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Murder
Letter from R. Cooper to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 25, 1865
Brandon (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Light Artillery Regiment, 1st
Cooper, D. G.
Cooper, R. H.
Cooper, Richard
Coroners
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Escapes
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Death
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877
Jury
Louisiana
Military Events--Military transfer
Military Status--Draft resisters
Military Status--Military deserters
Mississippi River
Prison Guard
Provost Marshals
Resignation
Rogers, Unknown
Simpson County (Miss.)
Texas
Trial
Wood, Unknown
Yerger, W. B.
Resolution from George Bayliss to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 24, 1864
Appointment to office
Barnes, J. P.
Baylis, George
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbia (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Rape and Sexual Assault
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Threat
Fortenberry, Ivin M.
Hancock County (Miss.)
Hodg, Unknown
Honey Island (La.)
Marion County (Miss.)
Military Events--Invasions
Mississippi. Militia
Secretaries
Summit (Miss.)
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 to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 1, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Cavalry Regiment, 1st (Adams'/Woods')
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Shooting
Crime--Theft
Crime--Treason
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Headquarters, Military
Hightower, Unknown
Hudson, Unknown
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Macon (Miss.)
Mangum, W. H.
Military Status--Military deserters
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Sheriffs
Silver Creek (Miss.)
Spies
Sunflower River (Miss.)
United States. Army
Wood, Robert C. Jr.
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Letter from R. S. Hudson to W. H. Mangum; May 24, 1864
Abolitionists
Adcock, Unknown
Attala County (Miss.)
Barksdale, Unknown
Barrett, Unknown
Benton (Miss.)
Blount, William
Boylan, Unknown
Brazeal, Unknown
Clerks
Coghlan, Theodore
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Conscript officers
Courts
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Squatting
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Death
Disease and illness
Dyer, William
Edinburg (Miss.)
Frederick, James
Gennings, Isham
Gentry, Unknown
Heart, Unknown
Hight, Thomas B.
Holden, John
Holden, Unknown
Horn, Wash
Hudson, Robert S.
Johnson, Unknown
Jones, William
Judges
Lawyers
Leake County (Miss.)
Lewis, Unknown
Mangum, William H.
Mask, Unknown
McCrory, Unknown
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Vicksburg, Siege of, Miss., 1863
Military Status--Military deserters
Mooney, Unknown
Moore, Robert
Neshoba County (Miss.)
Newson, Unknown
Nye, N. G.
Peterson, Unknown
Phillips, James
Plunkitt, Unknown
Scott, Unknown
Smith, Unknown
Spies
Taxation
United States. Army
Unknown, John
Unknown, Ray
Vaughan, Unknown
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Waller, Charles
Waller, William
Ware, Unknown
Williams, Jo.
Williams, Joel
Winston County (Miss.)
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Yazoo River (Miss.)
Letter from William Cerump, H. J. Mason, James Ford, and John W. C. Watson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 16, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Crump, William
DeSoto County (Miss.)
Ford, James
Hill, I. I.
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Looxahoma (Miss.)
Malci, Peter
Mason, H. J.
Mississippi. Militia
Sheriffs
Watson, John W. C.
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 Sheriff G. W. Bradley to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; February 8, 1864
Augusta (Miss.)
Bradley, G. W.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America--Commissary
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Murder
Crime--Theft
Crime--Threat
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Death
Debt relief
Impoverished people
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Military Status--Military deserters
Military Status--Military families
Perry County (Miss.)
Sheriffs
Tax collectors
Taxation
Taxation--Mississippi
Letter from W. Brooke to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 1, 1864
Bennett, Unknown
Brooke, W.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Release
Jordan, Unknown
Lawyers
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Raymond (Miss.)
Trial
Vaughn, H.
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
Affidavit from F. B. Morris; November 8, 1865
Boyd, J. H.
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Death
Hinds County (Miss.)
Justices of the peace
Morris, F. B.
Morris, John J.
United States. Army
United States. Army. Indiana. Cavalry Regiment, 13th
United States. Army. Indiana. Cavalry Regiment, 13th. Company I
Extract of Special Order #26 from General Peter J. Osterhaus; August 14, 1865
Courts
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Gordon, W. A.
Headquarters, Military
Hissong, L. F.
Jackson (Miss.)
Kirkpatrick, W. M.
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Provost Marshals
Rankin County (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Trial
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Special Order No. 26
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--District of Mississippi
Letter from C. A. Seward to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 3, 1865
African Americans
Crime
Crime--Murder
Jackson (Miss.)
Jackson, Unknown
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Judges
Latham, Milton S. (Milton Slocum), 1827-1882
Seward, C. A.
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Department of State
United States. President
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey to General Henry W. Slocum; July 22, 1865
Courts
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Jackson (Miss.)
Jackson, Joseph L.
Judges
Merwin, D. O.
Mississippi. Executive Department
Provost Marshals
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Warren County (Miss.)
Washington County (Miss.)
Letter from J. Warren Miller to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 28, 1865
Crime
Crime--Murder
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Miller, J. Warren
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Stranz, Unknown
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
Young, Unknown
Letter from Lottie Williamson to Van E. Young; June 26, 1865
Bethay, John
Blacksmiths
Brandon (Miss.)
Clubs and Secret Societies
Clubs and Secret Societies--Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Crime
Crime--Murder
Death
Fields, Hugh H.
Grubbs, Peter
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Marion County (Miss.)
May, James
May, William
Miers, Alvin
Physicians
Provost Marshals
Rankin County (Miss.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Simpson County (Miss.)
Walker, Perman?
Williamson, A. D. F.
Williamson, J. M.
Williamson, Lottie
Young, Van, E.
Youngblood, T. A.
Letter from J. G. H. Jones to General Thomas K. Smith; June 23, 1865
African Americans
Alabama
Clinton, James
Coleman, Mrs. Unknown
Crime
Crime--Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Crime--Murder
Crime--Shooting
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Death
Enslaved people
Enslavers
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jones, J. C. H.
Macon (Miss.)
Military Districts--3rd (Miss.)
Mobile (Ala.)
Pepper, Unknown
Pickens County (Ala.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Smith, Thomas K. (Thomas Kilby), 1820-1887
Letter from Mayor W. S. Epperson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; 1865
Crime
Crime--Murder
Crime--Robbery
Epperson, W. S.
Hightower, S. L.
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Mayors
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Mississippi. Militia
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Yazoo City (Miss.)
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Yerger, W. S.
Letter from McClure and Huddleston to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 24, 1861
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Death
Decatur (Miss.)
Disease and illness
Huddleston, James
Jackson (Miss.)
Lawyers
McClure, William A.
Native Americans
Newton County (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Prisons
Letter from John W. Thompson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 16, 1861
Adams, Stephen, 1807-1857
Ambler, D. A.
Chamberlain Miller & Company (Charleston, S.C.)
Charleston (S.C.)
Confederate States of America. Congress
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Death
Ellis, J. B.
Impoverished people
Jackson, B. F.
Lawyers
Legislators
Panola County (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Physicians
Ripley (Miss.)
Thompson, John W.
Trial
Truitt Brothers & Company (Philadelphia, Miss.)
Widows
William Goodrich & Company (Philadelphia, Miss.)
Wright, D. B.
Letter from G. S. McMillan to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; October 16, 1861
Barlow, Unknown
Crime
Crime--Manslaughter
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Death
Gallatin (Miss.)
Lawyers
McMillan, G. S.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Price, Unknown
Letter from James C. Dockery to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 23, 1861
Bass, Hartwell W.
Bass, Jane E.
Courts
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Acquittals
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
DeSoto County (Miss.)
Dockery, James C.
Hernando (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Jury
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
People with disabilities
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Trial
Letter from William Joslin to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 11, 1861
Batesville (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Murder
Guardian and ward
Jackson, Frank
Joslin, Samuel
Joslin, William
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Panola (Miss.)
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Plantations
Planter
Trial
Letter from Sheriff F. P. Pleasants to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 9, 1861
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carrollton (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Status--Fugitives from justice
Donly, Samuel J.
Jackson (Miss.)
Loring, Unknown
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Pleasants, F. P.
Sheriffs
Letter from John W. Thompson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 29, 1861
Buchman, W. R.
Cook, Unknown
Crime
Crime--Murder
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Elbert County (Ga.)
Georgia
Harris, William Littleton, 1807-1868
Judges
Lawyers
Legislators
Marriage
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Prisons
Ripley (Miss.)
Smith, Green
Smith, Melancthon
Thompson, John W.
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