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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09200 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | G. T. Beauregard to Governor Francis W. Pickens sharing his support for a plan to enlist planters' help to provide grain and hay for army livestock |
| Date | 30 April 1861 |
| Author | Beauregard, Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) |
| Recipient | Pickens, Francis Wilkinson |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | General Beauregard supports Colonel R. W. Habersham's submitted plan for enlisting planters' help to provide grain and hay for army livestock. "I think the above suggestions of Col. Habersham of so much importance, that I have the honor to enclose them to your Excellency in the hope that they may be carried out before it becomes too late." Written on the letter of 30 April 1861 sent from Habersham to Beauregard and forwarded to Governor Pickens. |
| Subjects | Military History Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Confederate States of America |
| People | Beauregard, Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869) Habersham, R. W. (fl. 1861) |
| Place written | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | From the wartime papers of South Carolina Governors Francis W. Pickens and Milledge L. Bonham. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |