Intercepted letter from Beauregard indicates some hopelessness...
Item # 705607
April 21, 1862
NEW YORK HERALD, April 21, 1862
* Siege of Yorktown - Virginia
* McClellan's Peninsula Campaign
The front page features a nice map headed: "The Siege of Yorktown - Diagram of the Scene of the Engagement on Wednesday, April 16."
Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Union Forces at Falmouth, Commanding the City of Fredericksburg" "Gallant Achievement of General Augur".
A very interesting report: "Interception of a Valuable Dispatch from Gen. Beauregard" "Hopelessness of the Rebel Cause" "Beauregard's Call for Reinforcements & Confession of Weakness" "The Rebel Army in the West Terribly Demoralized" which includes the letter signed: G. T. Beauregard.
Also: "How the Rebels Were Instructed to Act in Battle" "The Siege of Yorktown" "Strength of the Rebel Works".
Page 5 has another Civil War map: "Capture of Apalachicola, Florida". War-related maps of Florida are very uncommon.
Eight pages, nice condition.
* Siege of Yorktown - Virginia
* McClellan's Peninsula Campaign
The front page features a nice map headed: "The Siege of Yorktown - Diagram of the Scene of the Engagement on Wednesday, April 16."
Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Union Forces at Falmouth, Commanding the City of Fredericksburg" "Gallant Achievement of General Augur".
A very interesting report: "Interception of a Valuable Dispatch from Gen. Beauregard" "Hopelessness of the Rebel Cause" "Beauregard's Call for Reinforcements & Confession of Weakness" "The Rebel Army in the West Terribly Demoralized" which includes the letter signed: G. T. Beauregard.
Also: "How the Rebels Were Instructed to Act in Battle" "The Siege of Yorktown" "Strength of the Rebel Works".
Page 5 has another Civil War map: "Capture of Apalachicola, Florida". War-related maps of Florida are very uncommon.
Eight pages, nice condition.
Category: Yankee
