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From Alex Dimitry to P.G.T. Beauregard, 1861

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Date Issued:
1861
Summary:
Alex Dimitry writes to P.G.T. Beauregard and pleads for the release of the body of Colonel James Cameron, U.S.A.V., for the purpose of burial. Colonel Cameron, a fallen Union officer, was killed during the Battle of Bull Run. The General remained unmoved because Alex Dimitry had abandoned the Confederate cause. General Beauregard's verdict, "I listen to no appeal from a traitor to the land of his birth."
Title: From Alex Dimitry to P.G.T. Beauregard, 1861.
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Name(s): Dimitry, Alex
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Correspondence
Date Issued: 1861
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 4 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Alex Dimitry writes to P.G.T. Beauregard and pleads for the release of the body of Colonel James Cameron, U.S.A.V., for the purpose of burial. Colonel Cameron, a fallen Union officer, was killed during the Battle of Bull Run. The General remained unmoved because Alex Dimitry had abandoned the Confederate cause. General Beauregard's verdict, "I listen to no appeal from a traitor to the land of his birth."
Identifier: 3318930 (digitool), FADT3318930 (IID), fau:16827 (fedora)
Collection: FAU American Civil War Collection
Subject(s): American Civil War --United States --Pictorial Works
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3318930
Sublocation: Special Collections and University Archives
Host Institution: FAU
Original Title: Original: Box 5, Folder 7, Elliott Cross and James A. Cross Civil War Collection.
Is Part of Series: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections.