From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Printed Special Orders No. 474 from Assistant Adjutant General Edward D. Townsend, by order of the United States Secretary of War, stating that Private Wiley Wade of the 1st Battalion, Cavalry, Mississippi Marine Brigade, will be released from confinement at the Missouri State Penitentiary and given a dishonorable discharge.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of W. H. Munroe, manager of the United States Military Telegraph at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting rations to be issued for employees of the United States Military Telegraph Corps at Jackson. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, 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 First Lieutenant Sanford T. Odell, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment of the 17th Ohio Light Artillery 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 First Lieutenant Sanford T. Odell, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment of the 7th Ohio Light Artillery 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 Phil Hammond, requesting rations to be issued to Company E of the 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery. 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 W. H. Munroe, manager of the United States Military Telegraph at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting rations to be issued for one operator employed by the United States Military Telegraph Corps at Jackson. 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. Letter from William M. Pollan, a veteran of the 1st Mississippi Mounted Rifles (United States), at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, regarding Pollan's election as probate judge and the organization of the militia in Choctaw County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of a surgeon of the 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for use by nurses and patients at the post hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, 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 requesting seven days rations to be issued to 107 women, destitute citizens, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting one days rations to be issued to twenty eight women, destitute citizens, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting ten days rations to be issued to one hundred and seven women, destitute citizens, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting rations to be issued to eight men from Company K of the 50th United States Colored Infantry en route to join their command at Goodman, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, 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 requesting rations to be issued for two men of Company H of the 50th United States Colored Infantry at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, 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 requesting eleven days rations to be issued for two enlisted men of the 50th United States Colored Infantry, on special duty working on the railroad at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District 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 requesting rations to be issued to fifteen enlisted men of the 50th and 52nd United States Colored Infantry Regiments on duty at Headquarters as orderlies and messengers at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, 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 requesting rations to be issued for enlisted men on duty at Post Headquarters as orderlies 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 requesting seven days rations to be issued for three men and twenty-three women, destitute citizens, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting thirteen days rations to be issued for hands employed on the Southern Railroad at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District 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 requesting two days rations to be issued for fourteen paroled prisoners at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting five days rations to be issued for enlisted men of the 50th, 52nd, and 53rd United States Colored Infantry Regiments on special duty as orderlies and messengers at Sub-District Headquarters at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District 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 requesting ten days rations to be issued for two men and twelve women, destitute citizens, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting ten days rations to be issued for a detachment of bridge builders working on the Southern Railroad at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District 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 requesting ten days rations to be issued to two men on detached duty at Post Headquarters 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 requesting five days rations to be issued to a detachment of enlisted men from the 50th, 52nd, and 53rd United States Colored Infantry Regiments on special duty as orderlies, messengers, and cooks at Sub-District Headquarters at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District 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 requesting twenty-one days rations to be issued to a company of soldiers of the 10th Indiana Cavalry en route to their regiment stationed at Goodman, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.