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Clubs and Secret Societies
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)
Letter from Lottie Williamson to Van E. Young; June 26, 1865
Bethay, John
Blacksmiths
Brandon (Miss.)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Crime
Crime--Murder
Death
Fields, Hugh H.
Grubbs, Peter
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Marion County (Miss.)
May, James
May, William
Miers, Alvin
Physicians
Provost Marshals
Rankin County (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Simpson County (Miss.)
Walker, Perman?
Williamson, A. D. F.
Williamson, J. M.
Williamson, Lottie
Young, Van, E.
Youngblood, T. A.
Letter from R. Seal to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 1, 1862
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Battalion, 17th
Crime
Crime--Treason
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Enslaved people
Gulf Coast (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Lovell, Mansfield, 1822-1884
Military training camps--Camp Moore (La.)
Mississippi Home Guard
New Orleans (La.)
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Seal, R.
Ship Island (Miss.)
Steede, Abner C.
United States. Army
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 R. W. Roberts to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 21, 1862
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Gallatin (Miss.)
Green, W. F.
Haley, W. M.
King, Benjamin
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Roberts, R. W.
Spies
Tennessee
Letter from M. M. J. Terry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 9, 1862
Blenerhasset, Unknown
Brandon, Unknown
Broderick, David C. (David Colbreth), 1820-1859
Broderick, William
California
Clancurry, Unknown
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Freemasons
Davis, James R.
Ireland
Jackson (Miss.)
Legislators
Marriage
People with disabilities
People with disabilities--Blind
People with disabilities--Deaf
People with disabilities--Mute persons
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Terry, M. M. J.
Letter from M. M. J. Terry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 16, 1861
Canton (Miss.)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Freemasons
Davis, Isaac
Davis, Joseph Robert, 1825-1896
Davis, Susan
Matrons
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. State Hospital
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Richmond (Va.)
Terry, M. M. J.
Letter from General Absolom M. West to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; July 18, 1861
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi State Agricultural Society
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Davis, Reuben, 1813-1890
Durant (Miss.)
Grenada (Miss.)
Haynes, James M.
Headquarters, Military
Hospitals
Jackson (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Mills
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Railroad
Railroad--Memphis and Tennessee Railroad Company
Under Review
Under Review--Brigades
Water Valley (Miss.)
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Letter from Patrick Henry and others to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 23, 1861
Brandon (Miss.)
Burnett, Jason
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Confederate States of America--War Dissenters
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Enslavers
Expulsion
Hamilton, Oscar
Harper, A.
Henry, Patrick
Knowlson, John
Lawyers
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Rankin County (Miss.)
Trial
Ware, T. P.
Letter from John Knowlson to Patrick Henry and others; June 22, 1861
Brandon (Miss.)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Henry, Patrick
Knowlson, John
Letter from G. J. Hood to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 19, 1861
Abolitionists
African Americans
Alabama
Choctaw County (Ala.)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Courts
Crime
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Denmark, W. C.
Greene County (Miss.)
Heaverson, William
Hood, G. J.
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
McCown, R. D.
McLeod, Allen
McLeod, Peter
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Public prosecutors
Roberts, T. J.
Secession
Sheriffs
State Line (Miss.)
Willburn, M. B.
Wood, Unknown
Letter from Sallie Eola Reneau to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 7, 1861
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Ladies Nightingale Society
Disease and illness
Ladies Military Aid Society
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Nurses
Panola County (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Reneau, Sallie Eola
Surgeons
Wounds and injuries
Letter from P. B. January to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 18, 1861
Claiborne County (Miss.)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Enslaved people
Jackson (Miss.)
January, P. B.
Military Events--Military transfer
Mississippi Home Guard
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pintard & Nichols (Rodney, Miss.)
Rodney (Miss.)
Letter from John Dickerson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 18, 1861
African Americans
Brown, R. O.
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Confederate States of America--War Dissenters
Coon, Jasper
Dickerson, John
Emancipation and self emancipation
Fair River (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--Free Soil Party (U.S.)
Letter from Louis Martinez to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 13, 1861
Clarke County (Miss.)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Confederate States of America--War Dissenters
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Smith's-Turner's Battery
DeSoto County (Miss.)
Dobbs, John S.
Jackson (Miss.)
Lawyers
Martinez, Louis
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi Home Guard
Mobile (Ala.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Terrall, James S.
Letter from S. Oliver to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 2, 1861
African Americans
Cairo (Tenn.)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 22nd
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 22nd. Company I
DeSoto County (Miss.)
Gulf Coast (Miss.)
Hernando (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Levees
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment
Oliver, Simeon
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Swoope, J. K.
Tunica County (Miss.)
Yazoo River Watershed (Miss.)
Letter from Robert B. Foster to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 3, 1861
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 21st
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 21st. Company A
Confederate States of America. War Department
Foster, Robert B.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884
Letter from Isaac Newton Brown to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 3, 1861
Arkansas
Boston (Mass.)
Brown, Isaac Newton
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Canada
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Coahoma (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Treason
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Helena (Ark.)
Indiana
Japan
Kentucky
Louisville (Ky.)
Massachusetts
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Ohio
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
United States. Navy
Vermont
Virginia
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Letter to President Jefferson Davis; February 22, 1861
Abolitionists
Alabama
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Society
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Enslaved people
Illinois
Levees
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--John Brown's Raid, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 1859
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi River
Montgomery (Ala.)
Plantation overseers
Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Slave traders
Tennessee
Winnebago County (Ill.)
Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Virginius D. Groner; December 8, 1860
Beckley, Alfred, 1802-1888
Bickley, George W. L., 1823-1867
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Knights of the Golden Circle
Groner, Virginius D.
Jackson (Miss.)
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Legislature
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Letter from F. R. Witter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 9, 1860
African Americans
Barksdale, E. (Ethelbert), 1824-1893
Bay Saint Louis (Miss.)
Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Mississippi Vigilance Committees
Courts
Creoles
Crime
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Emancipation and self emancipation
England
Enslaved people
Enslavers
France
Gulf Coast (Miss.)
Harris, Wiley P. (Wiley Pope), 1818-1891
Hinds County (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Immigrants
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Madison (Miss.)
New Orleans (La.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Philip & Kells (Miss.)
Plantation overseers
Secession
Unknown, Eli
Virginia
Witter, F. R.
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.)
Letter from Lemuel L. Griffith to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; February 7, 1869
Abbeville County (S.C.)
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
Charleston Hotel (Memphis, Tenn.)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Columbia (S.C.)
Como (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Davis, Joe
Detectives
Griffin, Lemuel L.
Henson, Unknown
Memphis (Tenn.)
Panola County (Miss.)
Railroad
South Carolina
Steward, S.
Tennessee
United States. Army
Wounds and injuries
Resolutions from the New York Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; November 4, 1868
Bell, J. H.
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Death
Franklin, W. B.
Halpine, Charles G. (Charles Graham), 1829-1868
Heintzelman, S. P.
Journals--Army and navy journal (N.Y.)
King, Horatio C.
Langdon, Loomis L.
Michigan
Military Engagements
Military Status--Military families
Molineux, Edward L.
Monroe (Mich.)
New York (N.Y.)
New York (State)
People with disabilities
Smith, Joseph R.
Trenchard, Stephen D.
United States. Army
United States. Navy
Widows
Wounds and injuries
Letter from J. J. Gainey to L. M. Hall; July 30, 1870
African Americans
Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk), 1816-1894
Arkansas
Arkansas. Governor
Armstead, John
Armstead, Kim
Boones, Unknown
Brown, William H.
Clerks
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Conkle, John
Crime
Crime--Affray
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Murder
Crime--Shooting
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Death
Detectives
Foard, W. H.
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Gainey, J. J.
Gouldsby, Mat
Hall, L. M.
Jackson (Miss.)
Kimmons, Edgar
Lafayette County (Miss.)
Lawyers
Lorantz, Newt
Main, Edwin M.
Mayors
McFarland, Billy
McFarland, Daniel
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Secret Service Bureau
Newell, Sam
Newspapers
Newspapers--Oxford (Miss.) Falcon
Oxford (Miss.)
Pine Bluff (Ark.)
Plantations
Sheriffs
Watson, Amanda M.
Westbrooks, Joe
Widows
Wilson, C. N.
Wood, Ingnatius Few
Wood, Thomas
Yocona (Miss.)
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