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Incomplete letter from Captain A. Q. Withers to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 28, 1864

African Americans Appointment to office Charleston (S.C.)Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Congress Confederate States of America. President Cotton gins and ginning Crime Crime--Arson Crime--Destruction of property Crime--Theft Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 DeSoto County (Miss.)Emancipation and self emancipation Enslaved people Historically free and newly freed African Americans Holly Springs (Miss.)Hurst, Fielding Impoverished people Law Offices Law Offices--Gates and Woods (Miss.)Macon (Miss.)Marshall County (Miss.)Memphis (Tenn.)Military Districts--1st (Miss.)Military Events--Raid Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment Military Status--Military deserters Military Status--Military families Military training camps Mississippi. Militia Mississippi. Militia. Reserves--Withers' Company Plantations Railroad Railroad--Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880 Tippah County (Miss.)United States. Army Withers, A. Q.

Letter from B. M. Woolsey to Z. A. Philips; May 21, 1864

Alabama Alabama. Governor Alabama. State Salt Works Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Clarke County (Ala.)Commercial agents Commissioners Confederate States of America. President Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Military Status--Military families Philips, Z. A.Salt contractors Watts, T. H. (Thomas Hill), 1819-1892 Woolsey, R. M.

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.

Copies of telegram from President Jefferson Davis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 1863

Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)Confederate States of America. President Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Jackson (Miss.)Mississippi River Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Richmond (Va.)Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Jackson, Miss.)Telegraphers Tennessee Van Horne, John

Receipt from J. R. Cobourn to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 11, 1865

Bibb, Unknown Brandon, William Lindsay, 1801-1890 Brown, Unknown Chamblis, Unknown Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Coburn, J. R.Confederate States of America--Quartermaster Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office Connor, Unknown Cook, Unknown Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Easterlang, Unknown Easterling, W. K.Ellis, Unknown Emanuel, Unknown Farrar, Unknown Fisher, Unknown Foote, Unknown Gardner, Franklin, 1823-1873 Green, Unknown Harper, Unknown Haughton, Unknown Henderson, Unknown Kells, Robert Lenoir, Thomas B.Mabry, Unknown Macon (Miss.)Martin, Unknown Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900 McCollum, Unknown McRae. John J., 1815-1868 Meek, Unknown Miller, Unknown Milton, Unknown Mississippi. Treasury Department Murdock, Unknown Patten, Unknown Pendale, Unknown Poindexter, Unknown Robbins, Unknown Robins, Unknown Shadwick, Unknown Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Stewart, Unknown Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879 Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Jackson, Miss.)Telegraphers Thomas, Unknown Thornton, Unknown Vaughan, Unknown Watson, Unknown Wheeler, Unknown Wingfield, Unknown Worsham, Unknown

Letter from General Richard Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 26, 1864

Alabama Athens (Ala.)Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Confederate States of America--Commissary Confederate States of America--Quartermaster Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana Crime Crime--Threat Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Death Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877 Headquarters, Military Hood, Unknown Macon (Miss.)Military Events--Capitulations, Military Military Events--Raid Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment Montgomery (Ala.)Opelika (Ala.)Railroad Selma (Ala.)Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879 Telegraph Company Under Review United States. Army West Point (Miss.)Wounds and injuries

Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 30, 1864

Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888 Attorneys General Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Jackson (Miss.)Liddell, Unknown Wharton, T. J.

Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 30, 1864

Appointment to office Attorneys General Boards of Police Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Confederate States of America--Draft Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)Confederate States of America. Congress Confederate States of America. President Confederate States of America. War Department Crime Crime--Treason Criminal Procedure--Arrest Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Deputize Jackson (Miss.)Jails Judges Lauderdale County (Miss.)Merwin, Unknown Military Events--Military discharge Military Events--Military elections Military Events--Military service exemption Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment Military Status--Draftees Military training camps Mississippi Home Guard Police Probate courts Ragsdale, L. A.Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880 Sheriffs Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 Stewart, Unknown Wharton, T. J.

Letter from Secretary of War James A. Seddon to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 26, 1864

Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Confederate States of America--Draft Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Congress Confederate States of America. War Department Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Judges Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment Mississippi. Militia Richmond (Va.)Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880 Under Review Virginia Watson, Unknown

Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to W. C. Watson; December 21, 1863

African Americans Arkansas Belgium Belgium. Consulat général (New York, N.Y.)Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884 Boards of Medicine Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880 Chalmers, James R. (James Ronald), 1831-1898 Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Commercial agents Confederate States of America--Commissary Confederate States of America--Draft Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Congress Confederate States of America. Congress. Legislation. Impressment Law (1863)Confederate States of America. Irregulars Confederate States of America. President Conscript officers Contraband of war--Enslaved people Courts Courts--Circuit Courts Courts--Courts-martial and courts of inquiry Crime Crime--Arson Crime--Contempt of Court Criminal Procedure--Arrest Criminal Procedure--Release Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Enslaved people Europe Expulsion Forts France France. Conseil royal des finances et du commerce Immigrants Impressing Agents Impressment Impressment--Enslaved people Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 Judges Legislators Louisiana Macon (Miss.)Memphis (Tenn.)Military Engagements Military Engagements--Vicksburg, Siege of, Miss., 1863 Military Events--Military service exemption Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment Military Status--Draft resisters Military Status--Draftees Military training camps Mississippi River Mississippi. Executive Department Mississippi. Judiciary Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XXXVI (1863)Mississippi. Legislature Mississippi. Militia Mississippi. Office of the Attorney General Mississippi. Quartermaster Department Mississippi. Supreme Court New Orleans (La.)Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881 People with disabilities Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 Richmond (Va.)Surgeons Tennessee United States. Army Vicksburg (Miss.)Watson, J. W. C.

Telegram from President Jefferson Davis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 29, 1863

African Americans Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Columbus (Miss.)Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Impressment Impressment--Enslaved people Mississippi. Legislature Richmond (Va.)Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)United States. Army

Report of the South Carolina Sub-commission on Submarine Batteries, Torpedoes, and c.; 1862

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 Bourne, Unknown Brooke, John M.Brunner, B. P.Chairperson Charleston (S.C.)Commissioners Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office Confederate States of America. Congress Confederate States of America. Executive Department Confederate States of America. Navy Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Eason, J. M Eason, W.Engineers Georgia Henry, W. L.Jury Lawyers Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913 Libby, William Marsh, James Mercer, Unknown Military Engagements Military Events--Blockade Military Events--Capitulations, Military Milledgeville (Ga.)Mississippi River New Orleans (La.)North Carolina Orangeburg (S.C.)Richmond (Va.)Sass, J. K.Savannah (Ga.)Schneule, J.Scott, William R.Shipbuilders South Carolina South Carolina. Governor Taylor, Unknown Tisdale, N.United States. Navy Watercraft Watercraft--Arkansas (Gunboat)Watercraft--Manassas (Ship)Watercraft--Mississippi (Ship)Wayne, Henry C., 1815-1883 Williamson, William Price, 1810-1870 Wilmington (N.C.)

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 Secretary of State William H. Seward to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 1, 1865

Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Columbus (Miss.)Criminal Procedure--Clemency Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Jackson (Miss.)Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872 Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873 United States. Department of State Washington (D.C.)

Correspondence from H. W. Foote and R. Russ to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 13, 1865

Bell, John, 1796-1869 Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 Foote, H. W.Foote, Henry S. (Henry Stuart), 1804-1880 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lyles, Unknown Macon (Miss.)Mobile (Ala.)Physicians Political elections Political elections--Election of 1860 Ruff, R.Secession Unionists (United States Civil War)

List of charges from Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi State Quartermaster Absolom M. West; June 1862

Autry, James L.Balfour, John W.Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 Brooke, Unknown Chambliss, Unknown Confederate States of America--Quartermaster Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. President Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Divine, William Harris, Unknown Jackson (Miss.)Layton, Pierre S.Lovell, Mansfield, 1822-1884 McDonald, Unknown Moore, Unknown Morris, John B.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Randolph, Joseph T.Ricord, Unknown Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897 Shelby, W. B.Smedes, Unknown Smith, Unknown Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)Terrell, Unknown Tupper, T. C.Walters, Unknown West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894

List of charges from Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 1861

Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk), 1816-1894 Anderson, Unknown Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 Confederate States of America. President Dahlgren, Charles Gustavus, 1808-1888 Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Davis, Reuben, 1813-1890 Davis, Unknown Dilworth, Andrew Boyd Farrell, Unknown French, Samuel Gibbs, 1818-1910 Grisham, John O.Harper, Unknown Haynes, Unknown Houghton, L.Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 Jones McElmore & Company (Unknown)Martin, John H.Mayors McAfee, Madison Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888 Monrow, Unknown Morris, John B.Patty, Unknown Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864 Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884 Weissinger, Unknown West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894 Yazoo City (Miss.)

List of charges from Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 1862

Baskerville, Charles Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884 Brookhaven (Miss.)Canton (Miss.)Chrisman, Unknown Confederate States of America--Quartermaster Confederate States of America. President Corinth (Miss.)Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Davis, Unknown Fayette (Miss.)Fleming, L. J.Goodman, Walter, active 1862-1868 Grenada (Miss.)Harris, Unknown Holly Springs (Miss.)Jackson (Miss.)Lake, Unknown Magee & George (Miss.)Mayors McBee, Joshua T.McLaurin, Cornelius McMakin, John Morris, J. S.Morris, John B.Newspapers Newspapers--Memphis (Tenn.) Daily Appeal Newspapers--New Orleans (La.) Daily Delta Newspapers--Port Gibson (Miss.) Reveille Newspapers--The Natchez (Miss.) Courier Newspapers--Vicksburg (Miss.) Whig Oxford (Miss.)Panola (Miss.)Paymaster Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864 Robson, Robert Strickland, Unknown Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)Tolson, J. D.West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894 Withers, Unknown Woodville (Miss.)