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26 Civil War Telegraph Collection Sept 9 These Will No Longer Be For Sale:
$10000.00

!!!!!!The morning of Thursday September the 9th will be the last day these are available for sale. They will be going to the Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum!!!!!


Below i listed all 26 telegraphs, word for word. Majority are to Georgia Governor Joseph E Brown. There are also the governors replies to a few of the telegraphs, which I also listed. These tell an amazing story of Sherman’s March through Georgia and the hardships confederate soldiers faced during that time.

There are telegraphs from:


ROBERT E LEE- General

JEFFERSON DAVIS- C.S.A President

G. T. BEAUREGARD- General

JOSEPH JOHNSTON- General

BRAXTON BRAGG- General

N. B. FOREST- General

HENRY WAYNE- Adjutant General

J. B HOOD- General

HOWELL COBB- Major General

JOSEPH WHEELER-Major General

ROBERT A TOOMBS- Brig. General, first Secretary of State under Jeff. Davis, and signer of CSA constitution

T BUTLER KING- Ga and US legislator

JARED WHITAKER- Atlanta Mayor and Commissary General

ANDREW J. HANSELL- Adjutant General Ga militia


*I can send more photos upon request.


1~ #52

The magnetic Telegraph Company

Dated, Tallahassee 11 1861

Received, Jany. 12th

To His Ex. Gov. Brown

Too late. No movement

To be made just now

Will report in person.

-T BUTLER KING



2~ #53

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Richmond June 17th 1861

To, Atlanta June 18th 1861

His Ex. Joseph E Brown

Capt Jefferson Lamar of

Newton county is here and

Wants service he cannot be

Armed here very properly and

Would not bring your arms

Without your consent. Your course

Will be thoroughly sustained here.

I would esteem it as a great

Personal favor if you would let

Him bring your arms. Now in

Possession of his company.

-R TOOMBS



3~#54

American Telegraph Company

Received at, Staunton July 14th 1861

By telegraph from, Richmond

To, M. G. Harman

Send by Express the following.

To Genl. H. R. Jackson

Take command of Scott’s, Johnson’s, and Lee’s regiments and such others may be at hand. Oppose the advance

Of the enemy and move to the relief of Genl. Garnett

400 rounds of ammunition for the guns forwarded has been sent.

-R. E. LEE

Genl. Commanding



4~#55

American Telegraph Company

Received at, Staunton July 16th 1861

By Telegraph from, Richmond

To, M. G. Harman

Establish book Pony express with-out delay

I will do all in my power to comply with General

Jackson’s request. Send all reliable information

To me

-JEFFN DAVIS



5~#56

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Atlanta Oct 23rd 1861

To, Governor Brown

Sir

The Whitaker volunteers

In Coln. Neelys regiment

Ordered to March Friday

Will you extend the time to

Monday or Tuesday next

-JARED WHITAKER



6~#57

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Richmond 5th 186_

To, Gov. Brown

If the Cheatham Artillery company

Has a battery and is in the

Service, authority is given to the

Quarter master or to your self

To purchase horses

-L. C. WALKER



7~#58

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Savannah 18th 1863

To, Gov Joseph E Brown

Enemy collects in large force

Land and navil at port

Royal to attack this place

Or Charleston can any

State troops or Militia

Be furnished for the defense

Of Savannah. If so how many

-G. T. BEAUREGARD



8~#61

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Atlanta 3rd 1863

To, Genl Wayne

A raid of yankee Calvary

Was within thirty five

-35- miles of Rome yesterday

At twelve noon. Destruction

Of W. and A. R.R. Bridges,

Shops, and public stores in

Rome and Atlanta supposed

To be their object. They

Had artillery with them

And destroyed buildings in

Gadsden. Gov Brown

Is in Canton and will be in

Cartersville tomorrow.

-E. B. WALKER



9~#62

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Richmond 20 1863

To, Gov Joseph E Brown

Dispatch of Eighteenth received

Order granting furloughs was

Published/ sixteenth and copy

Sent you by mail

-JEFFERSON DAVIS


-REPLY to #62

A heavy force of the enemy is advancing on

Macon laying waste the country and burning

The towns. We have not sufficient force

And hope you will send in troops or

Reinforcements with the navy in port. -JOSEPH E BROWN

President Davis Richmond VA



10~#64

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Jackson 25 1863

To, His Excellency Gov Brown

Large number of stragglers

From the army are reported

Going east through Georgia

Especially the northern part.

Will you have them, officers

As well as men, arrested and

Sent back to this point.

Employing for this purpose

Associations of citizens as well

As state troops, this service

Is important and necessary

-Genl. JOSHEPH E. JOHNSTON


-REPLY to #64

I will do all in my power to arrest and send

Back the stragglers. God grant you success in

Repelling the enemy.

-JOSEPH E BROWN

Genl Joseph E. Johnston

Jackson Miss.



11~#66

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Knoxville 17 1863

To, Gov Joseph E Brown

The engine sent by your road

To bring Georgia Salt is

Of no use to us in bad

Order and condition. She

Is now in our shop

-J. R. BRANNER



12~#67

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Atlanta 22 1863

To, Col H. H. Waters

Buy all the Salt you

Can I will go you halves

-AUSTELL



13~#68

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Dalton 27 1863

To, Genl H C Wayne

Genl Beauregard applies for a

Brigade of state troops for defense

Of Savannah. Can you inform

Me what state troops are liable

To serve there and where they now

Are. Genl Cobb is absent. Are

The state troops under my orders

-J. E. JOHNSTON

#68-REVERSE

Milledgeville

Dec. 28. 63

Gen J. E. Johnston

Gen Cobb has eighteen thousand arm

Guards at his disposal. Let Gen Beauregard

Make requisition on him. I will telegraph

Gen Beauregard full information by

Mail.

-HENRY WAYNE

A and J Genl



14~#70

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Mission Ridge 15 1863

To, Gov Joseph E. Brown

Without more cordial support is given us by

Subordinate agents of your state roads and our

Supplies are more promptly transported and

Delivered this army will be starved out. Soldiers in Atlanta have been waiting transportation for three -3- weeks. Those here cannot get rations forward for themselves. Our horses are starving with the store houses in Atlanta full of corn.

-REVERSE-Ours is a common cause but Georgia is specially interested and I feel confident you will see the necessity of prompt and decisive action.

-BRAXTON BRAGG



15~#72

The Southern Telegraph Companies

Received at, Marietta 1863

By Telegraph from, Tunnel Hill

To, Gov. Brown

The enemy pressed me back

To this place yesterday I see

A reinforcement of one of

My brigades and ? Them

At this place and drove them

Back

-REVERSE- Am much in need

Of hard bread and

Wish a train sent

Immediately to bring the

Bread and can then follow them.

-N. B. FOREST

Brig Genl Commanding



16~#78

The Southern Telegraph companies

Received at, Atlanta July 19 1864

By telegraph from, Savannah

To, Gov Jos E Brown

I request that your proclamation be

So far modified as to allow me to

Organize the local forces south of

The Atlantic and gulf railroad and keep them

With me along the Ogeechee for instance

There are.... V K L C E C - Y M O in - J N B U

P G R—— CODE CONTINUED ON ENTIRE

REVERSE SIDE.

-Maj Genl NICLAWS



17~#79

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Columbia 10 1864

To, Gov Jos E Brown

Telegraph me the first motion

Of Sherman’s South. I will give

You all the aid I can

-M. L. BONHAM



18~#80

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Atlanta 13 1864

To, Gov Brown

Please direct impressing

Agent not to take negros

From Baldwin County.

Will send the guns

-J. B. HOOD

Genl



19~#81

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Tuscumbia 16 1864

To, Gov Joseph E. Brown

Reports from Genl

Wheeler indicate that

Sherman is about to March

From Atlanta on Augusta

Or Macon. In that event

Aid Genl Cobb with all

The force you can. He

Has been instructed to call

On you

-G. T. BEAUREGARD


REPLY to #81

I will do all in my power to aid Genl

Cobb. I fear we have not force to stop the

Movement of the enemy.

-JOSEPH E BROWN

Genl G. T. Beauregard

Tuscumbia



20~#82

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Lovejoy 16th 11oclock 1864

To, Gov Brown

Scouts from enemy’s rear

Report that Sherman

Left Atlanta yesterday

Morning with fifteenth

15th seventeenth 17th and

Twentieth 20th corps.

In two -2- columns one

On Jonesboro and one

On McDonough roads.

Calvary on his flank

Many houses been burned

In Rome Marietta and Atlanta

And rail road bridges over

Chattahoochee destroyed

By enemy. Enemy advancing

This morning

-J. WHEELER

Maj. Genl.



21~#83

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Macon 16 1864

To, Gov. Brown

Genl Shoup telegraphed last

Night to Genl Wright that a

Force of the enemy moved this

Evening from Sandtown in

The direction Fairburne

It’s strength and destination has

Not yet been ascertained. Genl

Should directs that whatever militia

May be here be delayed until we

Know further

-A. J. HANSELL

Col. and A.D.C.



22~#84

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Macon 17 1864

To, Gov Brown

Genl Beauregard directs

Me to call on you for

All the assistance you

Can bring to the defense

Of this place now

Immediately threatened by a very

Large force under Sherman

The emergency admits of

No delay please answer

What I may expect

-HOWELL COBB

Genl




23~#85

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Tuscumbia 17 1864

To, Gov Jos E Brown

Genl R Taylor has

Been ordered to take

Command forthwith of

All confederate troops

In Georgia in the limits

Of Hoods department

Against Sherman

-G. T. BEAUREGARD



24~#86

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Griffin 17 1864

To, Gov Brown

Scouts from enemy’s

Rear report that 14th

Corps crossed the

Chattahoochee on 15th on

The way to join Sherman

Giving him four corps

-JOS WHEELER

Maj. Genl



25~#88

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Atlanta 24 1864

To, Gov Brown

Know of no raid

From Decatur

-J. B. HOOD

Genl



26~#90

Milledgeville and Macon

Telegraph Line

Dated, Griffin 4 o’clock pm 16

Via Barnseville 17 1864

To, Gov Brown

Enemy checked this

Evening near bear

Creek. Enemy evidently

Marching to Macon.

-JOS WHEELER

Maj. Genl


REPLY to #90

The following dispatch was sent to Genl Wheeler

Mill. Nov 17 1864

Thank you for your dispatches. Please keep me

Advised of each important movement. Will do all I

Can to rally force to aid you.

-J. E. B.


Maj Genl J Wheeler / Griffin


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Large Collection Of Civil War Telegraphs Shermans March On Georgia. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.



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