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Criminal Procedure--Escapes
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 Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 13, 1864
African Americans
Attala County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Congress. Legislation. Chapter XX (1864)
Courts
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Rape and Sexual Assault
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Edinburg (Miss.)
Employees--Dismissal of
Enslaved people
Grand jury
Hinds County (Miss.)
Holmes County (Miss.)
Hudson, Robert S.
Immigrants
Impoverished people
Lawyers
Leake County (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Events--Blockade
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Martial law
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draftees
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislature
Natchez (Miss.)
Neshoba County (Miss.)
Prison Guard
Refugees
Smith, William, 1797-1887
Spies
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Tennessee
Tradespeople
United States. Army
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Virginia
Virginia. Governor
Washington County (Miss.)
Winston County (Miss.)
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 27, 1864
Alabama
Alabama. Convict Labor
Alabama. State Penitentiary (Wetumpka, Ala.)
Attorneys General
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Congress. Legislation. Impressment Law (1863)
Courts
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
Louisiana
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Military discharge
Military training camps
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Office of the Attorney General
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Sheriffs
Superintendents
United States. Army
Wharton, Thomas J.
Letter from R. S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 16, 1864
Appointment to office
Boards of Police
City Council Members
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Bureau of Conscription
Constables
Coroners
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Extortion
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Edinburg (Miss.)
Holmes County (Miss.)
Hudson, Robert S.
Impoverished people
Impressment
Impressment--Exemption
Judges
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--5th (Miss.)
Justices of the peace
Leake County (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Sheriffs
Surveyors
Tax Assessors
Treasurers
Letter from Colonel William N. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 5, 1864
Alabama
Ales, Unknown
Bolivar County (Miss.)
Borden, Unknown
Brown, William N.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commissioners
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 20th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 6th
Confederate States of America. Congress
Courts
Courts--Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Covington County (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Shooting
Crime--Theft
Crime--Treason
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Death
Depots
Evans, Unknown
Georgia
Guerrilla warfare
Hawkins, Unknown
Headquarters, Military
Impoverished people
Jasper County (Miss.)
Jones County (Miss.)
Knight's Mill (Jones County, Miss.)
Knight, Newton
Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886
Lowry, Robert, 1830-1910
Military Events--Insurrections
Military Events--Military desertion
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Military training camps
North Carolina
Perry County (Miss.)
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Reddick, Daniel
Scott County (Miss.)
Smith County (Miss.)
Starvation
Tillman, Unknown
Under Review
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
Wayne County (Miss.)
Whitehead, Unknown
Widows
Wounds and injuries
Letter from S. M. Meek to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 16, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Burglary
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Hill, George T.
Hills, G. T.
Intoxicated
Jails
Joice, M.
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--6th (Miss.)
Lawyers
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Meek, S. M.
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Public prosecutors
Letter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 30, 1863
Brock, Unknown
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Crime
Crime--Lynching
Crime--Shooting
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
LeGrand, John N.
Mecklin, A. P.
Mecklin, John A.
Military Events--Insubordination
Military Status--Military stragglers
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment
Poplar Creek (Miss.)
Post offices
Simpson, W. H.
Wounds and injuries
Yazoo River Watershed (Miss.)
Statement; 1865
African Americans
Cochran, Henry
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Gallatin (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jails
Peck, Warren
Provost Marshals
Redus, Unknown
Sheriffs
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment
Letter from Sheriff W. H. Mangum to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 31, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Disease and illness
Jails
Jordan, G. N.
Lawyers
Mangum, W. H.
Physicians
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Telegram from General John C. Pemberton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1863
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Green, Norvin, 1818-1893
Kentucky
Louisville (Ky.)
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881
Pettus, Edmund Winston, 1821-1907
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from Edward C. Eggleston to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 3, 1863
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 40th
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Disease and illness
Eggleston, E. C.
Henry, William
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Sheriffs
Letter from Secretary of War James A. Seddon to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 18, 1863
Confederate States of America. President
Confederate States of America. Treasury Department
Confederate States of America. War Department
Crime
Crime--Fraud
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Mississippi. State Capitol Building
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Richmond (Va.)
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
United States. Navy
Virginia
Letter from Captain William T. May to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 2, 1863
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Hays, David
Hays, John
Hays, William
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
May, William T.
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Battalion, 1st (1862-1863)
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Battalion, 1st (1862-1863). Company E
Patterson, James
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Simpson County (Miss.)
Spradley, Patrick
Thames, William
Williamson, Jesse
Letter from D. W. Duke to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 1, 1861
Charleston (Miss.)
Clerks
Cook, George R.
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Shooting
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Death
Denson, P. Bunyan
Duke, D. W.
Hodnett, Jefferson, H.
Jails
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Probate courts
Sutton, L. P.
Tallahatchie County (Miss.)
Petition from Barrows Samples to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; January 1870
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Banks, Jefferson
Barrows, Unknown
Courts
Crime
Crime--Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Crime--Shooting
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Hill, R. A.
Jackson (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Jenkins, Thomas
Judges
Lawyers
Military Board
Military Districts--4th (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pennypacker, Galusha, 1844-1916
Smythe, Unknown
Trial
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wounds and injuries
Letter from Sheriff A. Parker to Lieutenant William Atwood; February 13, 1870
Amite County (Miss.)
Atwood, William
Cox, Matthew
Crandall, O. H.
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
East Feliciana Parish (La.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Liberty (Miss.)
Louisiana
Morgan, F. R.
Parker, A.
Physicians
Sharky, Jack
Sheriffs
Tangipahoa (La.)
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
Letter from J. H. Pierce to Major William Atwood; February 14, 1870
African Americans
Atwood, William
Avant, W. T.
Avery, Unknown
Crandall, O. H.
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
Kentucky
McClain, John M.
Mooney, C. E.
Panola (Miss.)
Physicians
Pierce, J. H.
Tallahatchie County (Miss.)
United States. Army
West, Unknown
Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to O. H. Crandall; November 9, 1869
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Bently, William
Bolivar County (Miss.)
Brady, Frank
Brothers, Robert
Coahoma County (Miss.)
Courts
Courts--Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crandall, O. H.
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Jackson (Miss.)
Laborers
Le Parish, Boling
Military Events--Military desertion
Mississippi Convict Leasing
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Philips, Z. A.
Physicians
Plantations
Plantations--Tinnin Place (Jackson, Miss.)
Prison Guard
Prisons
Superintendents
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Watson, Frank
Wounds and injuries
Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to O. H. Crandall; December 16, 1869
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Blacksmiths
Carriage and wagon making
Courts
Courts--Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crandall, O. H.
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Harness making and trade
Jackson (Miss.)
Laborers
Mississippi Convict Leasing
Mississippi. Asylum for the Blind
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
North Carolina
O'Connell, Charles
Philips, Z. A.
Physicians
Richardson, E.
Shoemakers
Superintendents
Virginia
Wagonmaker
Warren County (Miss.)
Wright, Alexander
Letter from Justice of the Peace A. R. Howe to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 25, 1869
African Americans
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Como (Miss.)
Constables
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crandall, O. H.
Crime
Crime--Rape and Sexual Assault
Crime--Shooting
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Farms
Howe, A. R.
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Justices of the peace
Mattox, George
McGowan, Unknown
Military Districts--4th (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Panola County (Miss.)
Sheriffs
Vance, Unknown
Telegram from Melton Brown to A. Murdock; October 16, 1869
African Americans
Brown, Melton
Crime
Crime--Affray
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Halland, Unknown
Lauderdale (Miss.)
Murdock, A.
New Orleans (La.)
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Railroads--Employees
Shubuta (Miss.)
Spies
Telegraph Company
Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 52nd
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 52nd. Company K
Warner, Unknown
Letter from Deputy J. E. Clark to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 28, 1869
Alabama
Americus (Miss.)
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Brown, Neverson
Carter, William
Clark, J. E.
Courts
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson County (Miss.)
Jails
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Mobile (Ala.)
Sheriffs
Letter from Superintendent Z. A. Philips to O. H. Crandall; August 18, 1869
Crandall, O. H.
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Jackson (Miss.)
Mississippi Convict Leasing
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Phillips, Z. A.
Physicians
Prison Guard
Superintendents
Letter from Superintendent William Peavie to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 17, 1869
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Appointment to office
Atwood, William
Crandall, O. H.
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Detectives
Devine, Thomas
Dunn, Mike
Jackson (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Metropolitan Police (Memphis, Tenn.)
Peavie, William H.
Physicians
Police
Prison Guard
Senter, DeWitt Clinton, 1830-1898
Simons, P. L.
Superintendents
Tennessee
Tennessee. Governor
Letter from Sheriff W. C. McGowan to O. H. Crandall; September 3, 1869
African Americans
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Atwood, William
Bradford, Edward
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Courts
Crandall, O. H.
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Death
Fizer, George
Fizer, Prince
Green, Unknown
Lawyers
Long Creek Station (Miss.)
McGowan, William C.
Murdock, John
Panola (Miss.)
Panola County (Miss.)
Secretaries
Trial
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
Yerger, E. M. (Edward M.)
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