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Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Letter from Colonel Samuel Thomas to J. D. Collier; July 22, 1865
Aldridge?, Stuart?
Collier, J. D.
Commercial agents
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Eviction
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Lawyers
Plantation overseers
Plantations
Prison Guard
Scott, Unknown
Thomas, Samuel, 1840-1903
United States. Army
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. War Department
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Special Order No. 14 from Lieutenant Colonel P. Jones York; August 10, 1865
Clark, C. B.
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Headquarters, Military
Jack, J. N.
Police
Port Gibson (Miss.)
Provost Marshals
United States. Army
United States. Army. Special Order No. 14
Yorke, Patton Jones
Incomplete circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 16, 1864
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Constables
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Grand jury
Judges
Justices of the peace
Macon (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XVI (1863)
Mississippi. Militia
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Sheriffs
Trial
Letter from Sheriff James T. Gresham to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 15, 1865
Bay Springs (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Gresham, James T.
Military Events--Raid
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Militia
Sheriffs
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
United States. Army
Wounds and injuries
Petition to General Richard Taylor; March 2, 1865
African Americans
Barnes, L.
Batchelor, E. C.
Booth, L. L.
Boothe, A. E.
Brick, Ellen E.
Brown, Annie
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Tennesse, Alabama, and Mississippi
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Ellis, P., Jr.
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Gibson, Fannie
Gibson, Frances
Gibson, Jane N.
Gibson, L. H.
Gibson, M. L.
Gibson, N. E.
Gibson, Thomas J.
Hawkins, George
Headquarters, Military
Henderson, H. E.
Henderson, W. H.
Highlender, S.
Hodge, G. B.
Hogan, J. L.
Hubberd, O.
Impoverished people
Kline, T. A.
Kline, W. G.
Latham, F.
Latham, L. A.
Meridian (Miss.)
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Military deserters
Nailer, John?
Powell, M. F.
Sayers, J. D.
Septon, R. E.
Septon, T. D.
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
United States. Army
Warren County (Miss.)
West Point (Miss.)
Letter from Sheriff Readman T. Portwood to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 21, 1864
African Americans
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Cotton gins and ginning
Crime
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Disease and illness
Gillum, Unknown
Grenada (Miss.)
Jails
Johnson, John
McNutt, Alexander G. (Alexander Gallatin), 1802-1848
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Status--Military deserters
Mills
Portwood, R. T.
Prison Guard
Sheriffs
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Under Review
Waites, Eli
Letter from General Richard Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 8, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State C. A. Brougher; May 22, 1865
Augusta (Miss.)
Brougher, C. A.
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Commissioners
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Grenada (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Miller, J. Warren
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Mississippi. Legislation. Revised Code of the Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi (1857)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Osband, E. D.
Schools
Tallahatchie River (Miss.)
Under Review
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Congress
Washington (Miss.)
Whiting, F. A.
Yazoo River (Miss.)
Petition from Sarah James Hopkins to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; Undated
Archa, James
Bankston, J. T.
Braxton, Eli
Briggs, E. S.
Buckalew, A.
Buckalew, Z.
Carr, D. S.
Carr, M.
Carr, Samuel
Cherry, M. A.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Death
Edmondes, J.
Evans, S.
Evans, T. H.
Fleming, John
Gaugh, W. G.
Gaugh, William
Granthan, W. S.
Griffith, B.
Griffith, S.
Griffith, Samuel
Griffith, William
Hamell, W. W.
Hancock, William M.
Hopkins, Sarah Jane
Hopkins, Tilman
Hopkins, William
Huff, O. M
Impoverished people
Irby, E. H.
Irby, J. W.
Jails
Johnston, Thomas J.
Judges
Justices of the peace
Kennedy, Thomas R.
Kitches, S. H.
Long, Thomas
Loper, A.
McDonald, W. C.
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Morgan, Charles
Parker, Thomas S.
Saenger?, William?
Sheriffs
Suly, J. S.
Weekley, J. P.
Widows
Wiggins, J. O.
Williams, John
Winston, W. S.
Wright, J. B.
Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey to General Henry W. Slocum with a transcribed copy; July 31, 1865
Abandonment of property
Birchett, George K.
Buck, Richard S.
Courts
Crime
Crime--Forcible entry and detainer
Crime--Fraud
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Jackson (Miss.)
Justices of the peace
Lawyers
Mississippi. Executive Department
Plantations
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870
Trial
United States. Army
United States. Army. Department of Mississippi
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from R. Cooper to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 25, 1865
Brandon (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Light Artillery Regiment, 1st
Cooper, D. G.
Cooper, R. H.
Cooper, Richard
Coroners
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Death
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Jury
Louisiana
Military Events--Military transfer
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi River
Prison Guard
Provost Marshals
Resignation
Rogers, Unknown
Simpson County (Miss.)
Texas
Trial
Wood, Unknown
Yerger, W. B.
Letter from W. A. Strong to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 17, 1865
Bradford, A. B.
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carrollton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Commercial agents
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Lindsay's/Pinson's)
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Lindsay's/Pinson's). Company A
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 5th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 30th
Crime
Crime--Burglary
Crime--Forcible entry and detainer
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Disease and illness
Distillation
Distilleries
Greenwood (Miss.)
Kennedy, Thomas B.
Macon (Miss.)
Messengers
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Veterans
Mississippi River
Mississippi. Legislation. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors… (Approved April 5, 1864)
Mississippi. Legislature
Montgomery, Unknown
Physicians
Pinson, R. A.
Poindexter, J. T.
Ross, Unknown
Russel, Dan
Sheriffs
Strong, W. A.
Texas
Threadgill, Tilghman S.
Vaiden (Miss.)
Letter from Lee Fleming to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 15, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Corinth (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Engineers
Evacuations
Evacuations--Corinth (Miss.), 1862
Fleming, Lee J.
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
Hill, R. A.
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
Impoverished people
Judges
Macon (Miss.)
Military Events--Raid
Mobile (Ala.)
Okolona (Miss.)
Prairie (Miss.)
Railroad
Railroad--Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Superintendents
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Under Review
United States. Army
Letter from E. S. Fisher to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 14, 1865
Appointment to office
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Assassination
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Fisher, E. S.
Impoverished people
Judges
Justices of the peace
Long Creek Station (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. High Court of Errors and Appeals
Prisons
Sheriffs
Taxation
Trial
Report from Mississippi State Auditor A. J. Gillespie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 1, 1865
Adams County (Miss.)
Auditors
Augusta (Ga.)
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Coahoma County (Miss.)
Collecting of accounts
Collection agents
Columbia (S.C.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Treasury Department
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Convention (1861)
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Distilleries
Enslaved people
Georgia
Gillespie, Andrew J.
Hancock County (Miss.)
Hinds County (Miss.)
Hospitals
Impoverished people
Impressment
Issaquena County (Miss.)
J. T. Paterson and Company (Augusta, Ga.)
Jackson County (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Labauve, Felix
Macon (Miss.)
Marshall County (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi Relief Association (Atlanta, Ga.)
Mississippi. Auditor of Public Accounts
Mississippi. Geological Survey
Mississippi. Institution for the Instruction of the Blind
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter CXCI (1862)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter VII (1863)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XCII (1863)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XIV (1864)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XXVII (1864)
Mississippi. Legislation. Revised Code of the Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi (1857)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. State Capitol Building
Mississippi. State Library
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
People with disabilities
People with disabilities--Deaf
Pontotoc County (Miss.)
Railroad
Schools
South Carolina
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Tippah County (Miss.)
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Under Review
United States. Army
Washington County (Miss.)
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Letter from Lieutenant William H. Quarles to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 1, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Congress
Covington County (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Easterling, W. K.
Jones County (Miss.)
Military Events--Disband Military Units
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Military deserters
Military training camps
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (Easterling's)
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (Easterling's). Company K
Quarles, William H.
Rankin County (Miss.)
Scott County (Miss.)
Shubuta (Miss.)
Smith County (Miss.)
Letter from General James Chalmers to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 25, 1865
Buena Vista (Miss.)
Chalmers, James R. (James Ronald), 1831-1898
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Partisan Rangers Regiment, 1st
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Partisan Rangers Regiment, 1st. Company A
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Headquarters, Military
Kemper County (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Militia
Neshoba County (Miss.)
Outlaw, Unknown
Winston County (Miss.)
Letter from Sheriff John K. Hardy to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 17, 1864
Brown, Unknown
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Hardy, John K.
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
Louisville (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Physicians
Sheriffs
Winston County (Miss.)
Letter from Hamilton Cooper to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 26, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Cooper, Hamilton
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Murder
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Decatur (Miss.)
Jones County (Miss.)
Leake County (Miss.)
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Militia
Neshoba County (Miss.)
Newton County (Miss.)
Probate courts
Sheriffs
Thames, William
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Watts, John
Letter from Captain S. S. Angevine to Sheriff R. T. Portwood; November 17, 1864
Angevine, S. S.
Confederate States of America. Army
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Grenada (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Portwood, R. T.
Sheriffs
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Incomplete printed circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 16, 1864
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Draft. Evasion
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. General Order No. 64
Confederate States of America. Executive Department
Conscript officers
Constables
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Grand jury
Judges
Justices of the peace
Macon (Miss.)
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Militia
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Sheriffs
Trial
Printed statement from Colonel E. S. Fisher; October 18, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. General Order No. 69
Courts
Courts--Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Fisher, E. S.
Grenada (Miss.)
Mississippi. Militia
Trial
Under Review
Letter from Robert Kells to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 27, 1864
African Americans
Brandon, William Lindsay, 1801-1890
Carpenters
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Dana, Unknown
Engineers
Enslaved people
Gardeners
Hospitals
Hospitals--Employees
Hull, T. W.
Kells, Robert
Kelly, William H.
Mental illness
Mississippi. State Hospital
Sproules, D. Eshelman Johnson
Superintendents
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Young, Charles
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 6, 1864
African Americans
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Enslaved people
Garrett, Sarah D.
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hudson, Robert S.
Judges
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--5th (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Status--Military families
United States. Army
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 26, 1864
Attala County (Miss.)
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commissioners
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Draft. Evasion
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Courts
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Distillation
Distilleries
Edinburg (Miss.)
Grand jury
Harmons?, Unknown
Holmes County (Miss.)
Hudson, Robert S.
Impoverished people
Judges
Judicial Districts
Leake County (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislation. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors… (Approved April 5, 1864)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XXIII (1863)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pharmacists
Physicians
Police
Political elections
Rentfrow, Unknown
Selling--Liquors
Under Review
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
Yazoo County (Miss.)
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