Telegram from General John C. Pemberton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1863

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Telegram from General John C. Pemberton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1863

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Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881 Pettus, Edmund Winston, 1821-1907 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

Events

Crime Crime--Jail Escapes

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

Places

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

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Prisoners of War

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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 6 1863

By Telegraph from Vicksburg 6 1863
To Gov Pettus

LtCol Pettus was taken prisoner escaped and Came in yesterday

J C Pemberton

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Genl. Pemberton
6 May '63