Letter from Thomas Coffman to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 7, 1865

African AmericansAlabamaBanks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873Coffman, ThomasCovade, JohnCrimeCrime--ArsonJohnson, Andrew, 1808-1875JudgesKennedy, HughLouisianaMayorsMemphis (Tenn.)Mississippi. Supreme CourtNew Orleans (La.)PhysiciansPolitical Parties--Free Soil Party (U.S.)Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873United States. PresidentVicksburg (Miss.)Washington (D.C.)WatercraftWatercraft--Missouri (Steamboat)Watercraft--Sultana (Steamboat)Wells, James Madison, 1808-1899Yerger, William, 1816-1872

Letter from Sterling C. Collingsworth to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 27, 1861

AbolitionistsAfrican AmericansChase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873Collinsworth, Sterling C.DelawareEnslaved peopleJackson (Miss.)KentuckyLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865Louisville (Ky.)MarylandMilitary EngagementsMilitary Engagements--Fort Sumter, Siege of, Charleston, S.C., 1861MissouriPettus, John Jones, 1813-1867Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872West Virginia