Registers of Letters Received
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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content: Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 2: Office of the Staff Officers / 2.2: Assistant Inspector General
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 2.2.1
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content: Archival materials
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content: The two volumes of registers of letters received, March–November 1865 and August–February 1866, 1 (279) and 2 (280), are arranged by time period. The entries in volume 1 (279) are arranged chronologically; those in volume 2 (280) are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of the surname of the correspondent and thereunder chronologically. Volume 1 (279) also contains a register of criminal cases maintained by the judge advocate of the District of Vicksburg for the period March–May 1865, and volume 2 (280) contains a register of civil cases of the provost court that was maintained by the judge advocate of the district for the same period. Volume 2 (280) also contains endorsements sent by the assistant inspector general for the period August–December 1865.