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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09216 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Milledge L. Bonham to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard discussing the unwillingness of plantation owners to send their slaves to the coast |
| Date | 24 April 1863 |
| Author | Bonham, Milledge L. (1813-1890) |
| Recipient | Bonham, Milledge Luke |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Replies to Beauregard's forwarded report by William Echols of 20 April 1863. "I have directed Col. Shannon to call on two Divisions...for the month of May, which I hope will enable the Engineer to complete the works, as the cultivation of the provision crop... is growing daily more important and there is great unwillingness on the part of the planters to send their hands to the Coast at this particular period." |
| Subjects | Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Confederate States of America Military History Fortification |
| People | Bonham, Milledge Luke (1813-1890) Beauregard, Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) |
| Place written | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| 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 |