Browsing named entities in Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865. You can also browse the collection for June 3rd, 1861 AD or search for June 3rd, 1861 AD in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 6: (search)
chmond. General Beauregard was not satisfied with the grounds selected for our troops, nor with the condition of things at Camp Pickens, Manassas. There was no running water near enough; the plan of works was too extensive; the fords were too numerous to be easily guarded by such a small force as was at his disposal. These facts and observations he at once reported to the President, as may be seen by the following letter: Department of Alexandria, Va., Provisional A. C. S., June 3d, 1861. To his Excellency President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Va.: Dear Sir,—I arrived here on the 1st at 2 P. M., and immediately examined the site of this encampment and the plans of its proposed defences. The former is in an open country, traversed by good roads in every direction, without any strong natural features for the purposes of defence, and without running water nearer than three miles, except a few small springs at half that distance. The plans of the works are good, but