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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05752 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Joseph Eggleston Johnston to Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, relating that he has ordered the arrest of the Bohemian |
| Date | 31 December 1861 |
| Author | Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891) |
| Recipient | Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | General Johnston writes to General Beauregard, commander of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. Writes "Is the W. arts near enough to Weir's house to be concerned in pulling to pieces the out houses? I heard thro' Major Boyle that soldiers carrying off...doors &c evidently for their own new quarters." Possibly referring to General Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, states "Genl Trimble's brigade is nearest- & most probably furnished the culprits- I have desired him to get a guard at the house, & to have a search made for the missing materials." Mentions that "a place selected by E.K.S. for Trimble, would be preferable to Camp P." Reports that the "Bohemian has, as I apprehended, given a Minute account of the positions of our troops- of their winter quarters- Even the time they would require to get to their positions." Relates that he has ordered the arrest of the Bohemian, possibly a reporter. Written on Headquarters, Department of Northern Virginia stationery. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Military Camp Journalism Military Law Prisoner of War Spying |
| People | Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891) Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) Trimble, Isaac Ridgeway (1802-1888) |
| Place written | Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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