Telegram from General Richard Winter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 5, 1863

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Telegram from General Richard Winter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 5, 1863

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People

Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Winter, Richard

Events

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

Businesses

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

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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 this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mis-takes 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 messages, 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, Pres't, Louisville, Ky.

May 5^th 1863

By Telegraph from Canton 5 1863
To Gov J J Pettus-

The Confederate authorities & myself have impressed over one hundred horses from this county shall I proceed to impress more

Rich^d Winter
Brig Genl

20 col
answe

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Richard Winter has impressed 100 horses pers.