OF

GENERAL BEAUREGARD

IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

1861 TO 1865

INCLUDING A BRIEF PERSONAL SKETCH AND A
NARRATIVE OF HIS SERVICES IN THE

WAR WITH MEXICO, 1846-8

BY ALFRED ROMAN,

FORMERLY COLONEL OF THE 18TH LOUISIANA VOLUNTEERS, AFTERWARDS AIDE-DE-CAMP
AND INSPECTOR-GENERAL ON THE STAFF OF GENERAL BEAUREGARD

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER XXVI.

Effort made to Obtain a Suitable Command for General Beauregard. He is

Assigned to Duty in South Carolina and Georgia.—He reaches Charles-

ton on the 15th of September.-Unpopularity of General Pemberton.-

Pleasure of the City and State Authorities at General Beauregard's Su-

perseding him.-Loss of General Beauregard's Papers of this Period of

the War.-General Beauregard's Tour of Inspection throughout his De-

partment. Criticism of the Lines of Works as Constructed by General

Pemberton.-General Beauregard's Regret at the Abandonment of the

Exterior System of Coast Defences.-Interior Lines most Defective.—

General Long Attributes these Lines to General R. E. Lee. — Error of

General Long.-General Pemberton's Estimates of the Minimum Forces

Necessary for the Defence of Charleston.-General Beauregard Assumes

Command September 24th.-General Pemberton given Command of De-

partment of the Mississippi.-Conference of Officers on the 29th.-Mat-

ters Discussed by them.-General Beauregard begins the Armament of

Forts and the Erection of Fortifications. — Anchorage of Boom in the

Main Channel.-Alteration made by General Beauregard in the Position

of the Heavy Guns.-Enemy Attack on St. John's River.-Unprepared

Condition of the Third Military District.-Letter to Colonel Walker.—

General Beauregard's System of Signal Statious. Its Usefulness and

Success
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CHAPTER XXVII.

Extension of General Beauregard's Command.-Grave Errors in the Construc-

tion of the Fortifications around Charleston.-Alterations Ordered by

General Beauregard.—His Desire for Additional Torpedo-rams.-He fore-

sees the Federal Movement in Colonel Walker's District.-Sends Captain

F. D. Lee to Richmond.-Prepares himself for the Enemy's Attack.—

Bank of Louisiana.-Effort to Save its Funds.-Secretary of War Orders

their Seizure.-Instructions to General Ripley.-Memoranda on the De-

fences of Savannah.-Minute Instructions to General Mercer.-Suggest-

ion for a Conference of Southern Governors.-Captain Lee's Report of

his Visit to Richmond.-Attack of the Federals on Pocotaligo.-Colonel

Walker Repulses them with Loss.-Federal Force Engaged in the Affair.