizes Colonel Thomas H. Taylor to deliver Confederate President dispatches to the U.S. President under a flag of truce and return with a response during the early Civil War.

Topics

1861 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2 View original source ↗