Telegram from General Richard Winter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 2, 1863

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Telegram from General Richard Winter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 2, 1863

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People

Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Winter, Richard

Events

Military Events--Impressment Military Events--Impressment. War Material

Organizations

Confederate States of America--War Department Confederate States of America--War Department. Quartermaster Department

Businesses

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

Places

Kentucky--Jefferson County. Louisville Mississippi--Madison County. Canton

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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.

May 2 18613

By Telegraph from Canton 2 18613
To Gov J. J. Pettus

Send me five hundred dollars to purchase provander or order the impressed horses turned over to Confederate Quarter Master.

Rich^d Winter
Brig Genl

18 Col

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Genl.R Winter
2 May '63

Replied by mail telling the General to turn over the horses to Confed. Qr. Master & receive pay of. him for forage of such expense has been incured. Sent him copy of Genl Pemberton's letter in subject

W. A. B.