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United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Printed circular from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Mississippi. Executive Department
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. Department of State
United States. Secretary of State
Washington (D.C.)
Affidavit of N. J. Gilmer with additional statements of support; July 1865
Appointment to office
Barry, Unknown
Bell, John, 1796-1869
Carr, J. J.
Clayton, Phil
Confederate States of America. Army
Crawford (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Threat
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Death
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Gilmer, John R.
Gilmer, N. J.
Harvey, Theophilus
Henderson, W. H. C.
Indiana
Jackson, J. M
Jones, James
Jones, W. O.
Judges
Justices of the peace
Legislators
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
Mississippi. Militia
Notaries
Owen, D. F.
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Richhart, Robert S.
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Under Review
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Army. Indiana. Cavalry Regiment, 12th
United States. Army. Indiana. Cavalry Regiment, 12th. Company I
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Whitlock, C. B.
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 Secretary of the Interior James Harlan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 18, 1865
Appointment to office
Harlan, James, 1820-1899
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Military Events--Insurrections
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. Department of the Interior
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from T. V. Noland to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 18, 1865
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Noland, T. V.
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Students
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Woodville (Miss.)
Letter from Mayor Kinloch Falconer to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 8, 1865
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Falconer, Kinloch
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Justices of the peace
Marshall County (Miss.)
Mayors
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Political elections
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from John C. Hamblen to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 4, 1865
Canton (Miss.)
De Bow, Unknown
Drew, C. C.
Greenlaw, Unknown
Hamblin, John C.
Jackson (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Tate, Unknown
Tax Assessors
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Taylor, W.J.
Tennessee
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Wood, C. W.
Letter from Justice J. G. Baptist to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 10, 1865
Baptist, J. G.
Columbus (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Justices of the peace
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Plantations
Planter
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. Department of the Treasury
West Point (Miss.)
Letter from J. R. Smith to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 8, 1865
Appointment to office
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Post offices
Postmasters
Rushing, C. E.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Smith, J. R.
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from N. R. Sledge to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 1, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Physicians
Sardis (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sledge, Norfleet R.
Tarte, G. G.
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from Thomas Rigby to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 1865
Appointment to office
Commissioners
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Impoverished people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Lawyers
Military training camps
Rigby, Thomas
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washington (D.C.)
Petition from C. Macon Thompson to President Andrew Johnson; July 27, 1865
Clerks
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Delaney?, W.
Disease and illness
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lafayette County (Miss.)
Louisiana
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Veterans
Probate law and practice
Thompson, C. Macon
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Letter from R. S. Buck to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 27, 1865
Birchett, Geo K., Jr.
Buck, R. S.
Collins, J. D.
Commissioners
Crime
Crime--Forcible entry and detainer
Crime--Fraud
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
George, Unknown
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Jury
Lawyers
Physicians
Plantations
Provost Marshals
Scott, R. B.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Thomas, Samuel
Treasurers
Trial
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. Department of the Treasury
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Warren County (Miss.)
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from Judge Thomas H. Davis to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 28, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Davis, Thomas H.
Gholson, Samuel Jameson, 1808-1883
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Kendrick, Silas F.
Monroe County (Miss.)
Probate law and practice
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from B. F. Moore Jr. to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 28, 1865
Africa
African Americans
Birth
Confederate States of America. Congress
Crime
Crime--Treason
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Meridian (Miss.)
Moore, B. F., Jr.
Newspapers
Newspapers--Raleigh (N.C.) Standard
Planter
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from William F. Dowd to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 24, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Navy
Dowd, William F.
Indian agents
Judges
Kendrick, Silas F.
Monroe County (Miss.)
Resignation
Santa Fe (N.M.)
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Letter from Sheriff S. F. Kendrick to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 26, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Alabama
Anderson, Unknown
Appointment to office
Birth
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Davis, L. H.
Houston, S. E.
Impoverished people
Indian agents
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Kendricks, S. F.
Lawyers
Monroe County (Miss.)
Native Americans
Native Americans--Pueblo Nation
New Mexico
Political elections
Probate law and practice
Resignation
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from R. W. Bonds to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 26, 1865
Bonds, R. W.
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Congress
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Hillsboro (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Postmasters
Probate courts
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Letter from John Taylor Moore to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 25, 1865
Confederate States of America. Congress
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Grand Gulf (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Laborers
Moore, John Taylor
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Union and Southern Rights Party (Miss.)
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slave trade--United States
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from John Handy to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 24, 1865
Appointment to office
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Canton (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. War Department
Handy, John
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Memminger, R. W.
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Neill, Unknown
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Confederate States of America
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from Fred Parsons to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 25, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Natchez (Miss.)
Parsons, Fred
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stores, Retail
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from C. W. Sears to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 24, 1865
Confederate States of America. Army
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Florida
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Hospitals
Jackson (Miss.)
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Nashville, Battle of, Tenn., 1864
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Military education
Military education--United States Military Academy
Military prisons
Nashville (Tenn.)
People with disabilities
Sears, Cyrus W.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
St. Thomas' Hall (Holly Springs, Miss.)
Superintendents
Tennessee
Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. War Department
Washington (D.C.)
Wounds and injuries
Letter from B. F. Jones to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 24, 1865
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carrollton (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Jones, B. F.
Judges
Justices of the peace
Probate law and practice
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Letter to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 20, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Appointment to office
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Davis, Thomas H.
Galaway, Levy
Judges
Justices of the peace
Kendrick, S. F.
Mississippi. Legislature
Monroe County (Miss.)
Political elections
Probate courts
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Walker, James W.
Letter from Levi Donald to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 21, 1865
City Council Members
Columbus (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Donald, Levi
Jackson (Miss.)
Mayors
Military Events--Military occupation
Police
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
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