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African Americans
Petition from Sarah Garrett to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 10, 1864
African Americans
Barbers
Bowers, E. J.
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Colquhom, J
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, Henderson's Scouts
Contracting Out--Enslaved Labor
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Draymen
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Garrett, Sarah D.
Henderson, Samuel
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Impoverished people
Latimer, R. M.
Luckett, O. A.
Madison County (Miss.)
Messengers
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Military families
Orphans
Priestley, William
Probate courts
Robinson, John S.
Shackleford, C. C.
Shelden, A. D.
Sheriffs
Taylor, William J.
Tupper, T. C.
United States. Army
Widows
Copy of letter from Lieutenant John W. Critchfield to Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson; October 14, 1865
African Americans
Bamberger, E.
Canton (Miss.)
Commissioners
Critchfield, John W.
Donaldson, R. S.
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Livingston (Miss.)
Police
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Printed Special Orders No. 16 from J. Warren Miller; July 3, 1865
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Miller, J. Warren
Mississippi. Treasury Department
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Special Order No. 16
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson to Major W. A. Gordon; October 15, 1865
African Americans
Canton (Miss.)
Commissioners
Critchfield, John W.
Donaldson, R. S.
Gordon, W. A.
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson (Miss.)
Mississippi. Militia
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--District of Mississippi
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 William M. Pollan to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 20, 1865
African Americans
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Fraud
Crime--Theft
France
Greensboro (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Military Events--Military elections
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Veterans
Mississippi. Militia
Political Parties--Whig Party (U.S.)
Pollan, William M.
Secessionists
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Union League of America
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Petition to General Richard Taylor; March 2, 1865
African Americans
Barnes, L.
Batchelor, E. C.
Booth, L. L.
Boothe, A. E.
Brick, Ellen E.
Brown, Annie
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Tennesse, Alabama, and Mississippi
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Ellis, P., Jr.
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Gibson, Fannie
Gibson, Frances
Gibson, Jane N.
Gibson, L. H.
Gibson, M. L.
Gibson, N. E.
Gibson, Thomas J.
Hawkins, George
Headquarters, Military
Henderson, H. E.
Henderson, W. H.
Highlender, S.
Hodge, G. B.
Hogan, J. L.
Hubberd, O.
Impoverished people
Kline, T. A.
Kline, W. G.
Latham, F.
Latham, L. A.
Meridian (Miss.)
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Military deserters
Nailer, John?
Powell, M. F.
Sayers, J. D.
Septon, R. E.
Septon, T. D.
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
United States. Army
Warren County (Miss.)
West Point (Miss.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 28, 1864
Alexander, Henry
Alexander, Josiah H.
Alford, M.
Alford, S. H.
Allen, H. A.
Arkansas
Arrington, F. J.
Avana, C. L.
Beasin, W. R.
Bird, J. G.
Bishop, P. L.
Boyer, L. M.
Brandon, F. B.
Brandon, John
Bridgers, D. B.
Broach, W. P.
Brooch, W. G.
Brooke, M.
Brown, B. M.
Brown, J. W.
Brown, Robert
Bunyard, N. M.
Burnsville (Miss.)
Burris, Robert
Burwell, A. S.
Christians
Christians--Presbyterians
Churches
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clay, L. J.
Clay, Thomas J.
Clergy
Clerks
Cole Jr., N. L.
Cole, Guy
Cole, Julia
Collins, J. B.
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Culpepper, G. O.
Curtis, S. W.
Darden, R.
Day, W. C.
Dean, A. P.
Dearmon, John
Deason, F. G.
Dial, John
Donald, M.
Edgar, E. J.
Enslaved people
Ethridge, F. M. E.
Ethridge, John
Fay, F.
Ford, D. W.
Ford, L. E.
Gardner, Isaiah
Geakon, M. A.
Gerrell, R. P.
Gibbs?, Unknown
Gilcrease, John
Gobbens, C. G.
Goodman, B. L.
Gordon, Charles
Grand jury
Gratson?, Thomas
Greel, Westly
Hall, J. M.
Hampton, D. O.
Hancock, J. B.
Hannick, J. J.
Hardson, M
Hayden, John
Hays, D. C.
Haywood?, Wills
Healbalt, L. G.
Henderson, C. N.
Henderson, E.
Henderson, Gyree
Higgins, P. H.
Hill, A. L.
Hunter, Edward
Hussey, S. E.
James, M. A.
James, W.
Johnson, Luther E.
Jones, Aaron
Jones, Burwell
Jones, J. B.
Jones, William
Judges
Jury
Kelly, Duncan
Kissard?, D. C.
Knight, H.
Lacy, C. W.
Larson?, J. A.
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Laum, J.
Lawless?, John
Lee, Matthew
Lehman, J.
Levebruan, R.
Loslow, J. D.
Lowe, Unknown
Lowenstein, A.
Lowenstein, J.
Macon, J. W.
Madison, James
Maggard, D.
Mallard, E. A.
Malone, M.
Marly Jr., L. M.
Martin Jr., W. B.
Mason, W. J.
Matthews, C. W.
Mayfield, N. L.
McElroy, John D W
McKill, D. L.
Meador, B. D.
Military Events--Military discharge
Miller, R. W.
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Legislature. Senate
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Moon, James
Moore, Wilson
Newton County (Miss.)
Newton, Jordan
Ott, D. N.
Ott, Richard
Page, E. C.
Page, J. B.
Page, M. A.
Parham, J. M.
Parker, R. N.
Parnham, James S.
Parry?, R. R.
Patton, William S.
Peerson?, J. A. W.
Peise, D. W.
People with disabilities
Philips?, Robert
Phillips, James W.
Pickard, A. A.
Pigford, G. F.
Pigford, H. D.
Prewitt, E. L
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Ragsdale, Unknown
Rayne, Jude
Reeves, B. B.
Rosenbaum, D.
Ross, J. W.
Sanderford, Gray
Sealtzer?, W. B.
Selling--Alcohol
Sharbridge, J. M.
Sheriffs
Sigford, A. S.
Sigford, J. T.
Sinnin, John
Sirus, J. W.
Sloaw, Amelia
Smith, John
Smith, Unknown
Stroud, George S.
Switzer, M. B.
Syars, W. W.
Taylor, J. W.
Thompson?, J. P.
Thurgood, A.
Tillman, G.
Torrans, J. R.
Unknown, Cole
Unknown, F. L.
Unknown, James
Unknown, T. W.
Unknown, Wright
Walkins, C. C.
Wallace, D. G.
Wallace, S.
Wallace?, W.?
Warden, W. W.
Watston?, S. M.?
Welch, M. H.
Welch, Walter
White, C.
White, N. V. H.
Williams, Eli
Williams, Ely
Williams, S. S.
Willis, C. C.
Wilson, J. J.
Winsted, S. V.
Womac?, Jesse
Yarbrough, R. A.
Letter from Sheriff Readman T. Portwood to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 21, 1864
African Americans
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Cotton gins and ginning
Crime
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Disease and illness
Gillum, Unknown
Grenada (Miss.)
Jails
Johnson, John
McNutt, Alexander G. (Alexander Gallatin), 1802-1848
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Status--Military deserters
Mills
Portwood, R. T.
Prison Guard
Sheriffs
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Under Review
Waites, Eli
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.
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; Undated
Barton, J. G.
Boone, B. B.
Boshers, Thomas
Carmack, E. W.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Corinth (Miss.)
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Curlee John M.
Disease and illness
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Gaines, James
Guerrilla warfare
Hill, R. A.
Impoverished people
Judges
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Military occupation
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Miller, Pubbie
Mississippi. Militia
Probate courts
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Rives, Berry C.
Sheriffs
Taylor, C. A.
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Treasurers
United States. Army
William, C. W.
Ration return of Captain Phil Hammond; July 1, 1865
Hammond, Phil
Risdon, O. C.
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment, 5th
United States. Army. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment, 5th. Company E
United States. War Department
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department
List of charges and specifications by Lieutenant T. Horatio Everson; September 1865
African Americans
Brown, I. T.
Burwell, Charles B.
Crime
Crime--Assault and battery
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Crime--Threat
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Ester, William J.
Everson, T. Horatio
Gordon, W. A.
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hulburts, Unknown
Humphreys, Benjamin G. (Benjamin Grubb), 1865-1923
Jackson (Miss.)
LeMessage, Allen
LeMessage, Isaac
Meridian (Miss.)
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Provost Marshals
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stokes, Robert
Stokes, William W.
Stores, Retail
Trial
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
Watkins, Unknown
Letter from P. K. Montgomery to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 4, 1865
African Americans
Appointment to office
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of the West
Enslaved people
Fayette (Miss.)
Gholson, Samuel Jameson, 1808-1883
Hicks, Unknown
Hood, Unknown
Johnson, Unknown
Judges
Mississippi. Executive Department
Montgomerty, P. K.
Pemberton, Lovell
Political Parties--Democratic Party (U.S.)
Political elections
Under Review
United States. Army
Letter from Abraham K. Smedes to Charles Clark; July 10, 1865
African Americans
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Judges
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Smedes, A. K.
Smith, Unknown
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment
United States. Constitution
United States. Constitution. 3rd Amendment
Yerger, William, 1816-1872
Affidavit and appeal from Lucinda Cantrill and Mary Jane Smyth to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 13, 1865
African Americans
Black, Davie
Brown, Stephen A.
Cantrill, Lucinda
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 33rd (Hurst's)
Crime
Crime--Burglary
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Rape and Sexual Assault
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Enslaved people
Greene County (Miss.)
Impoverished people
Jails
Justices of the peace
Lawyers
Lewis, Unknown
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Marriage
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Status--Military families
Prisons
Probate courts
Public prosecutors
Sheriffs
Smith, Mary Jane
Spikes, Lucinda
Spikes, Tyra
Trial
Widows
Williams, James
Letter from James A. Lyon to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 17, 1865
Alabama
Appointment to office
Augusta (Ga.)
Bliss, Unknown
Christians
Christians--Presbyterians
Churches
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clayton, George R.
Clergy
Columbia (S.C.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Commissioners
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Field, Unknown
Georgia
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Lawyers
Lucket, Unknown
Lyon, James A.
Mississippi. Legislature
Physicians
Political elections
Politicians
Schools
South Carolina
Under Review
Walker, G. J. S.
Letter from G. C. Chandler to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 16, 1865
African Americans
Bodford, Elisha
Chandler, G. C.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Contracting Out--Enslaved Labor
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Enterprise (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Impoverished people
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Lawyers
Military Status--Military families
Trial
Unknown, Ike
Letter from W. A. Strong to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 8, 1864
African Americans
Alabama
Brandon (Miss.)
Carollton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commercial agents
Commissioners
Coopers
Distillation
Distilleries
Distillers
Drugstores
Enslaved people
Heggie, Unknown
Lenoir, Unknown
Macon (Miss.)
Mississippi. Treasury Department
Noxubee County (Miss.)
Philips, Unknown
Poindexter, J. T.
Strong, Unknown
Strong, W. A.
Teamsters
Turley, Unknown
Under Review
Unknown, Albert
Unknown, Mary
Unknown, Mase
Vaiden (Miss.)
Letter from Robert Kells to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 27, 1864
African Americans
Brandon, William Lindsay, 1801-1890
Carpenters
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Dana, Unknown
Engineers
Enslaved people
Gardeners
Hospitals
Hospitals--Employees
Hull, T. W.
Kells, Robert
Kelly, William H.
Mental illness
Mississippi. State Hospital
Sproules, D. Eshelman Johnson
Superintendents
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Young, Charles
Letter from Robert Kells to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 15, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Conscript officers
Dana, Unknown
Gardner, Franklin, 1823-1873
Hospitals
Hospitals--Employees
Jackson (Miss.)
Kells, Robert
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Status--Draftees
Mississippi. State Hospital
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 6, 1864
African Americans
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Enslaved people
Garrett, Sarah D.
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hudson, Robert S.
Judges
Judicial Districts
Judicial Districts--5th (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Status--Military families
United States. Army
Letter from C. M. Vaiden to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 4, 1864
Alabama
Bolivar County (Miss.)
Bon Secour Salt Works (Ala.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Enslaved people
Forts
Hausar, Unknown
Impressment
Impressment--Enslaved people
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Bon Secour, Destruction of, Ala., 1864
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Mobile (Ala.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Unknown, Phillip
Vaiden (Miss.)
Vaiden, C. M.
Washington County (Miss.)
Letter from C. A. Reading to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 13, 1864
African Americans
Cair, Abe
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Collier, J. H.
Easterling, W. K.
Enslaved people
Harper, James C.
Impressment
Impressment--Enslaved people
Macon (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Military Events--Military service exemption
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (Easterling's)
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (Easterling's). Company A
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (Easterling's). Company D
Railroad
Railroad--Southern Railway (U.S.)
Rankin County (Miss.)
Reading, C. A.
Smith County (Miss.)
Speer, A.
Superintendents
Correspondence from H. Hobbs and Robert Kells to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 1864
Appointment to office
Armstrong, Robert
Bennett, Thomas
Byrd, Richard
Carpenters
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clark, P.
Collecting of accounts
Confederate States of America. Bureau of Conscription
Conscript officers
Conway, John
Death
Disease and illness
Duncan, James
Engineers
Enslaved people
Eshelman, Daniel
Gardeners
Grenada (Miss.)
Hale, T. M.
Hobbs, H.
Hospitals
Hospitals--Employees
Inspectors
Jackson (Miss.)
Kells, Robert
Kells, William H.
Mental illness
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Events--Military service exemption
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Military Department
Mississippi. State Lunatic Asylum
Olsen, George
Physicians
Secretaries
Smith, John
Sproles, Johnson
Stewards
Superintendents
Supervisors
Treasurers
Under Review--Laws
United States. Army
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Watchman
Young, Charles
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