Telegram from Mississippi Adjutant General Jones S. Hamilton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 12, 1863

Documents
Telegram from Mississippi Adjutant General Jones S. Hamilton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 12, 1863

Document Network
Document Metadata

Each transcribed document contains links that connect it to other documents on the same topic in the collection.

People

Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Hamilton, Jones S.Haynes, Unknown Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

Events

Military Events--Raid

Military Units

Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)United States. Army

Organizations

Confederate States of America--Army Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office Confederate States of America--Department of State

Places

Alabama--Mobile County. Mobile Kentucky--Jefferson County. Louisville Mississippi--Clarke County. Enterprise Mississippi--Copiah County. Crystal Springs Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Lauderdale County. Meridian

Page 1

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 mis-takes 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.

May 12 1863

By Telegraph from Enterprise 12 1863
To Gov J J Pettus

I have returned To this place impossible to get on at present what News from Yankee raid if tis true that they passed Crystal Springs Coming in this direction would it not be well for Col. Haynes to move his Specie to Mobile or Some other point this place is not Secure no Troops here and it Could be taken possession of at any time unless a proper force were Sent here There are now many Troops at Meridian and one Regt Should be Sent here if tis your intention to Continue the Dept. of State at this place we are not as Secure here as in Jackson

Page 2

Gen^l. Hamilton
12 May63

Please answer and advise us—

Jones S Hamilton
Adjt Genl

113 Pd