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Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 28, 1864

Alexander, Henry Alexander, Josiah H.Alford, M.Alford, S. H.Allen, H. A.Arkansas Arrington, F. J.Avana, C. L.Beasin, W. R.Bird, J. G.Bishop, P. L.Boyer, L. M.Brandon, F. B.Brandon, John Bridgers, D. B.Broach, W. P.Brooch, W. G.Brooke, M.Brown, B. M.Brown, J. W.Brown, Robert Bunyard, N. M.Burnsville (Miss.)Burris, Robert Burwell, A. S.Christians Christians--Presbyterians Churches Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Clay, L. J.Clay, Thomas J.Clergy Clerks Cole Jr., N. L.Cole, Guy Cole, Julia Collins, J. B.Courts Courts--Circuit Courts Criminal Procedure--Convicted Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment Criminal Procedure--Pardon Criminal Procedure--Sentencing Culpepper, G. O.Curtis, S. W.Darden, R.Day, W. C.Dean, A. P.Dearmon, John Deason, F. G.Dial, John Donald, M.Edgar, E. J.Enslaved people Ethridge, F. M. E.Ethridge, John Fay, F.Ford, D. W.Ford, L. E.Gardner, Isaiah Geakon, M. A.Gerrell, R. P.Gibbs?, Unknown Gilcrease, John Gobbens, C. G.Goodman, B. L.Gordon, Charles Grand jury Gratson?, Thomas Greel, Westly Hall, J. M.Hampton, D. O.Hancock, J. B.Hannick, J. J.Hardson, M Hayden, John Hays, D. C.Haywood?, Wills Healbalt, L. G.Henderson, C. N.Henderson, E.Henderson, Gyree Higgins, P. H.Hill, A. L.Hunter, Edward Hussey, S. E.James, M. A.James, W.Johnson, Luther E.Jones, Aaron Jones, Burwell Jones, J. B.Jones, William Judges Jury Kelly, Duncan Kissard?, D. C.Knight, H.Lacy, C. W.Larson?, J. A.Lauderdale County (Miss.)Laum, J.Lawless?, John Lee, Matthew Lehman, J.Levebruan, R.Loslow, J. D.Lowe, Unknown Lowenstein, A.Lowenstein, J.Macon, J. W.Madison, James Maggard, D.Mallard, E. A.Malone, M.Marly Jr., L. M.Martin Jr., W. B.Mason, W. J.Matthews, C. W.Mayfield, N. L.McElroy, John D W McKill, D. L.Meador, B. D.Military Events--Military discharge Miller, R. W.Mississippi. Legislature Mississippi. Legislature. Senate Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Moon, James Moore, Wilson Newton County (Miss.)Newton, Jordan Ott, D. N.Ott, Richard Page, E. C.Page, J. B.Page, M. A.Parham, J. M.Parker, R. N.Parnham, James S.Parry?, R. R.Patton, William S.Peerson?, J. A. W.Peise, D. W.People with disabilities Philips?, Robert Phillips, James W.Pickard, A. A.Pigford, G. F.Pigford, H. D.Prewitt, E. L Probate courts Probate law and practice Ragsdale, Unknown Rayne, Jude Reeves, B. B.Rosenbaum, D.Ross, J. W.Sanderford, Gray Sealtzer?, W. B.Selling--Alcohol Sharbridge, J. M.Sheriffs Sigford, A. S.Sigford, J. T.Sinnin, John Sirus, J. W.Sloaw, Amelia Smith, John Smith, Unknown Stroud, George S.Switzer, M. B.Syars, W. W.Taylor, J. W.Thompson?, J. P.Thurgood, A.Tillman, G.Torrans, J. R.Unknown, Cole Unknown, F. L.Unknown, James Unknown, T. W.Unknown, Wright Walkins, C. C.Wallace, D. G.Wallace, S.Wallace?, W.?Warden, W. W.Watston?, S. M.?Welch, M. H.Welch, Walter White, C.White, N. V. H.Williams, Eli Williams, Ely Williams, S. S.Willis, C. C.Wilson, J. J.Winsted, S. V.Womac?, Jesse Yarbrough, R. A.

Copy of letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to General E. D. Osband; May 22, 1865

Appointment to office Attorneys General Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Columbus (Miss.)Distilleries Greenwood (Miss.)Jackson (Miss.)Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Land Commissioners Librarians Macon (Miss.)Meridian (Miss.)Miller, J. Warren Mississippi. Asylum for the Blind Mississippi. Auditor of Public Accounts Mississippi. Department of Archives and History Mississippi. Governor's Mansion (Jackson, Miss.)Mississippi. Secretary of State Mississippi. State Capitol Building Mississippi. State Hospital Mississippi. State Library Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Mississippi. Treasury Department Osband, E. D.Paulding (Miss.)People with disabilities People with disabilities--Blind People with disabilities--Deaf People with disabilities--Mute persons Salt contractors Secretaries Selling--Liquors Superintendents United States. Adjutant-General’s Office United States. Army United States. Army. Ordnance Department United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps United States. General Land Office Washington (Miss.)

Letter from Superintendent Clem C. Moore; May 22, 1865

Appointment to office Clerks Commissioners Jackson (Miss.)Miller, J. Warren Mississippi. Department of Archives and History Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Moore, Clem C.Osband, E. D.Superintendents United States. Adjutant-General’s Office

Letter from J. C. Napier to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 18, 1864

Alabama Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Demopolis (Ala.)Disease and illness Hunt, F. S.Inspectors Jackson (Miss.)Macon (Miss.)Military Status--Military families Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Napier, J. C.Resignation

Letter from Samuel Livingston to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 21, 1865

Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Criminal Procedure--Sentencing Jackson (Miss.)Livingston, Samuel Mississippi. High Court of Errors and Appeals Mississippi. Legislation. Revised Code of the Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi (1857)Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Prison Guard

Report from Mississippi State Auditor A. J. Gillespie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 1, 1865

Adams County (Miss.)Auditors Augusta (Ga.)Chickasaw County (Miss.)Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Coahoma County (Miss.)Collecting of accounts Collection agents Columbia (S.C.)Columbus (Miss.)Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)Confederate States of America. Treasury Department Conventions Conventions--Mississippi. Convention (1861)Criminal Procedure--Arrest Criminal Procedure--Execution Distilleries Enslaved people Georgia Gillespie, Andrew J.Hancock County (Miss.)Hinds County (Miss.)Hospitals Impoverished people Impressment Issaquena County (Miss.)J. T. Paterson and Company (Augusta, Ga.)Jackson County (Miss.)Jefferson County (Miss.)Labauve, Felix Macon (Miss.)Marshall County (Miss.)Military Status--Military deserters Military Status--Military families Mississippi Relief Association (Atlanta, Ga.)Mississippi. Auditor of Public Accounts Mississippi. Geological Survey Mississippi. Institution for the Instruction of the Blind Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter CXCI (1862)Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter VII (1863)Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XCII (1863)Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XIV (1864)Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XXVII (1864)Mississippi. Legislation. Revised Code of the Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi (1857)Mississippi. Legislature Mississippi. Militia Mississippi. State Capitol Building Mississippi. State Library Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)People with disabilities People with disabilities--Deaf Pontotoc County (Miss.)Railroad Schools South Carolina Taxation Taxation--Mississippi Tippah County (Miss.)Tishomingo County (Miss.)Under Review United States. Army Washington County (Miss.)Yazoo County (Miss.)

Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 26, 1864

Attala County (Miss.)Boards of Police Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Commissioners Confederate States of America--Draft Confederate States of America--Draft. Evasion Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry Courts Crime Criminal Procedure--Arrest Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment Criminal Procedure--Indictments Criminal Procedure--Pardon Criminal Status--Imprisoned people Distillation Distilleries Edinburg (Miss.)Grand jury Harmons?, Unknown Holmes County (Miss.)Hudson, Robert S.Impoverished people Judges Judicial Districts Leake County (Miss.)Madison County (Miss.)Military Status--Draft resisters Military Status--Military deserters Military Status--Military families Mississippi. Legislation. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors… (Approved April 5, 1864)Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XXIII (1863)Mississippi. Legislature Mississippi. Militia Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Pharmacists Physicians Police Political elections Rentfrow, Unknown Selling--Liquors Under Review Unionists (United States Civil War)United States. Army Yazoo County (Miss.)

Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 27, 1864

Alabama Alabama. Convict Labor Alabama. State Penitentiary (Wetumpka, Ala.)Attorneys General Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Confederate States of America. Congress Confederate States of America. Congress. Legislation. Impressment Law (1863)Courts Crime Crime--Destruction of property Criminal Procedure--Convicted Criminal Procedure--Escapes Criminal Procedure--Release Criminal Procedure--Sentencing Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus Criminal Status--Imprisoned people Jackson (Miss.)Jails Louisiana Military Events--Invasions Military Events--Military discharge Military training camps Mississippi. Legislature Mississippi. Office of the Attorney General Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Sheriffs Superintendents United States. Army Wharton, Thomas J.

Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 19, 1864

Aikin, W. R.Amos, M. I.Bishop, W. C.Carothers, A. M.Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Clerks Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 27th Courts Courts--Circuit Courts Crime Crime--Theft Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)Criminal Procedure--Clemency Criminal Procedure--Convicted Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment Criminal Procedure--Indictments Criminal Procedure--Pardon Criminal Procedure--Sentencing Fort, L. A.Gibson, W. W.Gillispie, George Glenn, W. H.Graves, I. S.Griffith, J. C.Hefflin, A. G.Hogan, C. A.Jury Maddox, George Manning, James Douglass Maxwell, A. J.McKill, James Miller, C. F.Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Montgomery, A. D.Montgomery, C. R.Oktibbeha County (Miss.)Owens, M. E.Perkins, W. F.Perry, Josiah Randle, James R.Rogers, E. W.Seller, T. G.Simpson, B. M.Stroud, J. H.Thornton, John Trial Unknown, J. R.Walker, Henry Ward, William Wilder, R. A.

Letter from William B. Smith to Judge Acker; May 18, 1864

Acker, Unknown Chisom, Westly Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Criminal Procedure--Release Criminal Procedure--Sentencing Judges Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Morgan, Unknown Smith, William B.

Letter from Joel M. Acker to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark with enclosed petition; May 21, 1864

Aberdeen (Miss.)Acker, Joel M.Adams, Robert S.Beene, R. O.Boards of Police Chism, Wesley Chism, Westly Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Clarke, D.Clerks Confederate States of America. Army Courts Courts--Circuit Courts Crime Crime--Larceny Criminal Procedure--Clemency Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment Criminal Procedure--Indictments Criminal Procedure--Pardon Criminal Procedure--Pleading Criminal Procedure--Sentencing Criminal Status--Imprisoned people Davis, R.Dillingham, H. M.Edde, M. P.Grand jury Holliday, John Houston, Lock C.Impressment Impressment--War Material Judges Kendall, R. P.Kilpatrick, Unknown Lawyers Love, C.Macon (Miss.)Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Monroe County (Miss.)Morgan, Lucian Perry, I. W.Public prosecutors Robert, H. C.Sheriffs Short, J. C.Simms, J. B.Smith, N.Smith, William B.Spratt, H. D.Tindall, J. L., Jr.Unionists (United States Civil War)Vernon, J.Wallace, E. R.Waltin, J. C?.Webb, W. T.Whitfield, O. H.Williams, T. W.

Letter from D. P. Porter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 30, 1864

Appointment to office Barrewy, D. N.Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Dickson, R.Hanship, Charles H.Inspectors Mississippi. Legislature Mississippi. Legislature. Senate Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Porter, D. P.

Letter from Mississippi State Auditor A. J. Gillespie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 21, 1864

Auditors Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Gillespie, A. J.Impoverished people Impressment Macon (Miss.)Mississippi. Auditor of Public Accounts Mississippi. Institution for the Instruction of the Blind Mississippi. Legislature Mississippi. State Hospital Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Mississippi. Treasury Department People with disabilities People with disabilities--Deaf People with disabilities--Mute persons Tax collectors

Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 5, 1864

African Americans Alabama Appointment to office Attorneys General Bunoms?, D. N.Canton (Miss.)Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Columbus (Miss.)Confederate States of America--Draft Courts Courts--Circuit Courts Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus Death Demopolis (Ala.)Dickens, C. R.Enslaved people Gillespie, Unknown Goode, Unknown Harris, Unknown Hunt, Unknown Hurst, Unknown Inspectors Jackson (Miss.)Judges Laspley?, Unknown Mansless?, C. H.Messengers Mississippi. Office of the Attorney General Mississippi. Secretary of State Mississippi. State Capitol Building Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Mississippi. Supreme Court Napier, J. C.Political elections Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864 Resignation Russell, Unknown Selma (Ala.)Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873 Unknown, Charles Virden, Alex Wharton, Thomas J.Whitfield, James

Telegram from Major L. Mims to Quartermaster General Madison McAfee; June 28, 1861

Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Corinth (Miss.)Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Kentucky Louisville (Ky.)McAfee, Madison Mims, Livingston Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Nashville (Tenn.)Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)

Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 16, 1863

Banks Christians Christians--Catholics Churches Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry Crime Crime--Arson Crime--Destruction of property Criminal Procedure--Parole Death Emancipation and self emancipation Enslaved people Evacuations Factories Georgia Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Green's Factory (Jackson, Miss.)Hinds County (Miss.)Hospitals Impoverished people Jackson (Miss.)Loring, Unknown Military Engagements Military Engagements--Jackson, Battle of, Miss., 1863 Military Events--Military occupation Military Status--Prisoners of war Mississippi. Governor's Mansion (Jackson, Miss.)Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Newspapers Newspapers--Mississippian (Oxford, Miss.)Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Railroad Railroad--Southern Railway (U.S.)Raymond (Miss.)South Carolina Stores, Retail Telegraph Company United States. Army Wounds and injuries

Telegram from General Gideon J. Pillow to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 24, 1863

Columbus (Miss.)Confederate States of America--Ordnance Jackson (Miss.)Macon (Miss.)Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Jackson, Miss.)Van Horne, John

Telegram from Colonel U. Bourne to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 25, 1863

Bourne, A. B.Brandon (Miss.)Confederate States of America--Ordnance Jackson (Miss.)Macon (Miss.)Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Jackson, Miss.)Van Horne, John