Telegram from General Samuel J. Gholson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 1863

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Telegram from General Samuel J. Gholson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 1863

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People

Gholson, Samuel Jameson, 1808-1883 Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Taylor, J. C.

Events

Military Engagements

Military Units

United States. Army

Organizations

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

Places

Kentucky Kentucky--Jefferson County. Louisville Mississippi--Attala County. Kosciusko Mississippi--Chickasaw County. Okolona Mississippi--Lee County. Birmingham Mississippi--Oktibbeha County. Starkville

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Death Wounds and injuries

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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 messages 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, Pres't, Louisville, Ky.

April 18613

By Telegraph from Okolona 26 18613
To Gov Pettus

Enemy that were here have been driven back fought at Birmingham & Defeated them Killing Some 20 and wounding many others among the Latter is their Col the party that were at Kosciusko and Now between here and Starkville advancing north

S J Gholson
Maj Genl

41 Col

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Maj Genl Gholson
26 Apl 1863

Gov,

The LtGnrl has taken liberty of retaining a copy of the within.

Very respectfully

J. C. Taylor
A.D.C.

Apl 26/63