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Military Events--Martial law
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 Governor William L. Sharkey to General Peter Osterhaus; August 22, 1865
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1865)
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Hinds County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Events--Martial law
Military Events--Military occupation
Mississippi. Executive Department
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. President
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from General Peter J. Osterhaus to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 21, 1865
Coopers Well (Miss.)
Crime
Fontaine, Lamar
Headquarters, Military
Hinds County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Livingston (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Events--Martial law
Military Events--Military elections
Military Events--Military occupation
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi. Militia
Newspapers
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Army
United States. Army. Department of Mississippi
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--District of Mississippi
United States. War Department
Letter from Joseph B. Stratton to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 29, 1865
Appointment to office
Boyd, Unknown
Burnet, William
Churches
Churches--First Presbyterian Church (Natchez, Miss.)
Clergy
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Military Events--Martial law
Military Events--Military occupation
Natchez (Miss.)
Post offices
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stratton, Joseph B.
Treasury agents
United States. Department of the Treasury
Winchester, J.
Letter from James R. Challere to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 13, 1865
African Americans
Bayou Pierre River (Miss.)
Berry, Hannah
Berry, Thomas Y.
Birth
Challere, James R.
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Death
Disease and illness
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Grand Gulf (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Marriage
Military Events--Martial law
Plantations
Port Gibson (Miss.)
Refugees
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Telegram from E. H. Hicks and George Torrey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1862
Appointment to office
Crime
Crime--Arson
Fayette (Miss.)
Green, Norvin, 1818-1893
Hicks, E. H
Hinds, Howell
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Kentucky
Louisville (Ky.)
Military Events--Martial law
Provost Marshals
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)
Torrey, George
Letter from Howell Hines to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 4, 1863
Adams County (Miss.)
Appointment to office
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Congress
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Hinds, Howell
Military Events--Martial law
Military Events--Raid
Mississippi. Militia
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Plantations
Plantations--Home Hill Plantation (Natchez, Miss.)
Provost Marshals
Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897
United States. Army
Letter from Jonathan M. Gartland to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 4, 1862
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery
Enslaved people
Haynes Bluff Landing (Miss.)
Impressment
Impressment--Enslaved people
McFarland, John
Military Events--Martial law
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Richmond (Va.)
Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897
Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866
Tradespeople
United States. Army
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Weldon, Thomas
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Yazoo River (Miss.)
Letter from John C. Casey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 29, 1862
Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880
Brown, Edwin R.
Casey, John C.
Copiah County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Legislators
Military Events--Martial law
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Provost Marshals
Letter from D. C. Graham to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 20, 1862
Franklin County (Miss.)
Graham, D. C.
Jackson (Miss.)
Meadville (Miss.)
Military Events--Martial law
Mississippi. Militia
Natchez (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Provost Marshals
Sheriffs
Letter from H. S. Dabney to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; April 28, 1862
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Dabney, H. B.
Military Events--Martial law
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Provost Marshals
Raymond (Miss.)
Spies
Letter from J. M. Henry to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; April 2, 1862
Avent, W. F.
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876
Brown, Unknown
Caskey, Thomas W., 1816-1896
Dennis, Unknown
Harrison, Burton Norvell, 1838-1904
Henry, J. M.
Judges
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Military Events--Martial law
Oxford (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Quinche, Alexander J.
Schools
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Smith, Pinckney
Teachers
Walter, H. W.
Letter from Lewis Pipes to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 5, 1862
Boards of Police
Cassedy, Hiram
Confederate States of America--Draft
Franklin County (Miss.)
Judges
Military Events--Martial law
Nashville (Tenn.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pipes, Lewis
Tennessee
Virginia
Letter from General Charles G. Dahlgren to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 16, 1861
Biloxi (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Dahlgren, Charles Gustavus, 1808-1888
Davis, G. M.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Gulf Coast (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Military Events--Martial law
Military training camps--Camp Dahlgren (Miss.)
Mobile (Ala.)
New Orleans (La.)
O'Ferrall, John W. C.
Pascagoula River (Miss.)
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Ship Island (Miss.)
Twiggs, David Emanuel, 1790-1862
Under Review
Under Review--Brigades
Winston, Unknown
Letter from I. M. Thompson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; October 30, 1869
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Iuka (Miss.)
Justices of the peace
Mayors
Military Events--Martial law
Thompson, I. M.
Letter from Rodney Payton to O. H. Crandall; September 17, 1869
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crandall, O. H.
Crime
Crime--Affray
Crime--Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Murder
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Death
Hill, Robert Andrews
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Jury
McGowan, Unknown
Military Districts--8th (Miss.)
Military Events--Martial law
Military Events--Military discharge
Murdock, John
Payton, Rodney
Physicians
Sheriffs
Trial
Yerger, E. M. (Edward M.)
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