Letter
P.G.T. Beauregard to Irvin McDowEL1, July 7, 1861
Manassas Junction, Va.
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,
G. T. BEAUREGARD,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Manassas Junction, Va..
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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