Telegram from General D. E. Twiggs to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 5, 1861

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Telegram from General D. E. Twiggs to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 5, 1861

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Dahlgren, Charles Gustavus, 1808-1888 Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Johns, Benjamin F.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Twiggs, David Emanuel, 1790-1862

Events

Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs

Military Units

Confederate States of America. Army

Organizations

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

Occupations

Military Role--Conscript officers

Places

Kentucky Kentucky--Jefferson County. Louisville Louisiana--Orleans Parish. New Orleans Military training camps Mississippi--Hancock County. Bay Saint Louis Mississippi--Harrison County. Pass Christian

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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 his company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmissions 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 will it be responsible 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.

October 5 1861

By Telegraph from Neworleans 5 1861
To Gov Pettus

Six companies at Bay S Louis were mustered in I ordered them to Pass Christian & sent transportation to convey them have just received the following dispatch from one of the Companies

"Gen^l Dahlgren is in Command of the Camp & forbids the Companies leaving" 'signed B. F. Johns Captain" An officer has been sent to muster the remaining companies

D. E. Twiggs

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D. E Twiggs