Telegram from Secretary of War L. P. Walker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 18, 1861

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Telegram from Secretary of War L. P. Walker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 18, 1861

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Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884

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Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)

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Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)

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Alabama--Montgomery County. Montgomery Kentucky--Jefferson County. Louisville Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson

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South-Western Telegraph Company.

THE PUBLIC are notified, that in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission of messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received, to the station from which it is originally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message, and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding two hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated mes-sages, from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination.

All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.

N. GREEN, Prest., Louisville, Ky.

May 18^th 1861

By Telegraph from Montgomery 18 1861
To Gov Pettus
Jackson

Can you give me two regiments for twelve months armed with heavy double barreled Shot Guns?

L. P. Walker

Paid

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L. P. Walker wanting regiments armed with shot guns