Telegram from General D. E. Twiggs to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 6, 1861

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Telegram from General D. E. Twiggs to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 6, 1861

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People

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

Events

Criminal Procedure--Arrest

Military Units

Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 3rd Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 7th

Organizations

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

Places

Bay Saint Louis (Miss.)Kentucky Louisville (Ky.)New Orleans (La.)Pass Christian (Miss.)

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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.

October 6 1861

By Telegraph From New Orleans 6 1861
To Gov J. J. Pettus

I sent steamboat to Bay S^tLouis theree days ago with orders to the Companies Mustered into C. S. Service to cross to Pass Christian Gen^lDahlgren arrested the officers & stopped the Movement I sent yesterday an officer in the region to Muster all the other Companies & place the Third Regt at Pass Christian & the Seventh at Bay S^tLouis

D E. Twiggs
Maj Genl

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D. E. Twiggs

Genl D E Twiggs