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United States. Congress
List; Undated
Adams County (Miss.)
Allen, Sylvester J.
Ames, Charles B.
Archer, James
Attala County (Miss.)
Beazley, F. A.
Bell, Jesse V.
Bishop, W. C.
Boone, Barton B.
Boyd, A. J.
Boyd, Rasselas
Brooke, James W.
Bryan, Tillman
Bunkley, Nathan
Bush, R. T.
Calhoun County (Miss.)
Carker, J. L.
Carnes, E. S.
Carr, David
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carson, John A.
Chestnut, A. M.
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Chrisholm, W. W.
Claiborne County (Miss.)
Clarke County (Miss.)
Coahoma County (Miss.)
Cole, George W.
Conley, S. C.
Copiah County (Miss.)
Cullins, C.
Darden, Putnam
De Soto (Miss.)
Deason, William M.
Dockery, Henry
Dockery, Thomas C.
Dodson, W. H.
Dowd, A. S.
Duncan, John
Duncan, T. D.
Dunn, Paul
Eason, William P.
Edwards, Madison
Emly, W.
Farley, Porterfield
Fleming, Robert J.
Forbes, W. H.
Fowler, E. R.
Franklin County (Miss.)
Gillenwaters, Joel
Gillenwaters, John E.
Green, A. M.
Hall, Hiram
Hamilton, Thomas D.
Hancock, Will
Hanson, John A.
Harper, James W.
Harris, C. G.
Harris, George E.
Harrison, Thomas J.
Harvey, Samuel P.
Hatch, B. L.
Hawkins, H. J.
Haynes, William A.
Haynie, Ephraim F.
Hillhouse, E. B. M.
Hinds County (Miss.)
Hollford, Moses G.
Holmes County (Miss.)
Holmes, Francis
Holt, James S.
Hoskins, Erastus
House, J. F.
Howard, H. H.
Huckaby, S.
Irwin, S. D.
Jackson County (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Johnson, A. B.
Jones, W. H.
Kemper County (Miss.)
Kimball, A. N.
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Leachman, Robert E.
Leake County (Miss.)
Lee County (Miss.)
Lewis, A. J.
Lipsey, E. J.
Loughridge, Jacob A.
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Lucas, O.
Mack, Hamilton
Madison County (Miss.)
Magee, William K.
Marshall County (Miss.)
Marshall, Benjamin T.
McAmis, James
McCalla, Frank E.
McCarkle, John W.
McDonald, A. W.
McHenry, E. A. J.
McMullen, J. W. M.
McNeace, Samuel B.
Metts, M. A.
Miller, James M., Sr.
Miller, William C.
Millsnaps, Uriah
Monroe County (Miss.)
Montgomery, P. K.
Montgomery, S. P.
Moore, C. C.
Moore, P. W.
Moorman, George
Morphis, J. L.
Morris, Joshua S.
Mosely, Elisha
Murphey, Charles T.
Murphy, C. E.
Myers, George P.
Nelmes, M.
Nelson, W. A.
Niles, Jason
Noxubee County (Miss.)
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Orr, J. A.
Payne, William L.
Peyton, Ephraim G., Jr.
Peyton, M. H.
Peyton, M. M.
Pontotoc County (Miss.)
Potters, Sampson
Prewitt, James M.
Pulliman, J. T.
Redus, Luther W.
Richardson, Richard
Richardson, T. G.
Robinson, L. B. F.
Rush, B. T.
Sanders, D. W. S.
Sanders, E. H.
Scafe, James H.
Shuttle, Abner
Simrall, H. P.
Smith, David C.
Spencer, Smauel A.
Sproales, E. P.
Stiles, E. H.
Taylor, S. J.
Thomas, J. Harry
Thompson, William
Tippah County (Miss.)
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Townsend, William T.
Tupper, T. C.
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. Constitution
United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wadsworth, W. R.
Warren County (Miss.)
Wasson, Alexander
Wasson, David
Wasson, John A.
Wasson, N. C.
Wasson, W. J.
Wells, E. A.
West, C. F.
West, W. A.
Wiley, George
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Winston County (Miss.)
Wood, Robert W.
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Young, Samuel
Printed circular from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Mississippi. Executive Department
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. Department of State
United States. Secretary of State
Washington (D.C.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 22, 1865
African Americans
Bishop, John J.
Chairperson
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Gordon, W. A.
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hubbard, Unknown
Ingate, F.
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, M. S.
Krause, A. J.
Lacey, W. S.
Memorialization
Moriarty, J.
Okolona (Miss.)
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Physicians
Plantations
Planter
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Shearer, Thomas B.
Tucker, Unknown
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 108th
United States. Army. Colored Troops
United States. Congress
Waller, Unknown
Washington (D.C.)
Wheakley, Elisha
Wounds and injuries
Letter from Mississippi Secretary of State C. A. Brougher; May 22, 1865
Augusta (Miss.)
Brougher, C. A.
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Commissioners
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Grenada (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Miller, J. Warren
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Mississippi. Legislation. Revised Code of the Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi (1857)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Osband, E. D.
Schools
Tallahatchie River (Miss.)
Under Review
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Congress
Washington (Miss.)
Whiting, F. A.
Yazoo River (Miss.)
Affidavit of N. J. Gilmer with additional statements of support; July 1865
Appointment to office
Barry, Unknown
Bell, John, 1796-1869
Carr, J. J.
Clayton, Phil
Confederate States of America. Army
Crawford (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Threat
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Death
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Gilmer, John R.
Gilmer, N. J.
Harvey, Theophilus
Henderson, W. H. C.
Indiana
Jackson, J. M
Jones, James
Jones, W. O.
Judges
Justices of the peace
Legislators
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
Mississippi. Militia
Notaries
Owen, D. F.
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Richhart, Robert S.
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Under Review
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Army. Indiana. Cavalry Regiment, 12th
United States. Army. Indiana. Cavalry Regiment, 12th. Company I
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Whitlock, C. B.
Letter from John J. Pettus to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 20, 1865
Attala County (Miss.)
Canton (Miss.)
Carroll County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia
Headquarters, Military
Holmes County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Judges
Leake County (Miss.)
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Macon (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military deserters
Military training camps
Mississippi. Legislature
Moray, Unknown
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Watercraft
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Yerger, William, 1816-1872
Letter from Doctor W. G. Williams to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 5, 1864
Allen, Henry Watkins, 1820–1866
Claiborne County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Congress
Crime
Crime--Smuggling
Depots
Disease and illness
Ellett, Unknown
Governors--Louisiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Macon (Miss.)
Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Engagements
Military Events--Blockade
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Natchez (Miss.)
New Orleans (La.)
Newspapers
Physicians
Port Gibson (Miss.)
Rodney (Miss.)
Shreveport (La.)
Texas
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. Navy
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Williams, W. G.
Wilmington (N.C.)
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 23, 1864
Appointment to office
Attorneys General
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Guardian and ward
Jackson (Miss.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Mental illness
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
Mississippi. State Hospital
People with disabilities
People with disabilities--Blind
People with disabilities--Deaf
People with disabilities--Mute persons
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. Continental Congress
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Wharton, Thomas J.
Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 21, 1863
Alabama
Alabama. Governor
Alabama. Supreme Court
Appointment to office
Attorneys General
Boards of Medicine
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Bureau of Conscription
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Department of Justice
Confederate States of America. War Department
Conscript officers
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Hooker, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1825-1914
Jackson (Miss.)
Jury
Kentucky
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Draftees
Military training camps
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Supreme Court
Physicians
Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
Surgeons
Trial
Under Review
United States. Congress
Watts, T. H. (Thomas Hill), 1819-1892
Wharton, T. J.
Ration return; July 1, 1865
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. War Department
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department
Ration return of Captain H. T. Fisher; July 26, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Fisher, H. T.
Jackson (Miss.)
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Provost Marshals
Risdon, O. C.
United States. Congress
United States. War Department
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department
Letter from General M. F. Force to B. G. Humphreys; September 6, 1865
African Americans
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson), 1824-1899
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
Humphreys, Benjamin Grubb, 1808-1882
Jackson (Miss.)
Ohio
Ohio. Governor
Telegraph Company
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--District of Mississippi
United States. Congress
Wood, Thomas John, 1823-1906
Letter and list from Matilda Sharkey to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 4, 1865
Brownsville (Miss.)
Carriage and wagon making
Cotton gins and ginning
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Theft
Enslaved people
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Gristmills
Headquarters, Military
Impoverished people
McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Orphans
Plantation overseers
Sharkey, Matilda
Sharkey, Unknown
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
Widows
Telegram from President Andrew Johnson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 30, 1865
Appointment to office
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
New Orleans (La.)
Schurz, Carl, 1829–1906
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--United States Military Telegraph Office (Washington, D.C.)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
United States. President
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washington (D.C.)
Washington, George, 1732-1799
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Letter to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 31, 1865
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Governors--Louisiana
Jackson (Miss.)
New Jersey
Newport (N.J.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from W. M. Hankins to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 31, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Fisher, E. S.
Golliday, Unknown
Grenada (Miss.)
Hankins, W. M.
Judges
Post offices
Postmasters
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
Yalobusha County (Miss.)
Correspondence from R. C. Webb and William H. Webb to President Andrew Johnson; 1865
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Farmers
Granville County (N.C.)
Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus, 1815-1882
Impoverished people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Lafayette County (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Nashville (Tenn.)
North Carolina
Ohio
Planter
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tomeney, J. M.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
United States. President
Webb, R. C.
Webb, William H.
Letter from Secretary of the Interior James Harlan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 18, 1865
Appointment to office
Harlan, James, 1820-1899
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Military Events--Insurrections
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. Department of the Interior
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from K. Rayner to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 21, 1865
African Americans
Clay, C. C. (Clement Claiborne), 1816-1882
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Forts--Fort Monroe (Va.)
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Political Parties--Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Political elections
Raleigh (N.C.)
Rayner, K.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885
United States. Congress
Letter from John C. Hamilton to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; October 11, 1865
African Americans
Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867
Conventions
Conventions--Constitutional Convention (U.S.) (1787)
Hamilton, John C.
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Massachusetts
Massachusetts. Governor
New York (N.Y.)
Political Parties--Union and Southern Rights Party (U.S.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Letter from T. V. Noland to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 18, 1865
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Noland, T. V.
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Students
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Woodville (Miss.)
Letter from Amie Fort and Bessie Harris to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 15, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. President
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Fort, Annie
Harris, Bessie
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Memorialization
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. President
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from W. Goodman to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 9, 1865
Goodman, W.
Judges
New York (N.Y.)
Railroad
Railroad--Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1852-1877)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stockholders
United States. Congress
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Letter from W. F. Shattuck to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 9, 1865
Gunsmithing
Jackson (Miss.)
Mississippi. Militia
New York (N.Y.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Shattuck, W. F.
United States. Army
United States. Congress
Letter from Mayor Kinloch Falconer to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 8, 1865
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Constitutional Convention (1868)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Falconer, Kinloch
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Justices of the peace
Marshall County (Miss.)
Mayors
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Political elections
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
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