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Mississippi. Quartermaster Department
Letter from Jno. A. Galbreath to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; June 9, 1871
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Jno. A. Galbreath to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to be appointed to the office of Quartermaster General, and stating that he now holds the position of Assistant Quartermaster General. The letter includes notes from E. Stafford and Mississippi Attorney General J. S. Morris endorsing Galbreath's request. Also included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of Galbreath's letter.
Report from William Morest to L. M. Hall; August 27, 1870
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from William Morest at Grenada, Mississippi, to L. M. Hall, chief of the Mississippi Secret Service, stating what part of the state he is working in. He also states that the officials from several counties are cooperating with him in his investigation into the assassination of W. F. Brantley, mayor of Winona, Mississippi, and his tracking of fugitives who have escaped from jail in those counties. He recounts his conversation with Brantley's widow. Morest further explains his intentions to carry out the investigation.
Letter from Colonel L. Houghton; May 30, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel L. Houghton, Quartermaster General of Mississippi, certifying that he had turned over the archives and property of his department to United States Army Captain J. Warren Miller.
Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to Major Saunders; October 27, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Major Saunders, concerning a contract with Miles and Rich.
Copy of letter from General Richard Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 21, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of a letter from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the trading of cotton with the United States Army to obtain goods for impoverished citizens. On the reverse, a note from Clark dated January 23, 1865, indicates that the governor transmitted Taylor's letter to Confederate General G. T. Beauregard with a request for Beauregard to grant authorization for trading.
Letter from J. R. Coburn to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. R. Coburn to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, providing a list of monies for telegram charges in October of 1864, and a request for a treasury warrant from Clark to pay them.
Letter from General Richard Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 19, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning Clark's proposed proclamation.
Letter from Joshua Green and A. MacFarland to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 24, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letters from Joshua Green and A. MacFarland, both at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, on the same document, concerning the use of enslaved persons as teamsters.
Letter from W. L. Williams to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 17, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. L. Williams at Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking leave to go to Macon, Mississippi, to settle his accounts with Ham's battalion of the Mississippi Cavalry.
Letter from Major W. E. Montgomery to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 7, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Major W. E. Montgomery of the 2nd Battalion Mississippi Cavalry in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the recent operations by the unit.
Letter from A. S. Humphries to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 22, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. S. Humphries at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, listing the men he has conscripted and sent to Macon, Mississippi.
Letter from Robert Edmundson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 23, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Edmundson at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to deliver 40,000 cotton cards and 10,000 wool cards for $100,000.
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 25, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the compensation due judge advocates of Mississippi State Troops.
Letter from Quartermaster General A. M. West to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 12, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Militia Quartermaster General A. M. West to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, enclosing his cash report for November 1863 to March 1864. (Enclosed report not present).
Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to W. C. Watson; December 21, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to W. C. Watson, giving his agent his thoughts on cotton and wool cards, use of state troops, foreigners in the military, impressed enslaved persons, military supplies, and soldiers fit for service.
Letter from J. J. Smylie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 21, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. J. Smylie at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to supply the state with 40,000 cotton and wool cards in exchange for $100,000 and shipping cotton to New Orleans, Louisiana, en route to Europe.
Copies of letter from D. S. Pattison to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 24, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Two copies of a letter from D. S. Pattison at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the settling of his accounts as salt agent for the state.
Ration return of Lieutenant Louis Mitchell; July 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return if Lieutenant Louis Mitchell, requesting salt be issued for the 30 public animals in the Quartermaster Department at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Assistant Adjutant General W. A. Gordon, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.
Ration return of Lieutenant J. S. McHarg; July 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant J. S. McHarg, Company E, 47th United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for citizens employed in the Quartermaster Department at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.
Ration return of Lieutenant J. S. McHarg; July 1, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant J. S. McHarg, Company E, 47th United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for men employed in the Quartermaster Department at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.
Letter from A. M. West to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. M. West at Durant, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey. West supports General Salt Agent T. A. Philips to take over the Penitentiary, and his former clerk G. D. Leatherberg as an agent to the Quartermaster General Department. West also speaks of the importance of reorganizing the state.