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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02469.30 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Leroy Pope Walker to William S. Morris includes a copied version of a dispatch Walker recently received from General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer regarding communication. Walker asks Morris to estimate the cost of this |
| Date | 9 September 1861 |
| Author | Walker, Leroy Pope (1817-1884) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Walker, Confederate Secretary of War, writes to Morris, President of the Southern Telegraph Company. Includes a copied version of a dispatch Walker recently received from General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, commander of the District of East Tennessee, Department Number 2. Zollicoffer writes from Knoxville, Tennessee, stating that it is necessary for Morris to immediately "connect the Knoxville Depot of East Tennessee & Va. R. R., by telegraph, with Bristol- and also establish a telegraph office at Mossy Creek, in East Tennessee." Walker asks Morris to estimate the cost of Zollicoffer's request, and to confer with the Post Master General on the subject. Written on War Department, Confederate States of America stationery. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Congress Telegraph Government and Civics Post Office Patriotic Stationery |
| People | Walker, Leroy Pope (1817-1884) Morris, William S. (fl. 1860-1865) Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk (1812-1862) Reagan, John Henninger (1818-1905) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Walker was Secretary of War for the Confederacy 25 February to 16 September 1861. John H. Reagan was the Postmaster General of the Confederate States during the Civil War. Before heading the Southern Telegraph Company, Morris had been President and a major stockholder of the American Telegraph Company. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |