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Letter from W. J. Britton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 12, 1862

Enslaved people Military families Couriers Plantation overseers Ingleside Plantation (Miss.)Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Unknown, Tom Britton, William J.Issaquena County (Miss.)Greenville (Miss.)Confederate States of America. Army

Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862

Draftees Impoverished people People with disabilities Clerks Farmers Hatters Justices of the peace Mayors Postmasters Probate Judge Sheriffs Confederate States of America--Draft Drought Insurrections Military discharge Railroad Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Bancroft, Charles O'Quin, W. W. D. L.Bulluch, L. T.Brumfield, Jesse Lamkins, Sampson L.Nicholson, John Breland, Leroy Hall, E. B.Brown, William Backwell, Stepto Reeves, Jesse L.Laird, L.Sandiper, R. M Matthews, S. A.Lea, V. M.Hattam, William Hartham, R. Y., Jr.Fortinberry, H. H.Seale, Eli Simmons. L. A.Simmons, George W.Sandiper, P. W.Tate, T. E.Irvin, H. Murray Bickharn, D. C.Hanman, M.Barr, W. A.Felder, L. D.Nelson, J. M.Sandiper, G. J.Colquitaun, L.Bridge, T.Causey, L. B.Elliot, Wiley Ellijoy, R. H.Johnson, B. H.Younaung, D. G.Boutwell, J. D.Harold, B.Winter, Richard Davis, Leland Sheffield, A. B.Thompson, D. A.Bulloch, John Reasons, G. S.True, William P.Sheffield, William Horton, John Hunter, E. C.Mcleod, N.Cyrus, K. M Reed, R. J.Christman, S. M.Cyrus, J. T.Maxey, W. R.Ross, M. F.Reasons, L. W.Reynolds, W. W.Head, Thomas Wilson, O. M.Gregory, B. L.Cook, B. Y.Vause, T. N.Spencer, S. A.McLaity, P. M.McDonald, A.Duncan, A.Greer, M.Clark, Y. B.Phillips, L. G.Cannon, Alton Collins, J. D.Macentier, James Ferguson, J. R.Brasher, L. Y.Cook, B.George, J. C.Bagwell, G. L.Kerr, G. H.Bassel, Batson Bryan, L. C.Murphy, C. E.Davis, B.Murphree, James R.Cox, James Hawkins, J. M.Harvey, R. A.Barton, E. G.Brasher, William E.Turner, W. S.Moorhead, R. M.Sweat, L. T.Shaul, P. M.Digg, Y.Dowdy, T. J.Sugg, H. T.Pike County (Miss.)High Hill (Calhoun County, Miss.)Calhoun County (Miss.)Confederate States of America. Army Mississippi Home Guard Mississippi. Militia

Letter from William Wideman and William Evers Wideman to Mississipi Governor John J. Pettus; August 6, 1862

Confederate States of America. War Department Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Hill, A. P.Wideman, William H.Evers, William H.Camp Meridian (Meridian, Miss.)Lauderdale County (Miss.)Canton (Miss.)Meridian (Miss.)Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods')Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods'). Company D Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 40th. Company B

Letter from W. W. Little to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 11, 1862

African Americans Draftees Enslaved people Military families Planter Confederate States of America--Draft Military service exemption Confederate States of America. Commissary Department Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Biles, Unknown Campbells, Unknown Tilman, Unknown Little, William W.Scooba (Miss.)Kemper County (Miss.)Jackson (Miss.)Mississippi. Militia

Letter from W. H. Garland to General W. N. R. Beall; August 4, 1862

Impoverished people Gunsmithing Mechanics Confederate States of America--Draft Military service exemption Beall, William Nelson Rector (1825-1883)Lee, Unknown Garland, William H.Summit (Miss.)Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Battalion, Garland's

Letter from W. E. Ross to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862

Draftees Death Disease and illness Recruiting and enlistment Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Wilson, J. R.Ross, William E.Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 39th Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 39th. Company H

Letter from T. W. Baker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 11, 1862

Military discharge Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Baker, J. W.Okolona (Miss.)Newton (Miss.)Verona (Miss.)

Letter from S. S. Boyd to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August, 2, 1862

Teachers Confederate States of America--Draft Military service exemption Schools Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Boyd, J. J.Smith County (Miss.)Lake Station (Miss.)Mississippi. Militia

Letter from Robert Muldrow to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 7, 1862

Power of Attorney Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1852-1877)Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 James, Unknown James, Sheriff Muldrow, Annie Muldrow, Robert Holly Springs (Miss.)Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods')Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods'). Company E

Letter from Reuben Friday to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 11, 1862

Supervisors Tanners Confederate States of America--Draft Military discharge Military service exemption Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Huntley, E. O.Friday, Reuben Camp Maxey (Tenn.)Chattanooga (Tenn.)Tennessee Oktibbeha County (Miss.)Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 27th Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 27th. Company A

Letter from R. C. Farrar to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 12, 1862

Impoverished people Military families Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Love, William A.Pettus, William O.Farrar, R. C.Okolona (Miss.)Jackson (Miss.)DeKalb (Miss.)Kemper County (Miss.)Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 43rd Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 43rd. Company K

Letter from Pierre S. Layton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 11, 1862

Gunsmithing Confederate States of America. Ordnance Bureau Headquarters, Military Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Platt, Unknown Farish, Unknown Layton, Pierre S.Jackson (Miss.)Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army of the Mississippi (1862 Mar. 5-Nov. 20)Mississippi. Militia

Letter from O. Osburn to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862

Mississippi. State Geologist Salt contractors Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Jacobs, M.Hilgard, Eugene W. (Eugene Woldemar), 1833-1916 Osburn, O.Crystal Springs (Miss.)

Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to General Earl Van Dorn; August 4, 1862

Draftees Military discharge Military service exemption Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863 Tyler, H. C.Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Jackson (Miss.)Haynes Bluff Landing (Miss.)Coahoma County (Miss.)Tunica County (Miss.)Vicksburg (Miss.)Yazoo River (Miss.)Mississippi River Mississippi. Militia Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion, 2nd. Reserves United States. Army

Letter from Mayor W. G. Freeman to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 9, 1862

Mayors Collecting of accounts Moody, OFerral & Company (Miss.)Marsh, W. D.Perryman, Alex Price, Reese Davis, Anthony Smith, William B.Reuchen, C. R.Thomas, D. B.Kramer, C.Freeman, G. W.Tolson, J. D.Howze, W. J.Cherry, W. H.Reid, J. F.Oliphant, Samuel R.Dyess, Thomas Park, Jason M.Dunn, John Ward, W. A.Woolveston, Thomas Sain, Moyer M.Bromm, Elias Leroy, M. P.McMillan, A. K.Laughlin, Thomas Sherod, Samuel Johnson, William Williams, Thomas Clark, John Atkinson, A. B.Meek, J. M.Hand, J. M.Wilson, D.Bird, W. C.Skaggs, H.Horton, E.Donald, William M.Chochran, John Kemper, William McRory, Eli Davis, N. A.Griffin, J. W.Jackson, C. S.Tolson, T. T.Moore, B. F.Wise, Jan Phillips, J. W.Freeman, George W.Enterprise (Miss.)Vicksburg (Miss.)

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Philip Frank Liddell to L. P. Walker; August 8, 1862

Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 Georgia Military Institute (Marietta, Ga.)Military education Liddell, Philip Frank Randolph, George Wythe, 1818-1867 Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884 Deupree, J. L.Camp Jones (Va.)Manassas (Va.)Noxubee County (Miss.)Georgia Marietta (Ga.)Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 11th

Letter from L. T. McKenzie to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 12, 1862

Draftees Military families Military substitutes Disease and illness Physicians Confederate States of America--Draft Military service exemption Recruiting and enlistment Military training camps Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Hardaway, Minge McKenzie, L. T.Holly Springs (Miss.)Brookhaven (Miss.)Texas Tennessee Confederate States of America. Irregulars

Letter from John W. Boyd to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 1, 1862

African Americans Enslaved people Prisoners Slaveholders Plantation overseers Convicted Insurrections Larceny Murder Self emancipation Jury Mississippi State Penitentiary Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Smith, James G.Boyd, John W.Shell Mound (Miss.)Sunflower County (Miss.)