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Military Events--Capitulations, Military
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
Letter from John J. Pettus to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 20, 1865
Attala County (Miss.)
Canton (Miss.)
Carroll County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia
Headquarters, Military
Holmes County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Judges
Leake County (Miss.)
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Macon (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military deserters
Military training camps
Mississippi. Legislature
Moray, Unknown
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Watercraft
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Yerger, William, 1816-1872
Letter from General Richard Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 26, 1864
Alabama
Athens (Ala.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Commissary
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
Crime
Crime--Threat
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Death
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Headquarters, Military
Hood, Unknown
Macon (Miss.)
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Events--Raid
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Montgomery (Ala.)
Opelika (Ala.)
Railroad
Selma (Ala.)
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Telegraph Company
Under Review
United States. Army
West Point (Miss.)
Wounds and injuries
Letter from C. M. Vaiden to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 4, 1864
Alabama
Bolivar County (Miss.)
Bon Secour Salt Works (Ala.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Enslaved people
Forts
Hausar, Unknown
Impressment
Impressment--Enslaved people
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Bon Secour, Destruction of, Ala., 1864
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Mobile (Ala.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Unknown, Phillip
Vaiden (Miss.)
Vaiden, C. M.
Washington County (Miss.)
Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to General Dabney H. Maury; August 15, 1864
Alabama
Confederate States of America--Draft
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Demopolis (Ala.)
Harris, Nathaniel H.
Macon (Miss.)
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Prisoner Exchange
Military Status--Draftees
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Mississippi. Militia
Mobile (Ala.)
Pace, G. S.
Pelters?, G?
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from General Dabney H. Maury to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 14, 1864
Alabama
Alabama. Militia
Atlanta (Ga.)
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of the West
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Forts--Fort Gaines (Ala.)
Forts--Fort Morgan (Ala.)
Forts--Fort Powell (Ala.)
Macon (Miss.)
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Meridian (Miss.)
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Draftees
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mobile (Ala.)
United States. Army
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 11, 1865
Able, I.
Chilton, A. R.
Doyle, Unknown
Impoverished people
Kennard, Unknown
Lafayette County (Miss.)
McLeod, Unknown
Mechanics
Merchants
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Norriss, W. B.
Oxford (Miss.)
Pharmacists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Smith, S. M.
Strickland, W. M.
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Vaughan, Unknown
Report of the South Carolina Sub-commission on Submarine Batteries, Torpedoes, and c.; 1862
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Bourne, Unknown
Brooke, John M.
Brunner, B. P.
Chairperson
Charleston (S.C.)
Commissioners
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Executive Department
Confederate States of America. Navy
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Eason, J. M
Eason, W.
Engineers
Georgia
Henry, W. L.
Jury
Lawyers
Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913
Libby, William
Marsh, James
Mercer, Unknown
Military Engagements
Military Events--Blockade
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Milledgeville (Ga.)
Mississippi River
New Orleans (La.)
North Carolina
Orangeburg (S.C.)
Richmond (Va.)
Sass, J. K.
Savannah (Ga.)
Schneule, J.
Scott, William R.
Shipbuilders
South Carolina
South Carolina. Governor
Taylor, Unknown
Tisdale, N.
United States. Navy
Watercraft
Watercraft--Arkansas (Gunboat)
Watercraft--Manassas (Ship)
Watercraft--Mississippi (Ship)
Wayne, Henry C., 1815-1883
Williamson, William Price, 1810-1870
Wilmington (N.C.)
Letter from Sheriff J. V. Thomas to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 11, 1865
Conventions
Guntown (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Itawamba County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Lawyers
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Political elections
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Sampson, T. O.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Thomas, J. V.
Verona (Miss.)
Letter and list from Matilda Sharkey to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 4, 1865
Brownsville (Miss.)
Carriage and wagon making
Cotton gins and ginning
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Theft
Enslaved people
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Gristmills
Headquarters, Military
Impoverished people
McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Orphans
Plantation overseers
Sharkey, Matilda
Sharkey, Unknown
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
Widows
Letter from John McRae to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 22, 1865
Kemper County (Miss.)
McRae, John
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Mobile (Ala.)
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Scooba (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Correspondence from J. W. Causey to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey and R. A. Hill; August 24, 1865
Causey, J. W.
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Corinth (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Destruction of property
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Release
Eastport (Miss.)
Fitzhugh, Unknown
Gristmills
Hatch, Edward, 1832-1889
Henson, Philip
Hill, R. A.
Hotels
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Lawyers
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Military prisons
Pannell, M.
Physicians
Rienzi (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stevens, Unknown
Tanneries
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Trial
United States. Army
Letter from N. G. Ford to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 21, 1865
Alabama
Brown, Melton
Ford, N. G.
Goodman, Duke
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Marion County (Miss.)
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Mobile (Ala.)
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Red Bluff (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taylor, Unknown
Tennessee
Waynesboro (Miss.)
Webb, S. S.
Letter from Ely R. Jones to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 21, 1865
Appointment to office
Clergy
Disease and illness
Fayette (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Jones, Ely R.
Jones, John G.
Merchants
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax auditing
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Letter from A. Taylor to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 21, 1865
Alabama
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Mobile (Ala.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Taylor, A.
Wayne County (Miss.)
Waynesboro (Miss.)
Wells, S. S.
Petition from W. Kirk to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 11, 1865
Atkinson, Josiah
Clerks
Collecting of accounts
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Hyde, E. D.
Kirk, W.
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Physicians
Probate courts
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Winston County (Miss.)
Woodward, B. F.
Petition from Jacob Hurst to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 14, 1865
Copiah County (Miss.)
Hurst, Jacob
Justices of the peace
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Miller, W. W.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Simpson County (Miss.)
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from Haden Leavel to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 1865
African Americans
Alabama
Benton (Miss.)
Blakeley (Ala.)
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Disease and illness
Enslaved people
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Leavel, Hayden L.
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Physicians
Prisons
Sharkey, Minerva (Hyland) Wren
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
South Carolina
United States. President
Unknown, George
Vaughan, Unknown
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Yandell, B.
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Letter from Charles Nettleton to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; October 3, 1865
Appointment to office
Camp, Henry
Commissioners
Gilbert, Edward
Jackson (Miss.)
Land Commissioners
Lawyers
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Nettleton, Charles
New York (N.Y.)
Notaries
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Letter from Thomas A. Cocke to President Andrew Johnson; September 28, 1865
African Americans
Arsenals
Arsenals--Rock Island Arsenal (Ill.)
Attorneys General
Bailey, J. S.
Caraher, A. P.
Charleston (Miss.)
Cocke, Mrs. Thomas A.
Cocke, Thomas A.
Collecting of accounts
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 29th
Cothron, Unknown
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Debt relief
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Fisher, Unknown
Illinois
Impoverished people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Veterans
Provost Marshals
Schaffner, Louis
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tate, Thomas S.
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
United States. Army
United States. President
Letter from J. S. Vaughan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 24, 1865
Adjutants
Attorneys General
Clifton, Unknown
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Texas
Confederate States of America. Army. Texas. Cavalry Regiment, 3rd
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Davidson, J. W.
Disease and illness
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Lahme, Unknown
Latham, Milton S. (Milton Slocum), 1827-1882
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Events--Insubordination
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Miller, J. Warren
Montgomery, A. Johsesph?
Natchez (Miss.)
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Prison Guard
Provost Marshals
Reynolds, George D.
Rodney (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Smith, James
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
Vaughan, J. S.
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from B. B. Martin to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 23, 1865
Decatur (Miss.)
Dunn, L. N. T.
Hurlburt, Unknown
Martin, B. B.
Martin, S. R.
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Nimock, W. S.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Army
United States. Army. Department of Mississippi
United States. Army. Department of the Gulf
Petition from E. W. Wilkerson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 15, 1865
Campbell, Josiah Abigail Patterson
Doty, Lem
Holmes County (Miss.)
Judges
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
People with disabilities
Post offices
Postmasters
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Stores, Grocery
Taxation
Taxation--Exemption
Taxation--Mississippi
West (Miss.)
Wilkerson, E. W.
Letter from James E. Broughton to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 18, 1865
Broughton, James E.
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Rodney (Miss.)
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Williams, W. M.
Letter from S. R. Fant to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 12, 1865
Appomattox (Va.)
Brooksville (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 5th
Debt relief
Fant, Albert E.
Fant, S. R.
Forts--Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Lyles, William D.
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Appomattox Courthouse, Battle of, Va., 1865
Military Engagements--Fort Sumter, Siege of, Charleston, S.C., 1861
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Military families
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Tradespeople
Virginia
Wounds and injuries
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