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{{Record Search article|CID=CID1834304 |title=United States, Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians 1861-1866|CID2=CID1845948 |title2=United States, Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866|location=United States}}<br> | {{Record Search article|CID=CID1834304 |title=United States, Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians 1861-1866|CID2=CID1845948 |title2=United States, Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866|location=United States}}<br> | ||
== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
The collection was digitized from microfilm and is arranged alphabetically by the first two or three letters of the surname. It consists of correspondence, provost court papers, lists of transportation permits, claims for compensation for property used or destroyed by military forces, affidavits, oaths of loyalty and other lists. Although the records were kept by the Union Army, they primarily deal with information about confederate citizens and union citizens who were suspected of supporting the confederate cause. itary police of the Union army. They dealt with a wide range of individuals including those who were suspected of disloyalty or of giving aid to the enemy, who violated military orders, were prisoners, were authorized to travel in or to enter the Confederate states, and others. During the war each division, brigade, and corps of the Union Army had a provost marshal. | The collection was digitized from microfilm and is arranged alphabetically by the first two or three letters of the surname. It consists of correspondence, provost court papers, lists of transportation permits, claims for compensation for property used or destroyed by military forces, affidavits, oaths of loyalty and other lists. Although the records were kept by the Union Army, they primarily deal with information about confederate citizens and union citizens who were suspected of supporting the confederate cause. itary police of the Union army. They dealt with a wide range of individuals including those who were suspected of disloyalty or of giving aid to the enemy, who violated military orders, were prisoners, were authorized to travel in or to enter the Confederate states, and others. During the war each division, brigade, and corps of the Union Army had a provost marshal. | ||
This collection covers the years from 1861 through 1866. | |||
*Provost marshals kept records of their activities as the military police | |||
*Provost courts were established to try civilians who violated military orders as well as military personnel suspected of committing civil crimes | |||
These records are usually reliable. | |||
=== Citations for This Collection === | === Citations for This Collection === | ||
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