Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Beauregard” in chapter 2, page 34 of Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865:
... Generals Ripley's and Gist's opinion, a deficit of not less than 17,372 men, of all arms, for the proper defence of the First Military District, South Carolina; an alarming deficiency, but one which General Beauregard did not think exaggerated.
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