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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08013.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Letter from Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Beverly Tucker regarding the end of military occupation of Louisiana |
| Date | 15 May 1877 |
| Author | Beauregard, Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) |
| Recipient | Tucker, Beverly |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Reconstruction and end of military occupation of Louisiana: "Louisiana is oncemore free!...we have now to repair the damage of 4 1/2 years war and 11 1/2 years of robbery & oppression such as no civilized people have ever yet had to bear." |
| Subjects | Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Civil War Military History Reconstruction Union Forces Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America |
| People | Beauregard, Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) Tucker, Beverly (fl. 1869-1877) |
| Place written | New Orleans |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Foreign Affairs; Children & Family; Women in American History; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |