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United States. Army--Officers
Letter from Colonel L. Houghton; May 30, 1865
Barksdale, Unknown
Commissioners
Confederate States of America. Treasury Department
Haughton, L.
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, Unknown
Leslie, Unknown
Macon (Miss.)
McAfee, Madison
Miller, J. Warren
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Mississippi. Quartermaster Department
Moore, J.
Osband, E. D.
Pattison, D. S.
Salt contractors
Sprote?, H. D.
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
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.)
Letter from Superintendent Robert Kells to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 2, 1865
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Butchers (Persons)
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Commercial agents
Confederate States of America--Draft
Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. War Department
Criminal Procedure--Writ of Habeas Corpus
Emancipation and self emancipation
Enslaved people
Enterprise (Miss.)
Gardeners
Handy, Unknown
Hospitals
Hospitals--Employees
Justices of the peace
Kells, Robert
Mental illness
Mississippi. Militia
Mississippi. State Hospital
Poindexter, Unknown
Stewards
Superintendents
Supervisors
Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Washburn, C. C. (Cadwallader Colden), 1818-1882
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 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
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
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 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
Special Order No. 14 from Lieutenant Colonel P. Jones York; August 10, 1865
Clark, C. B.
Criminal Procedure--Arrest
Headquarters, Military
Jack, J. N.
Police
Port Gibson (Miss.)
Provost Marshals
United States. Army
United States. Army. Special Order No. 14
Yorke, Patton Jones
Petition to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 22, 1865
African Americans
Bishop, John J.
Chairperson
Chickasaw County (Miss.)
Columbus (Miss.)
Crime
Crime--Robbery
Gordon, W. A.
Headquarters, Military
Historically free and newly freed African Americans
Hubbard, Unknown
Ingate, F.
Jackson (Miss.)
Johnson, M. S.
Krause, A. J.
Lacey, W. S.
Memorialization
Moriarty, J.
Okolona (Miss.)
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Physicians
Plantations
Planter
Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873
Shearer, Thomas B.
Tucker, Unknown
United States. Adjutant-General's Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 108th
United States. Army. Colored Troops
United States. Congress
Waller, Unknown
Washington (D.C.)
Wheakley, Elisha
Wounds and injuries
The Tenth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum; October 1, 1864
Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888
Allen, William H.
Barrows, D. N.
Bennett, Thomas
Brady, M.
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Crime
Crime--Destruction of property
Crime--Theft
Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, 1822-1905
Death
Disease and illness
Evacuations
Evacuations--Jackson (Miss.), 1863
Ferries
Ferries--Messenger's Ferry (Miss.)
Hobbs, H.
Hospitals
Jackson (Miss.)
Julienne, S.
Kells, Robert
Laborers
Langley, W.
Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908
Marriage
Matrons
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
Mental illness
Merchants
Messenger, Mrs. Unknown
Military Engagements
Military Events--Military occupation
Military Events--Raid
Mississippi. Legislature
Mississippi. State Lunatic Asylum
New Orleans (La.)
Physicians
Poindexter, W. R.
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Railroad
Robinson, John W.
Schools
Secretaries
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Sizer, J. S.
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
Stewards
Stow, Anna
Superintendents
Teachers
United States. Army
United States. Army. Cavalry
Vicksburg (Miss.)
West, Absalom Madden, 1818-1894
Letter from Captain J. Warren Miller to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; May 20, 1865
Clark, Charles, 1811-1877
Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America. Army. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office
Jackson (Miss.)
Miller, J. Warren
Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882
Special Orders No. 7 from General J. A. Maltby; June 3, 1865
Appointment to office
Commissioners
Gleason, J. T.
Gordon, W. A.
Headquarters, Military
Hubbard, S. A.
Jackson (Miss.)
Maltby, Jasper Adalmorn, 1826-1867
Miller, J. Warren
Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
Osterhaus, Peter, 1823-1917
Provost Marshals
United States. Adjutant-General’s Office
United States. Army
United States. Army. Special Order No. 7
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