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Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Letter from P. K. Montgomery to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 4, 1865
African Americans
Appointment to office
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of the West
Enslaved people
Fayette (Miss.)
Gholson, Samuel Jameson, 1808-1883
Hicks, Unknown
Hood, Unknown
Johnson, Unknown
Judges
Mississippi. Executive Department
Montgomerty, P. K.
Pemberton, Lovell
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political elections
Under Review
United States. Army
Letter from A. K. Tilden to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 15, 1865
Appointment to office
Boston (Mass.)
Boston Young Men's Christian Association (Boston, Mass.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Massachusetts
Newspapers
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Resignation
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tilden, A. K.
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from Lock E. Houston to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 27, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Anderson, Unknown
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Confederate States of America. Army
Death
Disease and illness
Houston, Lock E.
Impoverished people
Indian agents
Kendrick, Silas F.
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Veterans
Monroe County (Miss.)
New Mexico
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Political elections
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Sims, John B.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. President
Vernon, Unknown
Wounds and injuries
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 Lock E. Houston to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 7, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Appointment to office
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Gattman, Morris
Houston, Lock E.
Impoverished people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Military families
People with disabilities
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Postmasters
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Letter from Dan R. Russell to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 5, 1865
Appointment to office
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carrollton (Miss.)
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Curtis, W. H.
Grenada (Miss.)
Hemingway, W. L.
Judges
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Union and Southern Rights Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Political elections
Probate courts
Russell, Daniel R.
Secession
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Letter from C. B. New to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 1, 1865
Abolitionists
African Americans
Appointment to office
Breckinridge, William L., Jr.
Buena Vista (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Disenfranchisement
Governors--Louisiana
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Kentucky
Louisiana
Louisville (Ky.)
Merwin, D. O.
New, C. B.
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Rodney (Miss.)
Secession
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slave trade--United States
Washington (D.C.)
Wells, James Madison, 1808-1899
Printed proclamation from Minnesota Governor Stephen Miller; June 20, 1865
Appointment to office
Blakely, D.
Chairperson
Conventions
Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862
Death
Disease and illness
Emancipation and self emancipation
Forts--Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Fort Sumter, Siege of, Charleston, S.C., 1861
Military Status--Military families
Miller, Stephen
Minnesota
Minnesota. Governor
Minnesota. Secretary of State
Native Americans
Orphans
People with disabilities
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political elections
Political elections--Election of 1860
Soldiers' homes
St. Paul (Minn.)
Texas
United States. Army
United States. Navy
Widows
Wounds and injuries
Letter from Joseph T. Randolph to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 13, 1863
Appointment to office
Burgin, Thomas A.
Columbus (Miss.)
Commissioners
Confederate States of America. Congress
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Disease and illness
Forts--Fort Pemberton (Miss.)
Grenada (Miss.)
Harris, J. V.
Harris, Jeptha V.
Haughton, L.
Impressing Agents
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Jordan, M.
Legislators
Military Board
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Minute Men Infantry Battalion, 3rd (1862-1863)
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Randolph, Joseph T.
Robinson, L.
Secessionists
Tibbee (Miss.)
United States. Army
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Vaden, D. C. M.
Virginia
Letter from H. S. Allen and J. M. Dyer to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 7, 1863
Allen, H. S.
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Lindsay's/Pinson's)
Dyer, J. M.
Holmes County (Miss.)
Lexington (Miss.)
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Newspaper editors
Newspapers
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pinson, R. A.
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Thompson, Samuel M.
Letter from William H. Varnado to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 8, 1862
African Americans
Christians
Christians--Baptists
Clergy
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Battalion, 17th
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Extortion
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Disease and illness
Gulf Coast (Miss.)
Hancock County (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Impoverished people
Lawyers
Leeds, Unknown
McKinis, Unknown
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Military Events--Disband Military Units
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draftees
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Poitevent, Unknown
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Portevent, Unknown
Ship Island (Miss.)
South Carolina
Starvation
Steede, Abner C.
Under Review
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment
Varnado, William H.
Letter from John H. Nelson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 25, 1862
Appointment to office
Brooke, Unknown
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 28th
Conventions
Disease and illness
Jackson (Miss.)
Lawyers
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi River
Nelson, John H.
Oxford (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Probate law and practice
Resignation
Rucks, James T.
Smedes, Charles Edward
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washington County (Miss.)
Yerger, Unknown
Letter from R. S. Pryor to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 26, 1862
Abolitionists
African Americans
Boston (Mass.)
Boston Harbor (Boston, Mass.)
Brookhaven (Miss.)
Clark, Unknown
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives
Confederate States of America. War Department
Conscript officers
Death
Emancipation and self emancipation
Engineers
Enslaved people
Evacuations
Ferryperson
Georgia
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson (Miss.)
Love-joy, Unknown
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Draftees
Mobile (Ala.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pharmacists
Phillips, Unknown
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Postmasters
Pryor, R. S.
Richmond (Va.)
Tennessee
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from W. H. Worthington to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 14, 1861
African Americans
Baldwin, William E.
Columbus (Miss.)
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Death
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Worthington, W. H.
Letter from E. B. Gardner to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 7, 1861
Brandon (Miss.)
Gardner, E. B.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--American Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Political elections
Political elections--Mississippi. Election of 1861
Rankin County (Miss.)
South Carolina
Letter from Ben Moss to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 18, 1861
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
Echols, Unknown
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Marshall County (Miss.)
Moss, Benjamin
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Smith, Unknown
Letter from William L. Duncan to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 13, 1861
Alabama
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Battalion, 12th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 2nd. Company G
Corinth (Miss.)
Duncan, John A.
Duncan, William L.
Inge, William M.
James Gordon
Military Events--Disband Military Units
Military Status--Military families
Miller, Hugh R.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Pontotoc (Miss.)
Letter from J. C. Hiller to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 13, 1861
Clarke County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Enterprise (Miss.)
Hiller, J. C.
Military Board
O'Ferrall, John W. C.
Political Parties--American Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Political elections
Political elections--Election of 1860
Letter from R. B. P. Harris to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 2, 1861
Atlantic Ocean
Confederate States of America. Army
Disease and illness
Harris, R. B. P.
Military training camps--Camp Milldale (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Schools
Surgeons
Warren County (Miss.)
Wounds and injuries
Resolutions from the workingmen of Massachusetts; February 20, 1861
Abolitionists
Boston (Mass.)
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863
Enslaved people
Faneuil Hall (Boston, Mass.)
Forts
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Kentucky
Legislators
Massachusetts
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--John Brown's Raid, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 1859
New Mexico
Political Parties--American Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Free Soil Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Politicians
Secession
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Senate
Virginia
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Letter from M. C. Gallaway to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 28, 1861
Alabama
Avalanche (Memphis, Tenn.)
Ellett, Unknown
Gallaway, M. C.
Memphis (Tenn.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Post offices
Postmasters
Rhea, James W.
Rhea, John W.
Tuscumbia (Ala.)
Letter from Hugh J. Jewett to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 28, 1861
Allen, Charles N.
Ames, H.
Ashburn, T. Q.
Baker, Evan
Baldwin, W. H.
Ball, A.
Berry, John
Bigler, William, 1814-1880
Brown, Drury J.
Burchard, M.
Burns, B.
Buxton, D.
Cahill, Unknown
Carlisle, D. W.
Carter, A. G. W. (Alfred George Washington), 1819-1885
Chase, J. E.
Chittenden, Sterne
Coffinberry, J. M.
Collier, J. P.
Columbus (Ohio)
Cucshing, A.
Dickey, John A.
Dougherty, J. M
Dougherty, M. A.
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
Dunbar, William
Durbin, W. C.
Estell, J. A.
Ferguson, John
Follet, Chas.
Gamble, Unknown
Gerrard, John H.
Gibney, John
Gilmore, Unknown
Givham, William P.
Gould, C. W.
Hanna, John E.
Harkrader, John
Harrington, L. W.
Hofman, J. J.
Houck, David A.
Houston, James
Howey, J. M.
Hughes, Arthur
Huston, James
Jackson, A. M.
Jackson, W. J.
Jacobs, J. J.
Jewett, Hugh J. (Hugh Judge), 1817-1898
Jones, O. F.
Judges
Kees, J. W.
Kelly, Joseph
Key, Thomas Marshall, 1819-1869
Kiersted, Jere
Lahm, Samuel
Lake, C.
Layman, Amos
LeBlond, F. C. Le
Leckey, A.
Legislators
Louden, James
Manning, James
McCune, Unknown
McDowell, J. (James), 1822 or 1823-1885
McKinney, Franklin
McMakin, John
Medary, S. (Samuel), 1801-1864
Miller, William H.
Mitchner, Charles H.
Murdock, P.
Newman, William
Newton, J. H.
Noble, C. L.
Ohio
Ohio. General Assembly
Onderdonk, H. M.
Patterson, H. W.
Patterson, Moses J.
Payne, H. B.
Peaty, Jacob
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Potts, B. F.
Powell, Thomas
Preble, N. M.
Ranney, Rufus P.
Reed, William
Riblet, R.
Richardson, William P.
Ridgeway, John K.
Robb, David
Robinson, Isaac
Runkle, B. P.
Safford, W. H.
Samsel, D. S.
Sanford, B. D.
Scofield, W. E.
Searle, C. W.
Shaefer, Morgan
Shaw, S. W.
Shideler, Henry
Skinner, M. P.
Slusser, L.
Smith, C. J. W.
Smith, Jonas
Snyder, Daniel
Spriggs, B. F.
Stark, W. M.
Stewart, John D.
Thompson, J. F.
Thompson, Joseph
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Vancleaf, A. R.
Warden, R. B
Westcott, John
White, J. H.
Williams, Jere
Wright, Joseph F.
Young, John H.
Zanesville (Ohio)
Letter from W. C. Falkner to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 28, 1860
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Abolitionists
African Americans
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 2nd. Company B
Davis & Birney (New York, Ny.)
Davis, Reuben, 1813-1890
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Falkner, J. W.
Falkner, William C. (William Clark), 1825-1889
Gallaway, M. C.
Jackson (Miss.)
Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893
Law Offices
Law Offices--Falkner & Falkner, Attorneys at Law (Ripley, Miss.)
Lawyers
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Events--Insurrections
Miller, O. R. & Company (Ripley, Miss.)
Mississippi. Militia
New York (State)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political elections
Ripley (Miss.)
Rushton Stone & Company (Philadelphia, Penn.)
Secession
Tennessee
Tippah County (Miss.)
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Washington (Miss.)
Letter from Ogilvie B. Young to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 26, 1860
Abolitionists
Bell, John, 1796-1869
Charleston (Mo.)
Confederate States of America--War Dissenters
Conventions
Conventions--Missouri. Convention (1861-1863)
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Libel and slander
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Hough, Harrison
Judges
Kentucky
Lawyers
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Missouri
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--American Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Political elections
Under Review
Virginia
Young, Ogilvie Byron
Letter from A. L. P. Vainier to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 18, 1860
Arsenals
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 2nd. Company B
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Convention (1861)
Georgia
Georgia. Governor
House of Bruff Brother & Seaver (New York, N.Y.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislature
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873
New York (N.Y.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Ripley (Miss.)
Secession
Tippah County (Miss.)
Vairin, A. L. P.
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