Telegram from General John C. Pemberton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 29, 1863

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Telegram from General John C. Pemberton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 29, 1863

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People

Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888 Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

Events

Military Events--Impressment Military Events--Impressment. Enslaved people

Businesses

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

Places

Kentucky--Jefferson County. Louisville Mississippi--Warren County. Vicksburg

Social Identifiers

African Americans African Americans--Enslaved People

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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.

Jany 29 18613

By Telegraph from Vicksburg 29 18613
To His Excellency J J Pettus

More negroes must be had here designate the districts in which they can be impressed with proper implements Gen^l. Adams will proceed at once to Collect them

J. C. Pemberton
Lt Gen^l Comdg

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Lt Genl J, C, Pemberton

more negroes must be impressed

Jan—1863