Telegram from Major Charles Baskerville to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 12, 1861

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Telegram from Major Charles Baskerville to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 12, 1861

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People

Baskerville, Charles Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

Military Units

Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Battalion, 4th

Organizations

Mississippi Manufacturing Company (Choctaw County, Miss.)Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)

Places

Choctaw County (Miss.)Columbus (Miss.)Kentucky Louisville (Ky.)

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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 12 1861

By Telegraph From Columbus Miss 12 1861
To Gov J. J. Pettus

My battalion will be in Camp wednesday cloth can be procured for one company if you will allow so much of that engaged by the State from the Choctaw factory to be turned over upon payment made by us Cannot be procured ee elsewhere give your consent answer

Charles Baskerville
Maj Comdg

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C. Baskerville