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Salt mines
Sworn statement from J. R. M. Duberry; February 1, 1865
Appointment to office
Boards of Police
Calhoun County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commissioners
Depots
DuBerry, J. R. M.
Impoverished people
Military Status--Military families
Okolona (Miss.)
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 13, 1864
African Americans
Blount, Unknown
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Davis, Unknown
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Impressing Agents
Impressment
Impressment--Enslaved people
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Philips, Z. A.
Physicians
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Salt workers
Sanders, Unknown
Tombigbee River (Miss. and Ala.)
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 18, 1864
Appointment to office
Ball, Parks
Blount, F. S.
Bush, D. T.
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Depots
Disease and illness
Enslaved people
Fatheree, Unknown
Griffin, Benjamin
Impressing Agents
Impressment
Jones County (Miss.)
Jones, G. N.
Leake County (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Mobile (Ala.)
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Pearcifield, A. V.
Philips, Z. A.
Post offices
Railroad
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Salt workers
State Line (Miss.)
Teamsters
Vaughn, I. M.
Vaughn, M. C.
Wagonmaker
Letter from J. A. McNeil to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 21, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Grisham, John O.
Macon (Miss.)
McNeil, J. A.
Pontotoc (Miss.)
Resignation
Salt contractors
Salt mines
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Letter from A. M. West to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865
Appointment to office
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Clerks
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Durant (Miss.)
Durham (N.C.)
Emancipation and self emancipation
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Leatherberry, G. D.
Macon (Miss.)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Quartermaster Department
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Philips, Z. A.
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Railroad
Railroad--Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1852-1877)
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Letter from Z. A. Philips to J. W. Miller; June 9, 1865
African Americans
Boards of Police
Depots
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Miller, J. Warren
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Mobile (Ala.)
Philips, Z. A.
Railroad
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Salt workers
Tombigbee River (Miss. and Ala.)
United States. Army
Watercraft
Whiting, F. A.
Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to President Jefferson Davis; September 20, 1862
African Americans
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Louisiana
New Iberia (La.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Salt mines
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Telegram from D. W. F. Walker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 13, 1862
Green, Norvin, 1818-1893
Kentucky
Louisville (Ky.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Railroad
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Smith, Unknown
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Walker, W. F.
Telegram from Confederate President Jefferson Davis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 22, 1862
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Green, Norvin, 1818-1893
Kentucky
Louisville (Ky.)
Military Engagements
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Richmond (Va.)
Salt mines
Sibley, Henry Hopkins, 1816-1886
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)
Under Review
Under Review--Brigades
Letter from John H. Evans; Undated
Alabama
Boykin & McRae (Ala.)
Clarke County (Ala.)
Evans, John H.
Jackson (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Mobile (Ala.)
Saint Stephens (Ala.)
Salt mines
Tombigbee River (Miss. and Ala.)
Washington County (Ala.)
Letter from W. C. Turner to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 7, 1863
Alabama
Foundries
Gulf Coast (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Norman & Company (Unknown)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Turner, W. C.
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Letter from W. C. Turner to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 29, 1863
African Americans
Enslaved people
Enterprise (Miss.)
Herd, Samuel
Hickory (Miss.)
Impressment
Impressment--Enslaved people
Impressment--War Material
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Korman?, Unknown
Loper, E. S.
Loper, J. B.
McLeroy, Perry D.
Military Events--Military service exemption
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Newton County (Miss.)
Norman, Willis
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Salt workers
Thames, Tom
Turner, W. C.
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Letter from W. C. Lurne to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 26, 1863
Commercial agents
Enterprise (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Lurne, W. C.
Meridian (Miss.)
Norman & Company (Unknown)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Salt mines
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Letter from W. Alex Stuart to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 12, 1863
Alabama
Caperton, Allen Taylor, 1810-1876
Commercial agents
North Carolina
Palmer, Unknown
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Phelan, James, 1821-1873
Richmond (Va.)
Rives, James H.
Salt mines
Saltville (Va.)
Secretaries
South Carolina
Stuart, Buchanan & Company (Saltville, Va.)
Stuart, W. Alexander
Tennessee
Virginia
Letter from J. B. Carpenter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; March 3, 1863
Carpenter, J. B.
Claiborne County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Fayette (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Lawyers
Louisiana
McCormic, D.
New Iberia (La.)
Pattison, David S.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Salt mines
Letter from W. C. Turner to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 24, 1863
Alabama
Contractors
Enterprise (Miss.)
Fleming, L. J.
Jackson (Miss.)
Laborers
Mobile (Ala.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Salt mines
Turner, W. C.
Letter from T. N. Martin to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 22, 1863
Appointment to office
Commercial agents
Crime
Crime--Arson
Houston (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Itawamba County (Miss.)
Martin, H. K.
Martin, T. N.
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislature
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Railroads--Employees
Salt mines
Shannon (Miss.)
Shuqualak (Miss.)
United States. Army
Letter from W. A. Strong to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 12, 1863
Alabama
Jackson (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Mobile (Ala.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Salt mines
Strong, W. A.
Letter from Alabama Governor John G. Shorter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 3, 1863
Alabama
Alabama. Executive Department
Alabama. Governor
McGehee, A. G.
Montgomery (Ala.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Shorter, John Gill, 1818-1872
Receipt from Cobb, Manlove and Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 16, 1862
Cobb, Manlove & Company (Vicksburg, Miss.)
Draymen
Hrilgham?, H.
Jackson (Miss.)
Paymaster
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Railroad
Salt contractors
Salt mines
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from Richard T. Archer to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; December 1, 1862
Alabama
Archer, Richard T.
Grand Gulf (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Laborers
Louisiana
Miners
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Plantations
Plantations--Anchuca (Miss.)
Port Gibson (Miss.)
Salt mines
Scientists
Letter from P. H. Napier to Colonel George S. Gaines; November 28, 1862
African Americans
Boards of Police
Clergy
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Congress. Legislation. Twenty Negro Law (1862)
Death
Debt relief
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Eucutta (Miss.)
Gaines, George S.
Gaines, Mrs. George S.
Greene County (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Judges
Legislators
Louisiana
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislature
Napier, P. H.
Perry County (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Plantation overseers
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Salt mines
Sheriffs
Starvation
State Line (Miss.)
Taylor, A.
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wayne County (Miss.)
Letter from D. S. Pattison to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 18, 1862
African Americans
Avery, Unknown
Berwick Bay (La.)
Commercial agents
Enslaved people
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Military Status--Military families
Mines
New Iberia (La.)
Patterson, D. S.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Robinson, John
Salt mines
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Texas
United States. Army
Watercraft
Watercraft--News Boy (Steamboat)
Letter from H. O. Dixon to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 4, 1862
Barksdale, E. (Ethelbert), 1824-1893
Dixon, H. O.
Jackson (Miss.)
Letcher, John, 1813-1884
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Salt mines
Stewart, Buchannan
Virginia
Virginia. General Assembly
Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Secretary of War George W. Randolph; October 28, 1862
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. War Department
Louisiana
Mississippi. Executive Department
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Randolph, George Wythe, 1818-1867
Richmond (Va.)
Salt mines
Virginia
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