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Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Printed Special Orders No. 474 from E. D. Townsend; September 4, 1865
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1862)
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1862). Company A
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Release
Gratiot Street Prison (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Missouri
Morgan, J. M.
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
United States. Army. Special Order No. 474
United States. War Department
Washington (D.C.)
Printed Special Orders No. 474 from E. D. Townsend; September 4, 1865
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1862)
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi. Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1862). Company A
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Release
Jefferson City (Mo.)
McWilliams, John
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Missouri
Missouri. State Penitentiary (Jefferson City, Mo.)
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
United States. Army. Special Order No. 474
United States. War Department
Washington (D.C.)
Blank form from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; 1865
Appointment to office
Jackson (Miss.)
Mississippi. Secretary of State
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Blank form; Undated
Criminal Procedure--Pardon
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
United States. Secretary of State
List; Undated
Adams County (Miss.)
Allen, Sylvester J.
Ames, Charles B.
Archer, James
Attala County (Miss.)
Beazley, F. A.
Bell, Jesse V.
Bishop, W. C.
Boone, Barton B.
Boyd, A. J.
Boyd, Rasselas
Brooke, James W.
Bryan, Tillman
Bunkley, Nathan
Bush, R. T.
Calhoun County (Miss.)
Carker, J. L.
Carnes, E. S.
Carr, David
Carroll County (Miss.)
Carson, John A.
Chestnut, A. M.
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Chrisholm, W. W.
Claiborne County (Miss.)
Clarke County (Miss.)
Coahoma County (Miss.)
Cole, George W.
Conley, S. C.
Copiah County (Miss.)
Cullins, C.
Darden, Putnam
De Soto (Miss.)
Deason, William M.
Dockery, Henry
Dockery, Thomas C.
Dodson, W. H.
Dowd, A. S.
Duncan, John
Duncan, T. D.
Dunn, Paul
Eason, William P.
Edwards, Madison
Emly, W.
Farley, Porterfield
Fleming, Robert J.
Forbes, W. H.
Fowler, E. R.
Franklin County (Miss.)
Gillenwaters, Joel
Gillenwaters, John E.
Green, A. M.
Hall, Hiram
Hamilton, Thomas D.
Hancock, Will
Hanson, John A.
Harper, James W.
Harris, C. G.
Harris, George E.
Harrison, Thomas J.
Harvey, Samuel P.
Hatch, B. L.
Hawkins, H. J.
Haynes, William A.
Haynie, Ephraim F.
Hillhouse, E. B. M.
Hinds County (Miss.)
Hollford, Moses G.
Holmes County (Miss.)
Holmes, Francis
Holt, James S.
Hoskins, Erastus
House, J. F.
Howard, H. H.
Huckaby, S.
Irwin, S. D.
Jackson County (Miss.)
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Johnson, A. B.
Jones, W. H.
Kemper County (Miss.)
Kimball, A. N.
Lauderdale County (Miss.)
Leachman, Robert E.
Leake County (Miss.)
Lee County (Miss.)
Lewis, A. J.
Lipsey, E. J.
Loughridge, Jacob A.
Lowndes County (Miss.)
Lucas, O.
Mack, Hamilton
Madison County (Miss.)
Magee, William K.
Marshall County (Miss.)
Marshall, Benjamin T.
McAmis, James
McCalla, Frank E.
McCarkle, John W.
McDonald, A. W.
McHenry, E. A. J.
McMullen, J. W. M.
McNeace, Samuel B.
Metts, M. A.
Miller, James M., Sr.
Miller, William C.
Millsnaps, Uriah
Monroe County (Miss.)
Montgomery, P. K.
Montgomery, S. P.
Moore, C. C.
Moore, P. W.
Moorman, George
Morphis, J. L.
Morris, Joshua S.
Mosely, Elisha
Murphey, Charles T.
Murphy, C. E.
Myers, George P.
Nelmes, M.
Nelson, W. A.
Niles, Jason
Noxubee County (Miss.)
Oktibbeha County (Miss.)
Orr, J. A.
Payne, William L.
Peyton, Ephraim G., Jr.
Peyton, M. H.
Peyton, M. M.
Pontotoc County (Miss.)
Potters, Sampson
Prewitt, James M.
Pulliman, J. T.
Redus, Luther W.
Richardson, Richard
Richardson, T. G.
Robinson, L. B. F.
Rush, B. T.
Sanders, D. W. S.
Sanders, E. H.
Scafe, James H.
Shuttle, Abner
Simrall, H. P.
Smith, David C.
Spencer, Smauel A.
Sproales, E. P.
Stiles, E. H.
Taylor, S. J.
Thomas, J. Harry
Thompson, William
Tippah County (Miss.)
Tishomingo County (Miss.)
Townsend, William T.
Tupper, T. C.
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. Constitution
United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Wadsworth, W. R.
Warren County (Miss.)
Wasson, Alexander
Wasson, David
Wasson, John A.
Wasson, N. C.
Wasson, W. J.
Wells, E. A.
West, C. F.
West, W. A.
Wiley, George
Wilkinson County (Miss.)
Winston County (Miss.)
Wood, Robert W.
Yazoo County (Miss.)
Young, Samuel
Printed copy of telegram from General E. R. S. Canby to General G. K. Warren; May 30, 1865
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Christensen, Christian T. (Christian Thomsen), 1832-1905
Davidson, John W., 1825-1881
Natchez (Miss.)
New Orleans (La.)
Speed, Frederic
Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company--United States Military Telegraph Office (Washington, D.C.)
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882
Letter from Captain J. Warren Miller to Z. A. Philips; May 31, 1865
Alabama
Alabama. State Salt Works
Commissioners
Jackson (Miss.)
Meridian (Miss.)
Miller, J. Warren
Mississippi. State Salt Works
Philips, Z. A.
Salt contractors
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Letter by Frederic Speed containing copy of order from General E. R. S. Canby to Brigadier General E. D. Osband; May 20, 1865
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Osband, E. D.
Speed, Frederic
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from Captain J. Warren Miller to Captain Frederick Speed; June 1, 1865
Davidson, John W., 1825-1881
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Military Districts--2nd (Miss.)
Military Districts--3rd (Miss.)
Miller, J. Warren
Mississippi. Commissioner of State Lands
Money, B. F.
Natchez (Miss.)
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Speed, Frederic
Under Review
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Vorl, C. M.
Washington (Miss.)
Yeomans, Unknown
Letter from J. W. C. Watson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; June 17, 1865
Appointment to office
Baltimore (Md.)
California
Confederate States of America--War Dissenters
Confederate States of America. Congress
Conventions
Conventions--Maryland. Constitutional Union National Convention (1860)
Conventions--Mississippi. Special Convention (1851)
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Legislators
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Newspaper editors
Newspapers
Political Parties--Union and Southern Rights Party (Miss.)
Political elections
Political elections--Election of 1860
Politicians
Secession
United States. President
Watson, J. W. C.
Letter from Captain J. P. Schooley to Captain J. Warren Miller; June 19, 1865
Big Black River (Miss.)
Jackson (Miss.)
Miller, J. Warren
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Railroad
Risdon, O. C.
Schooley, J. P.
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army--Commissariat
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 52nd
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 66th
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Ziegler, George Milton
Printed circular from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 3, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Amnesty
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Mississippi. Executive Department
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Legislation. General Amnesty Act (1865)
United States. Department of State
United States. Secretary of State
Washington (D.C.)
Letter from Major A. A. Hosner to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; July 25, 1865
Brandon (Miss.)
Casper, J. O.
Courts
Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885
Headquarters, Military
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Smith, J. M.
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. War Department
Legal Document from George T. Swann; September 25, 1865
Appointment to office
Billgerry, Joseph
Clerks
Commissioners
Cotton gins and ginning
Courts
Courts--Chancery Courts
Jackson (Miss.)
Jefferies, James
Jefferson County (Miss.)
Judges
Lawyers
Livingston, Samuel
Plantations
Purcell, Edward
Rodney (Miss.)
Sheriffs
Steer, John H.
Superintendents
Swann, George T.
Printed Special Order No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General E. D. Townsend; September 4, 1865
Blackwell, Aaron
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Release
Jefferson City (Mo.)
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Missouri
Missouri. State Penitentiary (Jefferson City, Mo.)
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
Under Review
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army--Commissariat
United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
United States. Army. Special Order No. 474
United States. War Department
Washington (D.C.)
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
Printed Special Orders No. 16 from J. Warren Miller; July 3, 1865
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Miller, J. Warren
Mississippi. Treasury Department
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Pearl River (Miss. and La.)
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Special Order No. 16
Printed Special Orders No. 474 from E. D. Townsend; September 4, 1865
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Criminal Procedure--Release
Jefferson City (Mo.)
Military Events--Military discharge
Military Status--Prisoners of war
Missouri
Missouri. State Penitentiary (Jefferson City, Mo.)
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
Under Review
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army--Commissariat
United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
United States. Army. Special Order No. 474
United States. War Department
Wade, Wiley
Washington (D.C.)
Certificate of loyalty for Charles B. Ames; July 3, 1865
Ames, Charles B.
Confederate States of America--War Dissenters
Confederate States of America. Oath of Allegiance
Judges
Macon (Miss.)
Noxubee County (Miss.)
Provost Marshals
Secession
United States. Army
United States. Army. Indiana. Infantry Regiment, 26th
Wheatley, William M.
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 W. H. Harvey to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; August 12, 1865
Choctaw County (Miss.)
Clerks
Courts
Courts--Circuit Courts
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Robbery
Criminal Procedure--Execution
Greensboro (Miss.)
Harvey, W. H.
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Letter from Major R. S. Moore to Lieutenant E. Weakley; August 13, 1865
Aberdeen (Miss.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Gillespie, A. J.
Headquarters, Military
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Gilbert Marquis LaFayette
Moore, R. S.
Okolona (Miss.)
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Strong, W. A.
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Indiana. Cavalry Regiment, 13th
Weakley, E.
Letter from Colonel Samuel Thomas to J. D. Collier; July 22, 1865
Aldridge?, Stuart?
Collier, J. D.
Commercial agents
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment
Eviction
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Lawyers
Plantation overseers
Plantations
Prison Guard
Scott, Unknown
Thomas, Samuel, 1840-1903
United States. Army
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
United States. War Department
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Printed form letter from Assistant Adjutant General W. A. Gordon; July 27, 1865
Crime
Crime--Arson
Crime--Theft
Gordon, W. A.
Headquarters, Military
Impoverished people
Jackson (Miss.)
Judges
Mississippi. Treasury Department
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Swann, G. T.
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel P. Jones York to C. H. Clark; August 8, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Crime
Crime--Affray
Headquarters, Military
Port Gibson (Miss.)
Yorke, Patton Jones
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