From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Henry J. Tibbs to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn requesting a position in Brookhaven, Mississippi, or anywhere in the state, he is looking for means of supporting his family. (Includes a letter dated September 13, 1866, from Assistant Adjutant General Thomas M. Vincent, certifying Tibbs' military service which ended in 1865).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Certificate of loyalty for Charles B. Ames of Macon, Mississippi, stating that he was opposed to secession and never departed from his loyalty to the United States government. The certificate is signed by United States Army Captain W. W. Wheatley, provost marshal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Special Order No. 14 from Lieutenant Colonel P. Jones York, commanding the post of Port Gibson, Mississippi, revoking the authority of C. B. Clark to patrol roads.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. List of charges and specifications by Lieutenant and Provost Marshal T. Horatio Everson, containing charges against William J. Ester for alleged highway robbery of a Charles B. Burwell and alleged larceny of property belonging to a freed African American man named Robert Stokes near Meridian, Mississippi. Included are the names of five witnesses. Attached is a paper with various notes, added in October 1865, by Major W. A. Gordon, Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, and Sharkey's successor Benjamin G. Humphreys. Gordon's note refers Everson's list to Sharkey. Sharkey's notes refer the list to Humphreys, who assumed the governorship on October 16, 1865. Humphreys' note states that Ester will be received by the civil authorities.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Lieutenant W. S. Myers, Provost Marshal of Freedmen, requesting ten days rations to be issued for a citizen employed in his office at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain and Provost Marshal H. T. Fisher, requesting tens days rations to be issued for use by an enlisted man from the 58th Ohio Infantry on detached service at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain and Provost Marshal H. T. Fisher, requesting thirty days rations to be issued for use of the military prison at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain and Provost Marshal George S. Spicer, requesting rations to be issued for prisoners confined in the military prison at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain and Provost Marshal George S. Spicer, requesting rations to be issued for one man detached from the 58th Ohio Infantry as clerk in the Provost Marshal's office at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain and Provost Marshal George S. Spicer, requesting rations to be issued for prisoners confined at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Clerk William Bernard, on behalf of Captain and Provost Marshal George S. Spicer, requesting eleven days rations to be issued for a detachment of the 58th Ohio Infantry on duty in the Provost Marshal's office at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Clerk William Bernard, on behalf of Captain and Provost Marshal George S. Spicer, requesting eleven days rations to be issued for citizens confined in Military Prison Number One at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Clerk William Bernard, on behalf of Captain and Provost Marshal George S. Spicer, requesting eleven days rations to be issued for prisoners confined in Military Prison Number One at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain G. S. Spicer, Provost Marshal of the Sub-District of Mississippi, requesting ten days rations to be issued for twelve soldiers confined in Military Prison Number One at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain and Provost Marshal G. S. Spicer, requesting ten days rations to be issued for use by citizens confined in Military Prison Number One in Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen W. S. Myers, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue five days rations to destitute citizens, two women and five children, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen W. S. Myers, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue five days rations to destitute citizens, one man, one woman, and one child, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen W. S. Myers, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue five days rations to destitute citizens, three women and two children, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen W. S. Myers, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue ten days rations to destitute citizens, one man and two women, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen W. S. Myers, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue rations to destitute citizens, nine women and eight children, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen W. S. Myers, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue five days rations to one woman and two children, destitute citizens at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen W. S. Myers, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue ten days rations to one man and one woman, destitute citizens at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen James Smith, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue seven days rations to one destitute woman at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen James Smith, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue ten days rations to destitute citizens, one woman and one child, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Order from Lieutenant and Assistant Provost Marshal of Freedmen James Smith, on behalf of Colonel O. C. Risdon, to Captain J. P. Schooley, Post Commissary, instructing Schooley to issue rations to destitute citizens, one woman and four children, at Jackson, Mississippi.