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Firearms
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
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
Letter from General William L. Brandon to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 5, 1865
Brandon, William Lindsay, 1801-1890
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Ordnance
Confederate States of America. Congress
Demopolis (Ala.)
Dozier, John
Enterprise (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Macon (Miss.)
McCall, Unknown
Montgomery (Ala.)
Scooba (Miss.)
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Under Review
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Stewart to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 22, 1865
Appointment to office
Blacksmiths
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Ordnance
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Disease and illness
Evacuations
Evacuations--Meridian (Miss.), 1864
Green, Joshua
Gun shops
Haughton, L.
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Laborers
Macon (Miss.)
Mangum, W. H.
Manufacturers
McCall, Unknown
Meridian (Miss.)
Messengers
Military Events--Raid
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter LIX (1864)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. State Armory
Mississippi. Treasury Department
Railroad
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Sheriffs
Stewart, J. D.
Stores, Grocery
Stores, Retail
Superintendents
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Under Review
United States. Army
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Report from Mississippi State Auditor A. J. Gillespie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 1, 1865
Adams County (Miss.)
Auditors
Augusta (Ga.)
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Coahoma County (Miss.)
Collecting of accounts
Collection agents
Columbia (S.C.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Treasury Department
Conventions
Conventions--Mississippi. Convention (1861)
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Distilleries
Enslaved people
Georgia
Gillespie, Andrew J.
Hancock County (Miss.)
Hinds County (Miss.)
Hospitals
Impoverished people
Impressment
Issaquena County (Miss.)
J. T. Paterson and Company (Augusta, Ga.)
Jackson County (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Labauve, Felix
Macon (Miss.)
Marshall County (Miss.)
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi Relief Association (Atlanta, Ga.)
Mississippi. Auditor of Public Accounts
Mississippi. Geological Survey
Mississippi. Institution for the Instruction of the Blind
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter CXCI (1862)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter VII (1863)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XCII (1863)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XIV (1864)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XXVII (1864)
Mississippi. Legislation. Revised Code of the Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi (1857)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. State Capitol Building
Mississippi. State Library
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
People with disabilities
People with disabilities--Deaf
Pontotoc County (Miss.)
Railroad
Schools
South Carolina
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Tippah County (Miss.)
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Under Review
United States. Army
Washington County (Miss.)
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Receipt from Lieutenant W. C. Parsons; December 1, 1864
Cole, Armstead Beresford, 1822-1873
Confederate States of America--Ordnance
Corinth (Miss.)
Parrints?, Unknown
Parsons, W. C.
Under Review
Receipt from Lieutenant R. S. Hearn; December 1, 1864
Cole, Armstead Beresford, 1822-1873
Confederate States of America--Ordnance
Corinth (Miss.)
Hearn, R. S.
Under Review
Petition from P. A. Ruttand to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 19, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbia (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Gainesville (Miss.)
Hancock County (Miss.)
Harris, William
Jails
Johnson, J. D.
Lang, Unknown
Lawrence County (Miss.)
Lawyers
Marion County (Miss.)
Military Events--Military discharge
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Political elections
Public prosecutors
Rutland, Prior A.
Trial
Vannerson, William
Virginia
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 26, 1864
Attala County (Miss.)
Boards of Police
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commissioners
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Draft. Evasion
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Courts
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Distillation
Distilleries
Edinburg (Miss.)
Grand jury
Harmons?, Unknown
Holmes County (Miss.)
Hudson, Robert S.
Impoverished people
Judges
Judicial Districts
Leake County (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislation. An act to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors… (Approved April 5, 1864)
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XXIII (1863)
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Pharmacists
Physicians
Police
Political elections
Rentfrow, Unknown
Selling--Liquors
Under Review
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Letter from General Wirt Adams to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 29, 1864
Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Confederate States of America. War Department
Crow, Unknown
Davisson?, Unknown
Duberry, Unknown
Jackson (Miss.)
Military Events--Military transfer
Routh, Job
Under Review
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 T. G. Brooking to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 8, 1864
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Booneville (Miss.)
Brocking, T. G.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clergy
Collins, J. T. C.
Corinth (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Smuggling
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Distilleries
Evacuations
Impoverished people
Lamberth, W. F.
Macon (Miss.)
Mississippi. Militia
Paine, R.
Political elections
Prairie (Miss.)
Prentiss (Miss.)
Resignation
Richmond (Miss.)
Secession
Surgeons
Tennessee
Tippah County (Miss.)
Tupelo (Miss.)
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
Letter from Lock E. Houston to James Harrison with enclosed affidavit; September 1864
Brown, T. C.
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Constables
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Shooting
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Death
Harrison, James T.
Houston, Lock E.
Justices of the peace
Lawyers
Meridian (Miss.)
Mississippi. Military Department
Okolona (Miss.)
Oswalt, Simeon
Oswill, Nicholas
Rucker, W.
Sheriffs
Stricklin, William T.
Trial
Letter from H. Cassidy to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 12, 1864
African Americans
Amite County (Miss.)
Cassedy, H.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Death
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Franklin County (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Leggett, J. N.
Military Events--Raid
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Natchez (Miss.)
Post offices
Under Review
United States. Army
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Incomplete letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Cuyler; September 17, 1864
Cobb, Unknown
Cuyler, Reil M.
Georgia
Macon (Ga.)
Under Review
Statement from Doctors C. B. Galloway and A. H. Cage; August 19, 1864
Cage, A. H.
Canton (Miss.)
Galloway, C. B.
Military Events--Military discharge
Physicians
Wise, J. O.
Wounds and injuries
Letter from George J. Mortimer to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 20, 1864
Amite County (Miss.)
Appointment to office
Brandon (Miss.)
Burnet, Unknown
Canton (Miss.)
Claiborne County (Miss.)
Clark, Ann E.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clergy
Commercial agents
Confederate States of America--Commissary
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Copiah County (Miss.)
Crystal Springs (Miss.)
Debow, J. R. B.
Farmers
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Franklin County (Miss.)
Georgia
Haley, Unknown
Hinds County (Miss.)
Hood, John Bell
Impoverished people
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Lawrence County (Miss.)
Louisiana
Macon (Miss.)
Military Events--Invasions
Military Events--Raid
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mortimer, George J.
United States. Army
Utica (Miss.)
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Virginia
Letter from General Dabney H. Maury to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 20, 1864
Alabama
Browne, William
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America--Ordnance
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of the West
Confederate States of America. War Department
Covington County (Miss.)
Demopolis (Ala.)
Evans, Unknown
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Meridian (Miss.)
Mobile (Ala.)
Mobile Bay (Ala.)
Stewart, Unknown
United States. Army
Letter from General Dabney H. Maury to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 14, 1864
Alabama
Alabama. Militia
Atlanta (Ga.)
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of the West
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Forts--Fort Gaines (Ala.)
Forts--Fort Morgan (Ala.)
Forts--Fort Powell (Ala.)
Macon (Miss.)
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Meridian (Miss.)
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Draftees
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. Militia
Mobile (Ala.)
United States. Army
Letter from F. L. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 16, 1864
Brandon (Miss.)
Brown, F. L.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America--Ordnance
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Department of the West
Evans, Unknown
Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883
Jackson (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Meridian (Miss.)
Mississippi. Militia
Mobile (Ala.)
Myers, Unknown
Stewart, Unknown
Letter from H. S. Van Eaton to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 12, 1864
Big Black Swamp (Miss.)
Black Creek (Miss.)
Bowie (Miss.)
Brandon (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Commissary
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 6th
Covington County (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Theft
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Depots
Gainesville (Miss.)
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jones County (Miss.)
Lamkin, D. A.
Lee, N. W.
Lowry, Robert, 1830-1910
Marion County (Miss.)
McNair, John E.
Military Events--Military service exemption
Military Events--Raid
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi. Legislation. Chapter XVI (1864)
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion, 1st
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion, 1st (McNair's). Company A
Mount Carmel (Miss.)
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Perry County (Miss.)
Simpson County (Miss.)
Smith County (Miss.)
Stores, Retail
United States. Army
Van Eaton, H. S.
Letter from General Reuben Davis to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 4, 1864
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Davis, Reuben, 1813-1890
Military Events--Raid
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to General Nathan Bedford Forrest; June 30, 1864
Blythe, Unknown
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Judges
Macon (Miss.)
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. Militia
Tupelo (Miss.)
West, Unknown
Letter from W. H. Hardy to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 8, 1864
Carlile, Unknown
Christians
Christians--Baptists
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clergy
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 4th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 4th. Company D
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 16th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 16th. Company H
Corinth (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Disease and illness
Hardy, William H. (William Harris), 1837-1917
Jasper County (Miss.)
Jones County (Miss.)
McLean, George P.
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Veterans
Newton County (Miss.)
Raleigh (Miss.)
Scott County (Miss.)
Smith County (Miss.)
Trenton (Miss.)
West, Wilson
Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to General Samuel J. Gholson; February 9, 1864
Attala County (Miss.)
Bankston (Miss.)
Canton (Miss.)
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. General Order No. 7
Gholson, Samuel Jameson, 1808-1883
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Louisville (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Messengers
Military Events--Raid
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military training camps
Mississippi. Militia
Noxubee River (Miss.)
Okolona (Miss.)
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Railroad
Railroad--Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company
Stewart, James D.
United States. Army
United States. Army. Cavalry
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Winston County (Miss.)
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