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Prisoners
Letter to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 22, 1864
Alabama
Alabama. Governor
Blacksmiths
Carriage and wagon making
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Coley, Unknown
Commissioners
Coopers
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Jackson (Miss.)
Jails
Laborers
Mills
Montgomery (Ala.)
Prison Guard
Salt contractors
Selma (Ala.)
Simonton, John M.
Teamsters
Watercraft
Watercraft--Admiral (Steamer)
Watts, T. H. (Thomas Hill), 1819-1892
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Atkinson, A. M.
Attala County (Miss.)
Boards of Police
Bullock, Richard
Campbell, J. A. P.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Dodd, Allen
Duland, J. W.
Ferguson, James A.
Grand jury
Hammond, E. M.
Hemphill, John B.
Hudson, Robert S.
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Lawyers
Lucas, J. C.
Madison County (Miss.)
Malony, A.
Mosley, R. J.
Ousley, Nixon
Pharmacists
Physicians
Probate courts
Probate law and practice
Ricketts, A.
Riley, John
Sallis, J. D.
Sanders, E. B.
Scarborough, J. W.
Selling--Liquors
Sheriffs
Shumaker, J. M.
Taylor, J. N.
Thorton, Thomas
Trial
Wallace, J. H.
Westbrook, B.
Williams, James L.
Young, W. J.
Letter from William McWillie to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 10, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Attala County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Columbus (Miss.)
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Disease and illness
Distillation
Distilleries
Grand jury
Jails
Judges
Kirkwood (Miss.)
Lawyers
McWillie, William
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
Letter from T. J. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Bibb, Unknown
Canton (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Death
Disease and illness
Distillation
Jails
Kirkwood (Miss.)
Mitchell, T. J.
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Attala County (Miss.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Distillation
Distillers
Hudson, Robert S.
Jails
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Madison County (Miss.)
Pharmacists
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
Young, W. J.
Letter from J. A. P. Campbell to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 8, 1865
Anderson, E. H.
Campbell, J. A. P.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Judges
Kosciusko (Miss.)
Lawyers
Madison County (Miss.)
Military Events--Military leaves and furloughs
Pharmacists
Physicians
Selling--Liquors
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 J. W. Clapp to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; December 5, 1864
Alabama
Alabama. Governor
Clapp, J. W.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commercial agents
Confederate States of America. Produce Loan Office
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Forgery
Crime--Fraud
Grenada (Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
Meador, W. H.
Sample, J. A.
Trial
Letter from Captain S. S. Angevine to Sheriff R. T. Portwood; November 17, 1864
Angevine, S. S.
Confederate States of America. Army
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Grenada (Miss.)
Headquarters, Military
Portwood, R. T.
Sheriffs
Sunflower County (Miss.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 5, 1864
African Americans
Bancroft, Annie R.
Bancroft, Mary G.
Bannacastle, C. C.
Brooks, Eliza
Cale, Julia
Campbell, Jaba A.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Release
Fike, Georgiana A. E.
Fowler, L. A.
Hales, Bettie
Hales, Mary
Hamburg, Louise
Harrington, Margaret
Hassez, S. E.
Impoverished people
Jones, Burwell
Killingsworth, F. E.
Killingsworth, J. A.
Lewis, Mary E.
Lockhart (Lauderdale County, Miss.)
Macon (Miss.)
McLemore, Susan
McMahan, S. A.
Mclonnell, S. E.
Military Status--Military families
Miller, A. R.
Miller, C. H.
Monk, Anna
Mosely, Amanda
Mosely, Lizzie
Mosely, Martha
Null, Salley C.
Obrink, M.
Obrink, Martha
Page, E. C.
Page, M. J.
Pegford, A. J.
Pegford, Lizzie K.
Prisons
Radford, Fannie
Radford, Mary
Radford, Samanthy
Railroads--Employees
Ratsburger, L. M.
Ratsburger, Louise
Shackle, Caroline
Tanner, Sarah
Thomas, Jane
Thomas, Narsissus
Tradespeople
Wright, C. L.
Letter from B. F. Hammon to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 19, 1864
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Columbus (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Hammon, B. F.
Military Events--Recruiting and enlistment
Missouri
Superintendents
United States. Army
Letter from S. B. Hartley to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 13, 1864
Boards of Medicine
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commissioners
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Grenada (Miss.)
Hartley, S. B.
Macon (Miss.)
Mayors
McLean, R. D.
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Military Events--Blockade
Military Events--Military discharge
People with disabilities
Shearon, T. R.
Under Review
United States. Army
Watkins, L. A.
Wounds and injuries
Letter from M. G. Moore to Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts; August 1864
Alabama
Alabama. Convict Labor
Alabama. Executive Department
Alabama. Governor
Alabama. Legislature
Alabama. State Penitentiary (Wetumpka, Ala.)
Baker, A. C.
Brown, Unknown
Columbus (Miss.)
Cotton factors
Courts
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Inspectors
Jackson (Miss.)
Mechanics
Mississippi Convict Leasing
Mississippi. Executive Department
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Moore, M. G.
Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867
Physicians
Prison Guard
Prison wardens
Prisons
Rice, J. M.
Rice, Unknown
Saxon, L. P.
Shorter, John Gill, 1818-1872
Under Review
Watts, Thomas Hill, 1819-1892
Wetumpka (Ala.)
Williams, Thomas
Letter from Lieutenant D. W. Lamkin to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 30, 1864
African Americans
Alabama
Burrus, Unknown
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke County (Miss.)
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Light Artillery Regiment, 1st
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Light Artillery Regiment, 1st. Battery I
Crime
Crime--Arson
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Criminal Procedure--Release
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Enterprise (Miss.)
Haynes, M. D.
Jails
Judges
Lamkin, D. W.
Lawyers
Macon (Miss.)
Marriage
Military Status--Military families
Mobile (Ala.)
Opelika (Ala.)
Quitman (Miss.)
Sheriffs
Tupelo (Miss.)
United States. Army
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wards, Unknown
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 19, 1864
Aikin, W. R.
Amos, M. I.
Bishop, W. C.
Carothers, A. M.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 27th
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Theft
Criminal Procedure--Charges and specifications (Courts-martial)
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Convicted
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Fort, L. A.
Gibson, W. W.
Gillispie, George
Glenn, W. H.
Graves, I. S.
Griffith, J. C.
Hefflin, A. G.
Hogan, C. A.
Jury
Maddox, George
Manning, James Douglass
Maxwell, A. J.
McKill, James
Miller, C. F.
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Montgomery, A. D.
Montgomery, C. R.
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Owens, M. E.
Perkins, W. F.
Perry, Josiah
Randle, James R.
Rogers, E. W.
Seller, T. G.
Simpson, B. M.
Stroud, J. H.
Thornton, John
Trial
Unknown, J. R.
Walker, Henry
Ward, William
Wilder, R. A.
Letter from William B. Smith to Judge Acker; May 18, 1864
Acker, Unknown
Chisom, Westly
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Criminal Procedure--Release
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Judges
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Morgan, Unknown
Smith, William B.
Letter from Joel M. Acker to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark with enclosed petition; May 21, 1864
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Acker, Joel M.
Adams, Robert S.
Beene, R. O.
Boards of Police
Chism, Wesley
Chism, Westly
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Clarke, D.
Clerks
Confederate States of America. Army
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Larceny
Criminal Procedure--Clemency
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Indictments
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Criminal Procedure--Pleading
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Davis, R.
Dillingham, H. M.
Edde, M. P.
Grand jury
Holliday, John
Houston, Lock C.
Impressment
Impressment--War Material
Judges
Kendall, R. P.
Kilpatrick, Unknown
Lawyers
Love, C.
Macon (Miss.)
Mississippi. State Penitentiary (Jackson, Miss.)
Monroe County (Miss.)
Morgan, Lucian
Perry, I. W.
Public prosecutors
Robert, H. C.
Sheriffs
Short, J. C.
Simms, J. B.
Smith, N.
Smith, William B.
Spratt, H. D.
Tindall, J. L., Jr.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
Vernon, J.
Wallace, E. R.
Waltin, J. C?.
Webb, W. T.
Whitfield, O. H.
Williams, T. W.
Letter from Alabama Governor Thomas H. Watts to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 4, 1864
Alabama
Alabama. Executive Department
Alabama. Governor
Alabama. State Penitentiary (Wetumpka, Ala.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Montgomery (Ala.)
Prison wardens
Strong, Unknown
Watts, T. H. (Thomas Hill), 1819-1892
Petition from E. E. Lee to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 28, 1864
Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888
Adjutants
Alabama
Atwood, C. M.
Bounse?, William
Calvert, Adam
Chisolm, J. E.
Chisolm, L. M.
Chisolm, M. G.
Chisolm, W. W.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army--Adams and Lowry's Brigade
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 5th
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 5th. Company I
Crau, E?. M.
Crime
Crime--Treason
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Curtis, J.
Davis, Thomas
Demopolis (Ala.)
Floyd, J. E.
Fulton, J. E.
Galloway, W. S.
Gully, Phil H.
Harbor, Abner
Harbour, David
Harbour, John
Harbour, M. R.
Harrell, William
Headquarters, Military
Jackson, Marten
Jackson, Needham
Jimmenson, John M.
Johnson, C. F.
Johnson, Thomas R.
Jones, Albert
Joyner, M. G.
Kemper County (Miss.)
Lee, A. J.
Lee, E. E.
Love, Robert J.
Macon (Miss.)
McCraw, J. W.
McNeel, R. L.
Messengers
Military Engagements
Military Engagements--Vicksburg, Siege of, Miss., 1863
Military Events--Prisoner Exchange
Military Status--Military families
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Physicians
Pitts, J. W.
Plantations
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Poole, F. M.
Poole, R. P.
Poole, S. M.
Pope, G. T.
Robertson, G. W.
Robertson, Joseph
Robinson, H. C.
Sanderson, J. M.
Spinks, Enoch
Strange, John
Swearinger, W. B.
Tinsley, Burnell
Tinsley, J. Freg?.
Totes, Unknown
Under Review
Vance, George
Vicksburg (Miss.)
White, H. D.
Winham, S. S.
Winthorn, B. B.
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 from J. J. Fitzpatrick to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 3, 1864
African Americans
Alabama
Cahaba (Ala.)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Davis, Henry C.
Fitzpatrick, J. J.
Harnes, E. J.
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Meridian (Miss.)
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Montgomery, W. E.
Provost Marshals
United States. Navy
Watercraft
Watercraft--Eastport (Gunboat)
Ration return; August 19, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Parole
Jackson (Miss.)
Military Status--Prisoners of war
United States. War Department
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department
Ration return of Lieutenant James H. Smith; August 25, 1865
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Grenada (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Prison Guard
Risdon, O. C.
Smith, James H.
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Artillery Regiment, 5th
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 50th
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 52nd
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. War Department
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department
Ration return of Lieutenant James H. Smith; August 11, 1865
Crime
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Disease and illness
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hospitals
Hospitals--Employees
Jackson (Miss.)
Military Status--Military families
Prison Guard
Risdon, O. C.
Smith, James H.
United States. Army
United States. Army--Commissariat
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 52nd
United States. War Department
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department
Ration return of Lieutenant James H. Smith; August 11, 1865
Criminal Status--Imprisoned people
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Jackson (Miss.)
Prison Guard
Risdon, O. C.
Smith, James H.
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. War Department
United States. War Department. Subsistence Department
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