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Mules
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 24, 1865
Alabama
Augustus, W. B.
Beasley, William
Bush, E. T.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Congress. Legislation. Impressment Law (1863)
Connor, W. M.
Cunningham, J. M.
Dupree, Daniel
Farmers
Farris, Eugene
Foote, H. W.
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Ivy, B.
Kemper County (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
McDavid, John J.
Neshoba County (Miss.)
Noxubee County (Miss.)
Noxubee River (Miss.)
Pickens County (Ala.)
Planter
Prairie (Miss.)
Ross, William C.
Winston County (Miss.)
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.
Incomplete letter from C. A. Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 15, 1865
Alabama
Baldwyn (Miss.)
Burnsville (Miss.)
Cherokee (Ala.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Corinth (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Demopolis (Ala.)
Eastport (Miss.)
Fitzhugh, Unknown
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Headquarters, Military
Hill, Unknown
Impoverished people
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Judges
Legislators
Macon (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Physicians
Railroad
Railroad--Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company
Railroad--Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Railroads--Employees
Rienzi (Miss.)
Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1838-1898
Ross, Unknown
Starvation
Taylor, C. A.
Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Tuscumbia (Ala.)
Under Review
United States. Army
Verona (Miss.)
Sworn statement from Green T. Hill and J. F. Brown to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 14, 1864
Brown, P. F.
Caruthers, R. A.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Columbus (Miss.)
Eggleston, Edward C.
Hill, Green T.
Impressing Agents
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Judges
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Mississippi. Auditor of Public Accounts
Mississippi. Executive Department
Probate courts
Sheriffs
Letter from T. P. Ware to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 1, 1864
Adjutants
Augusta (Miss.)
Brandon (Miss.)
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clinton (Miss.)
Collecting of accounts
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Davis, Amos
Depots
Deputize
Enslaved people
Georgia
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
Jackson (Miss.)
Law Offices
Law Offices--Ware & Smith, Attorneys at Law (Brandon, Miss.)
Lawyers
Maxey, Unknown
Meridian (Miss.)
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Grierson's Cavalry Raid, Miss., 1863
Mississippi. High Court of Errors and Appeals
Provost Marshals
Raymond (Miss.)
Sheriffs
Simpson County (Miss.)
Under Review
United States. Army
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Ware, T. P.
Watts, A. B.
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Letter from H. R. Ware to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 2, 1864
Adjutants
Appointment to office
Armstead, Unknown
Banks, M. A.
Barlow, C. C.
Brandon (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 39th
Copiah County (Miss.)
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Davis, Amos
Death
Deputize
Georgia
Headquarters, Military
Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908
Macon (Miss.)
Maxey, W. P.
Meridian (Miss.)
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Military substitutes
Provost Marshals
Sheriffs
Simpson County (Miss.)
Ware, H. R.
Watts, A. B.
Copy of order from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Dent, William
Impressing Agents
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Lucas, W. B.
Macon (Miss.)
McHenry, S.
Mississippi. Auditor of Public Accounts
Mississippi. Executive Department
Copy of order from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 1864
Barton, T. P.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Dismukes, E.
Impressing Agents
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Lawyers
Lucas, William B.
Macon (Miss.)
Mississippi. Auditor of Public Accounts
Mississippi. Executive Department
Letter from Sheriff E. C. Eggleston to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 28, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Battalion, 6th
Confiscations
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Dailey, William O.
Donnell, Levi
Eggleston, E. C.
Harper, Frank
Headquarters, Military
Justices of the peace
Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Mabry, H. P.
Macon (Miss.)
Mississippi. Executive Department
Perkins, W. J.
Sheriffs
Trial
Letter from A. B. Watts to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 30, 1864
Acre, Robert
Adjutants
Ainsworth, Unknown
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 12th. Company L
Confiscations
Cooper, D. G.
Davis, Amos
Deputize
Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Kersh, Unknown
Maxey, William P
Mendenhall, T. L.
Military Events--Military elections
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Draft resisters
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion. Reserves (Peyton's)
Myers, Unknown
Neely?, Unknown
Peyton, E. A.
Probate courts
Sheriffs
Simpson County (Miss.)
Watts, A. B.
Westville (Miss.)
Letter from W. M. Haley to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 30, 1864
Blythe, Andrew K.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 36th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 44th
Confiscations
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Deason, John B.
Gallatin (Miss.)
Haley, W. M.
Little, Jefferson James
Macon (Miss.)
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Military Status--Military deserters
Military training camps
Pearce, C. B.
Peyton, E. A.
Planter
Police
Wren, Unknown
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 20, 1864
African Americans
Beulah (Miss.)
Bolivar County (Miss.)
Bureti, L. D.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Fields, Eldin?
Gayden, Frank
Harris, John Woods
Impoverished people
Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908
Lorry, G. G.
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Events--Military occupation
Montgomery, W. E.
Owens, Unknown
Perkins, Lewis Dan.
Physicians
Plantations
Price, William
Shelby, M. D.
Shelby, W. B.
Shelly, Thomas N.
Sisson, Niles
Torrey, Unknown
United States. Army
Watercraft
Watson, J.
Letter from J. Alex Ventress to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 6, 1864
Allen, Henry Watkins, 1820-1866
Butcher Shops
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Military Service (Branch Unspecified)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Congress
Cotton gins and ginning
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Death
Dillon, Edward, 1835-1897
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Factories
Impressment
Judges
La Grange (Miss.)
Louisiana
Louisiana. Governor
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--New Orleans, Capture of, La., 1862
Military Engagements--Whale Wars (American Civil War)
Military Events--Raid
Military Status--Military families
Mississippi River
Mississippi. Executive Department
New Orleans (La.)
Planter
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Scott, Unknown
Sheriffs
Taxation
Taxation--Confederate States of America
Taxation--Mississippi
United States. Army
Ventress, James Alexander, 1805-1867
West Feliciana Parish (La.)
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Woodville (Miss.)
Letter from Captain W. E. Montgomery to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 26, 1864
African Americans
Beulah (Miss.)
Bolivar (Miss.)
Bolivar County (Miss.)
Campbell, Jimy
Charles, Unknown
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Draft
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Threat
Curry, Unknown
Disease and illness
Frank, Unknown
Grenada (Miss.)
Helena (Miss.)
Homeless persons
Hushpuckena (Miss.)
Illinois
Iowa
Labun Bayou (Miss.)
Lake Bolivar (Miss.)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Military Events--Invasions
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Military substitutes
Mississippi River
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion, 2nd
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Battalion, 2nd. Reserves
Mississippi. Treasury Department
Montgomery, Mary
Montgomery, W. E.
Osburne, Unknown
Plantations
Refugees
Speculators
Tennessee
Topp, R.
Under Review
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment
Unknown, Dickey
Washington County (Miss.)
Watercraft
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Letter from Captain Henry E. Williamson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 20, 1863
Burkhalter, C. P.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Quartermaster
Cox, S. J.
Dandridge, P. B.
Fisher, A.
Hall, John A.
Headquarters, Military
Hill, John B.
Hoover, E.
Impressing Agents
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Jamenson, C. R.
Jones, B. A.
Kilgore, Bell
McGuirk, John
Military training camps
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. Militia. Cavalry Regiment, 3rd
Panola (Miss.)
Richmond, E. S.
Shive, Allen
Turner, R. H.
Williamson, A. S.
Williamson, Henry E.
Letter from A. M. Rankin to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 26, 1863
Alabama
Brandon (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
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. Congress. Legislation. Impressment Law (1863)
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
Hardin, A. M.
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Louisiana
Mayors
Tennessee
Ration return of Lieutenant M. A. Sweet; August 1, 1865
Jackson (Miss.)
Mann, E. S.
Risdon, O. C.
Sweet, M. A.
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 53rd
United States. War Department
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department
Ration return of Lieutenant J. S. McHarg; July 27, 1865
Jackson (Miss.)
McHarg, J. S.
Risdon, O. C.
United States. Army
United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
United States. War Department
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department
Letter and list from Matilda Sharkey to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 4, 1865
Brownsville (Miss.)
Carriage and wagon making
Cotton gins and ginning
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Theft
Enslaved people
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Gristmills
Headquarters, Military
Impoverished people
McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Orphans
Plantation overseers
Sharkey, Matilda
Sharkey, Unknown
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States. Army
United States. Congress
Widows
Letter from J. M. Smith to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 29, 1865
Adjutants
African Americans
Appointment to office
Barnes, S. D.
Brandon (Miss.)
Commissioners
Cooper, S. A.
Courts
Crime
Crime--Theft
Donaldson, R. S.
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Haines, Unknown
Hammond, Unknown
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson (Miss.)
Klein, Samuel D.
Lawyers
Mississippi. Supreme Court
Native Americans
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Planter
Proctor, Unknown
Rankin County (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Smith, J. M.
Trial
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. General Order No. 40
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. President
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from Thomas A. Cocke to President Andrew Johnson; September 28, 1865
African Americans
Arsenals
Arsenals--Rock Island Arsenal (Ill.)
Attorneys General
Bailey, J. S.
Caraher, A. P.
Charleston (Miss.)
Cocke, Mrs. Thomas A.
Cocke, Thomas A.
Collecting of accounts
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 29th
Cothron, Unknown
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Debt relief
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Fisher, Unknown
Illinois
Impoverished people
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Military Events--Capitulations, Military
Military Status--Veterans
Provost Marshals
Schaffner, Louis
Secession
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tate, Thomas S.
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
United States. Army
United States. President
Letters from E. Pickett, [Sr.], and E. Pickett, Jr., to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 13, 1865
Brown, A. S.
Confederate States of America. Army
Georgia
Grenada (Miss.)
Judges
Memphis (Tenn.)
Pickett, Edward, Jr.
Pickett, Edward, Sr.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Tennessee
United States. Army
Letter from C. S. Whitcomb to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; 1865
Holmes County (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Maltby, Jasper Adalmorn, 1826-1867
Military Events--Raid
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Vicksburg (Miss.)
West's Station (Miss.)
Whitcomb, C. S.
Letter from Z. A. Philips to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 28, 1865
Carriage and wagon making
Harness making and trade
Jackson (Miss.)
Lawyers
Macon (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Philips, Z. A.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
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