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Criminal Procedure--Execution
Letter from W. H. Harvey to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 12, 1865
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Greensboro (Miss.)
Harvey, W. H.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
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 M. W. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 25, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Conventions
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Hickory (Miss.)
Johnston, Joe
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Mississippi. Legislature
Newspapers
Philips, M. W.
Prisons
South Carolina
Under Review
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.)
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
Letter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 1, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods')
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Shooting
Crime--Theft
Crime--Treason
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Headquarters, Military
Hightower, Unknown
Hudson, Unknown
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Macon (Miss.)
Mangum, W. H.
Military Status--Military deserters
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Sheriffs
Silver Creek (Miss.)
Spies
Sunflower River (Miss.)
United States. Army
Wood, Robert C. Jr.
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Letter from R. S. Hudson to W. H. Mangum; May 24, 1864
Abolitionists
Adcock, Unknown
Attala County (Miss.)
Barksdale, Unknown
Barrett, Unknown
Benton (Miss.)
Blount, William
Boylan, Unknown
Brazeal, Unknown
Clerks
Coghlan, Theodore
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Conscript officers
Courts
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Squatting
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Disease and illness
Dyer, William
Edinburg (Miss.)
Frederick, James
Gennings, Isham
Gentry, Unknown
Heart, Unknown
Hight, Thomas B.
Holden, John
Holden, Unknown
Horn, Wash
Hudson, Robert S.
Johnson, Unknown
Jones, William
Judges
Lawyers
Leake County (Miss.)
Lewis, Unknown
Mangum, William H.
Mask, Unknown
McCrory, Unknown
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Vicksburg, Siege of, Miss., 1863
Military Status--Military deserters
Mooney, Unknown
Moore, Robert
Neshoba County (Miss.)
Newson, Unknown
Nye, N. G.
Peterson, Unknown
Phillips, James
Plunkitt, Unknown
Scott, Unknown
Smith, Unknown
Spies
Taxation
United States. Army
Unknown, John
Unknown, Ray
Vaughan, Unknown
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Waller, Charles
Waller, William
Ware, Unknown
Williams, Jo.
Williams, Joel
Winston County (Miss.)
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Yazoo River (Miss.)
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 Ira J. Corten to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 13, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Corten, Ira J.
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Vagrancy
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Energy (Miss.)
Hopkins, William
Jails
Justices of the peace
Macon (Miss.)
Letter from W. H. Hardy to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 8, 1864
Carlile, Unknown
Christians
Christians--Baptists
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clergy
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 4th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 4th. Company D
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 16th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 16th. Company H
Corinth (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Disease and illness
Hardy, William H. (William Harris), 1837-1917
Jasper County (Miss.)
Jones County (Miss.)
McLean, George P.
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Veterans
Newton County (Miss.)
Raleigh (Miss.)
Scott County (Miss.)
Smith County (Miss.)
Trenton (Miss.)
West, Wilson
Letter from Sheriff W. J. Taylor to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 27, 1865
Canton (Miss.)
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Grand jury
Madison County (Miss.)
Probate courts
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Taylor, W. J.
Letter from John J. McRae to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 13, 1865
Belmont (Miss.)
Buckatunna (Miss.)
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Special Convention (1851)
Conventions--Tennessee. Union Convention (1865)
Crime
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Death
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Louisiana
McRae. John J., 1815-1868
Nashville (Tenn.)
Newspapers
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sparrow, Edw. (Edward), 1810-1882
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. President
Washington (D.C.)
Wayne County (Miss.)
Woodville (Miss.)
Letter from General Richard Winters to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 24, 1863
African Americans
Banks
Banks--Banking Office of Richard Winter (Canton, Miss.)
Canton (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Cosby, Unknown
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Devine, Mary
Enslaved people
Fort, Mrs Unknown
Jackson, Unknown
Livingston (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Status--Military families
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Ricks, Benjamin S.
Sherman, Unknown
United States. Army
Unknown, Henry
Winter, Richard
Letter from R. P. Tillman to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 10, 1863
African Americans
Butler, W. J.
Copiah County (Miss.)
Courts
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Acquittals
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Enslaved people
George, James Z. (James Zachariah), 1826-1897
Grenada (Miss.)
Jails
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Status--Military families
Military training camps--Camp Grenada (Miss.)
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 1st (King's)
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Regiment, 1st (King's). Company B
Monticello (Miss.)
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Tillman, R. P.
Trial
United States. Army
Letter from James H. Rives to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 2, 1863
Bankston (Miss.)
Barteau, Clark R.
Carthage (Miss.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Tennessee
Confederate States of America. Army. Tennessee. Cavalry Regiment, 3rd
Covington, Unknown
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Loring, Unknown
Louisville (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
Messengers
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Palo Alto, Battle of, Miss., 1863
Military Events--Raid
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment, 2nd
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Rives, James H.
Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897
Smith, J. F.
Thompson, Unknown
United States. Army
Wesson, Unknown
Winston County (Miss.)
Letter from W. L. Lowry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 25, 1863
Baldwyn (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Arson
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Headquarters, Military
Hurst, Fielding
Lowry, W. L.
Military Events--Military occupation
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Miller, J. H.
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion, 2nd
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion, 2nd. Company K
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pontotoc (Miss.)
Rienzi (Miss.)
Ripley (Miss.)
Smith, J. F.
United States. Army
United States. Army. Illinois. Cavalry Regiment, 7th
Letter from Captain Isaac N. Brown to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 19, 1862
Brown, Isaac Newton
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Jackson (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Letter from William H. Varnado to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 8, 1862
African Americans
Christians
Christians--Baptists
Clergy
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Battalion, 17th
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Extortion
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Disease and illness
Gulf Coast (Miss.)
Hancock County (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Impoverished people
Lawyers
Leeds, Unknown
McKinis, Unknown
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Military Events--Disband Military Units
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draftees
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Poitevent, Unknown
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Portevent, Unknown
Ship Island (Miss.)
South Carolina
Starvation
Steede, Abner C.
Under Review
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment
Varnado, William H.
Letter from John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 4, 1862
African Americans
Bay Saint Louis (Miss.)
Claiborne, J. F. H. (John Francis Hamtramck), 1809-1884
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Coast Guard
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Drought
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Epidemic
Farmers
Forts--Fort Pike (La.)
Gulf Coast (Miss.)
Hancock County (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Jackson County (Miss.)
Kimball, L.
Lawyers
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Military families
Mobile (Ala.)
New Orleans (La.)
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Plantations
Planter
Portevent, William J.
Starvation
United States. Army
Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863
Widows
Letter from Moses Vaughan to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; April 30, 1862
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 6th
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Forest (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Vaughan, Moses
Letter from John B. Nevett to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 12, 1862
Adams County (Miss.)
Burne, Unknown
Courts
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Bribery
Crime--Manslaughter
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Death
Fitzgerald, Patrick
Lawyers
McRae. John J., 1815-1868
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Natchez (Miss.)
Nationality--Irish
Nevitt, John B.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Trial
Letter form James D. McCabe, Jr. to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 10, 1862
August, T. P.
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia. Infantry Regiment, 15th
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Emanuel, M.
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863
Gilbany, William
Jackson, T. J.
Kentucky
McCabe, James D.
Military education
Military education--Virginia Military Institute
Mississippi. Militia
North Carolina
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Randolph, George Wythe, 1818-1867
Tappan, B. S.
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876
Yorktown (Va.)
Letter from J. Gibbes to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 10, 1862
African Americans
Copiah County (Miss.)
Courts
Crime
Crime--Arson
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Hazlehurst (Miss.)
Henry, Eli G.
J. Gibbes
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
Judges
Leake County (Miss.)
Military Status--Military families
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Letter from H. Reynolds to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 6, 1861
Arkansas
Barnes, Unknown
Confederate States of America. Army
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Farmers
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Gray, Thomas H.
Hamilton (Ark.)
Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873
Jackson (Miss.)
Jayne, Joseph M.
Kentucky
Leesburg (Va.)
Little Rock (Ark.)
Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818-1861
Marriage
McCulloch, Ben, 1811-1862
McIntosh, King
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Wilson's Creek, Battle of, Mo., 1861
Military Status--Military families
Missouri
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political elections
Political elections--Mississippi. Election of 1861
Price, Sterling, 1809-1867
Reynolds, H.
Reynolds, Stephen
Virginia
Letter from Captain James S. Hoskins to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, September 24, 1861
Bay Saint Louis (Miss.)
Brown, Drury J.
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Light Artillery Battalion, 14th
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Dahlgren, Charles Gustavus, 1808-1888
Headquarters, Military
Hoskins, James A.
Jackson (Miss.)
McManus, Unknown
Pass Christian (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Trial
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