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Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from J. M. Watts to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 1, 1865
Appointment to office
Brandon (Miss.)
Death
Garlandville (Miss.)
Judges
Mayers, A. G.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax auditing
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Ware, Unknown
Watts, John
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from J. L. Downs to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 1, 1865
Amite County (Miss.)
Amnesty--United States
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Capitulations, Military
Centreville (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Downs, J. L.
Fort Adams (Miss.)
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Chancellorsville, Battle of, Va., 1863
Military families
Natchez (Miss.)
Prisoners of war
Stores, Retail
Tax collectors
Tax exemption
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
United States. Congress
Whig Party (U.S.)
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Wounds and injuries
Letter from George W. Harper to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 24, 1865
Appointment to office
Brougher, Charles Albert
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Harper, George W.
Hunt, F. S.
Jackson (Miss.)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Newspaper editors
Newspapers
Newspapers--Hinds County (Miss.) Gazette
Owen, T. F.
Potter, George L.
Printers
Publishers
Raymond (Miss.)
Robb, John W.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Union and Southern Rights Party (Miss.)
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Congress
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from F. M. Gee to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 26, 1865
Appointment to office
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Gee, F. M.
Houston (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tax auditing
Tax collectors
Taxation
United States. Army
Wheeler, Unknown
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from William M. Pollan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 20, 1865
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Battalion, 1st (Choctaw)
Crime
Crime--Fraud
Crime--Robbery
Enslaved people
France
Greensboro (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Military elections
Mississippi. Militia
Pollan, William M.
Recruiting and enlistment
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Union League of America
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from D. C. Greenwood to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 20, 1865
Appointment to office
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Davis, Reuben, 1813-1890
Gholson, Samuel Jameson, 1808-1883
Greenwood, D. C.
Houston, Lock E.
Impoverished people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Newspaper editors
Newspapers
Newspapers--Aberdeen Independent (Aberdeen, Miss.)
Phelan, James, 1821-1873
Scooba (Miss.)
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Marshals Service
United States. President
Veterans
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from John S. Dobbs to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 7, 1865
Appointment to office
Clarke County (Miss.)
Clerks
Dabbs, John S.
DeSoto County (Miss.)
Evans, J.
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Kemper County (Miss.)
Probate courts
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Whig Party (U.S.)
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.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Grenada (Miss.)
Hemingway, W. L.
Judges
Political elections
Probate courts
Russell, Dan R.
Secession
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Union and Southern Rights Party (U.S.)
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from William F. Dowd to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Amnesty--United States
Disease and illness
Dowd, William F.
Emancipation
Enslaved people
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Military families
Pardon
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Strong, Elisha
United States. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from Judge Thomas H. Davis to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Amnesty--United States
Davis, Thomas H.
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Pardon
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Strong, Elisha
United States. General Amnesty Act (1865)
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from George Sykes to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Amnesty--United States
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Strong, Elisha
Sykes, George A.
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from C. B. New to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 1, 1865
Abolitionists
African Americans
Amnesty--United States
Appointment to office
Breckinridge, William L., Jr.
Buena Vista (Miss.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Disenfranchisement
Governors--Louisiana
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Kentucky
Louisiana
Louisville (Ky.)
Merwin, D. O.
New, C. B.
Rodney (Miss.)
Secession
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slave trade--United States
Washington (D.C.)
Wells, James Madison, 1808-1899
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from A. M. West to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865
Appointment to office
Arrest
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Clerks
Durant (Miss.)
Durham (N.C.)
Emancipation
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Leatherberry, G. D.
Macon (Miss.)
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Quartermaster Department
Philips, Z. A.
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
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from L. K. Swoope to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 29, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Amnesty--United States
Aydlett, T. P.
Billups, Thomas C.
Bradford, B. M.
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
DeSoto County (Miss.)
Draftees
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military discharge
Pardon
People with disabilities
Plantations
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Swoope, L. K.
Tennessee
United States. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. President
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from E. R. Wallan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 26, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Amnesty--United States
Confederate States of America. Army
Dowd, William F.
Jackson (Miss.)
Military families
Physicians
Planter
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sykes, G. A.
Wallace, E. R.
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from Lock E. Houston to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 24, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Appointment to office
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Houston, Lock E.
Jackson (Miss.)
Monroe County (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sheriffs
Sims, John B.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Whig Party (U.S.)
Wounds and injuries
Letter from John Dowling to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 23, 1865
Appointment to office
Dowling, John
Indianapolis (Ind.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Lacoste, Charles A.
Newspaper editors
Newspapers
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from James S. Prestidge to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 25, 1865
Amnesty--United States
Appointment to office
Confederate States of America. Army
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Convention (1861)
Cooper, F. T.
Enslaved people
Hurst, Unknown
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Lamkin, John T.
Lawyers
McRae, Unknown
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives
Newspapers
Newspapers--Mississippian (Oxford, Miss.)
Pardon
Political elections
Prestidge, James S.
Richmond (Va.)
Secession
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. President
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from Thomas H. Prince to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 15, 1865
Hopkinsville (Ky.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Jances, Unknown
Johnegan, Unknown
Judges
Kentucky
Macon (Miss.)
Noxubee County (Miss.)
Physicians
Prince, Thomas H.
Refugees
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Walker, Larry W.
Whig Party (U.S.)
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. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Confederate States of America. Army
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
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Draftees
Emancipation
Engineers
Enslaved people
Evacuation
Ferryperson
Georgia
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson (Miss.)
Love-joy, Unknown
Military discharge
Military service exemption
Mobile (Ala.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pharmacists
Phillips, Unknown
Postmasters
Pryor, R. S.
Recruiting and enlistment
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Richmond (Va.)
Tennessee
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from S. R. Jones to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 8, 1861
Boddy, George
Caskey, Thomas W., 1816-1896
Clergy
Confederate States of America. Army
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Fisher, E. S.
Grenada (Miss.)
Gulf Coast (Miss.)
Harper, J. N.
Jones, S. R.
Matthews, James E
Matthews, Unknown
Military chaplains
Military families
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political elections
Unemployed
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from E. B. Gardner to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 7, 1861
American Party (U.S.)
Brandon (Miss.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Gardner, E. B.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Political elections
Political elections--Mississippi. Election of 1861
Rankin County (Miss.)
South Carolina
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from H. P. Atkins to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 15, 1861
Atkins, Hulet P.
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, Unknown (Army of 10,000-Alcorn's Brigade)
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Disease and illness
Grenada (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
McAfee, Madison
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Richmond (Va.)
Surgeons
Under Review
Under Review--Brigades
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from J. C. Hiller to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 13, 1861
American Party (U.S.)
Clarke County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Enterprise (Miss.)
Hiller, J. C.
Military Board
O'Ferrall, John W. C.
Political elections
Political elections--Election of 1860
Whig Party (U.S.)
Letter from W. W. W. Wood to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 8, 1861
Benton, Samuel
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Jackson (Miss.)
Merchants
Meyer, Adolphe
Montgomery (Ala.)
Natchez (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Whig Party (U.S.)
Wood, Wm. Wallace W. (William Wallace W.)
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