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BEAUREGARD, PIERRE G.T. General C.S.A. Autograph letter signed ("G.T. Beauregard") to his son Ren (an officer), Charleston, 30 November 1863. 4 pages, 8vo, on stationery of HQ "Department of South Carolina, Ga. and Fla.," neat repairs to a few small tears.
"OUR CAUSE STANDS ON 'RIGHT AND JUSTICE,' AND MUST TRIUMPH"
Following the rebel defeat at Chattanooga, Beauregard advises his son not to take the capture of his artillery piece too seriously: "...if it was gallantly lost...You must discard the idea of certain Artillery Officers 'that there was disgrace in the loss of a Battery...the disgrace exists in abandoning a position too soon for the Sake of saving a Battery, by which, sometimes, a Battle was lost." Suggesting he form another battery, he counsels: "adversity alone tries men's souls & leaves its indellible marks of greatness or inferiority on their character...Never think that 'all is lost' when there is still the least ray of hope left...Our cause stands on 'right & justice' and must triumph."
"OUR CAUSE STANDS ON 'RIGHT AND JUSTICE,' AND MUST TRIUMPH"
Following the rebel defeat at Chattanooga, Beauregard advises his son not to take the capture of his artillery piece too seriously: "...if it was gallantly lost...You must discard the idea of certain Artillery Officers 'that there was disgrace in the loss of a Battery...the disgrace exists in abandoning a position too soon for the Sake of saving a Battery, by which, sometimes, a Battle was lost." Suggesting he form another battery, he counsels: "adversity alone tries men's souls & leaves its indellible marks of greatness or inferiority on their character...Never think that 'all is lost' when there is still the least ray of hope left...Our cause stands on 'right & justice' and must triumph."
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This lot was part of the collection of Philip D. and Elsie O. Sang (sold Sotheby Parke-Berket, 4 December 1981).