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

IN TWO VOLUMES.-Vol. II.

"Those generals only who have never commanded
armies in the field have not committed errors"

NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA

CALIFORNIA

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

1884

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

HARPER & BROTHERS,

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

All rights reserved.

P. R. S.

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 Stations. Its Usefulness and

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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.

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-General Beauregard Recommends Colonel Walker for Promotion.-

Estimate called for, and given, of Men and Material Needed for a Suc-

cessful Defence of Charleston and its Harbor........

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

General Beauregard Returns to Charleston.-He informs the War Department

of the Result of his Inspection of the Works around Savannah. - Dis-

positions Taken with Regard to Different Batteries; for the Completion

of the Boom; for the Protection of River Obstructions; for Negro Labor

upon Works around Charleston.-Letter to Governor Pickens.-Letter to

Colonel Chestnut.-Letter to the Hon. W. P. Miles.-Promise of Secretary

of War to send Guns to General Beauregard. - His Letter to General

Cobb. - Instructions to Major Pope.-War Department withdraws the

Order for Guns.—General Beauregard's Letter to General S. Cooper, Ex-

plaining Conduct of Major Childs.-Telegram from the Secretary of War.

-General Beauregard Requests a Suspension of Decision.-Refusal of the

Secretary of War.-Indignation of General Beauregard.-Governor Pick-

ens Dissuades him from Demanding to be Relieved.—Ordnance Depart-

ment Refuses to Pay for Banding of Guns.-Notice given of Probable

Attack.-Canal Cut through the Wappoo.-General Beauregard's Minute

Attention to all Details.-Instructions to General Cobb.-Enemy's Flect

directed towards Cape Lookout.-General Beauregard's Letter to Gen-

eral Whiting.-Enemy Retires to Newbern.-Information given of Prob-

able Naval Attack upon Charleston. — General Beauregard Recalls his

Troops from North Carolina. - President Davis Refuses to send 7-inch

Guns to General Beauregard.—They are sent to Mobile.....
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CHAPTER XXIX.

Delay of the Federal Attack on Charleston.-General Beauregard makes Ar-

rangements for Concentration of Troops by Rail.-His Letter to General

Ripley. His Desire to Test the Merits of the two Ironclad Rams.-Com-

modore Ingraham Adopts his Suggestion.-The Federal Fleet is Attacked

on the 11th.-The Palmetto State Disables the Mercedita, and gives Chase

to two other Steamers.-The Chicora Sets Fire to a Propeller, Cripples

the Quaker City, and Disables the Keystone State.-The whole Blockad-

ing Fleet Retires. - The Blockade of Charleston Harbor undoubtedly

Raised.-General Pemberton's Error in Abandoning the Defences of the

Stono.-Federal Gunboats run up the Stono.-General Beauregard Plans

the Capture of the Isaac Smith.-Colonel Yates's Report.-Attack upon

Genesis Point Battery.-Federal Monitor Crippled and Forced to With-

draw. General Beauregard's Letter to General Ripley.-His Dread of a

Night Attack on Sumter.-Second Attack on Fort McAllister.-Small

Force in General Beauregard's Department.-He Demands Additional

State Troops from Governor Bonham.-Preparation Made for the Im-

pending Attack on Charleston.........

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