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Petition to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; June 17, 1871
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Petition from several citizens of Jasper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting the removal of W. R. Boyd from the office of county treasurer.
Letter from Thomas J. Burges to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; February 12, 1871
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Burges to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking if the government is willing to reimburse him for the loss of his "small fortune" due to the War.
Letter from Superintendent Robert Kells to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 2, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning Kells' efforts to obtain a pass to go to Vicksburg, Mississippi, to obtain supplies.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 11, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Stephen D. Hunter of the 19th Mississippi Infantry be exempted from military duty to take his post as county tax assessor.
List; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. List of district and local enrolling officers on conscription duty in the state of Mississippi.
Letter from Charles A. Lewers and M. D. L. Stephens to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 29, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Charles A. Lewers and M. D. L. Stephens at Pittsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that no more than 20 men at a time be called for militia duty so that the rest can raise their crops.
Letter from Captain W. S. Yerger to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 9, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Captain W. S. Yerger at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering suggestions on how to raise a battalion of cavalry for Confederate service.
Letter from Robert C. Miller to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 22, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert C. Miller, clerk of the Mississippi House of Representatives at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, enclosing a resolution concerning liquor manufacturing.
Letter from General William L. Brandon to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 19, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Brigadier General William L. Brandon at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the conscription of David Simmons and J. W. McRaven.
Incomplete printed circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 16, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete printed circular sent by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to the various county sheriffs in the state, announcing his proclamation of amnesty for alleged deserters if they serve in the Confederate Army for thirty days. (Circular is damaged).
Statement from H. E. Lee and A. B. McLemore to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 10, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Statement from H. E. Lee, clerk of the probate court of Perry County, Mississippi, and A. B. McLemore to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, that McLemore was elected ranger of the county and requesting an exemption from Confederate Army service.
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 26, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to have county officials who fail to arrest and prosecute Confederate deserters indicted, and complaining of the need for more liquor to be dispensed in the state.
Letter from General William L. Brandon to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 13, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Brigadier General William L. Brandon at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the retention of men from the reserve corps in the Mississippi Militia.
Letter from North Carolina Governor Zebulon B. Vance to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 23, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from North Carolina Governor Zebulon B. Vance at Raleigh, North Carolina, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning the need to send more men to the armies of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and John B. Hood.
Telegram from General Nathan Bedford Forrest to Colonel G. S. Blythe; August 18, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest at Oxford, Mississippi, to Colonel G. S. Blythe, ordering him to collect as many men as he can at Senatobia, Mississippi.
Letter from W. P. Harris to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 21, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. P. Harris at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the new conscription law.
Letter from Thomas S. Gathright to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 16, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Thomas S. Gathright, principal of the Summerville Institute in Gholson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking exemption from Confederate military service.
Letter from Sheriff Alexander G. Noah to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff Alexander G. Noah of Attala County, Mississippi, at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that W. W. Perkins, Deputy Circuit Clerk, be exempted from the draft due to illness.
Letter from R. H. Dalton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 10, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from R. H. Dalton at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, seeking an appointment in the Mississippi state militia as a surgeon.
Letter from O. F. M. Holladay to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 19, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from O. F. M. Holladay at Daleville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining that, due to the calling out of the state militia, there are not enough white men left to exercise control over the local enslaved population.
Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to General Dabney H. Maury; August 15, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury, concerning the parole status of state troops captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Letter from George J. Mortimer to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 20, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from George J. Mortimer at Crystal Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, introducing Colonel Willing, a citizen of Copiah County, Mississippi.
Letter from General Dabney H. Maury to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 14, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting reinforcements for Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest to stop a United States Army movement down the Mississippi Central Railroad.
Letter from A. S. Humphries to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. S. Humphries at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, listing the men he has conscripted and sent to Macon, Mississippi.
Copy of Special Orders from Charles W. Anderson to Colonel G. S. Blythe; August 17, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of Special Orders from Charles W. Anderson, by command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, at Oxford, Mississippi, to Colonel G. S. Blythe, ordering him to report to Colonel T. W. Whitt.