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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> | ||
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== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
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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. | This collection covers the years from 1861 through 1866. | ||
*Provost marshals kept records of their activities as the military police | *Provost marshals kept records of their activities as the military police | ||
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These records are usually reliable. | These records are usually reliable. | ||
For a list of records by surnames currently published in the United States, Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866 collection, select the [https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1834304/waypoints Browse]. | |||
=== Citations for This Collection === | === Citations for This Collection === | ||
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When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. | When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. | ||
=== Citation Examples for Records Found in These Collections === | |||
*"United States, Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866." index and images, ''FamilySearch'' ([https://www.familysearch.org]): accessed 8 April 2011. entry for Silas M Donett; citing Provost Marshal Files. Dons-Dov, Image 245; United States War Department. | *"United States, Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866." index and images, ''FamilySearch'' ([https://www.familysearch.org]): accessed 8 April 2011. entry for Silas M Donett; citing Provost Marshal Files. Dons-Dov, Image 245; United States War Department. | ||
*"United States, Union Provost Marshal Filed of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866." index and images ''FamilySearch'' ([https://www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org]): entry for Glen Winchester, prisoner from 16th Tennessee Infantry; Citing Provost Marshal Files, Prisons by Location, Gallatin, Tennessee, through New Orleans, La, varying dates, Image 4; United States War Department. | *"United States, Union Provost Marshal Filed of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866." index and images ''FamilySearch'' ([https://www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org]): entry for Glen Winchester, prisoner from 16th Tennessee Infantry; Citing Provost Marshal Files, Prisons by Location, Gallatin, Tennessee, through New Orleans, La, varying dates, Image 4; United States War Department. | ||
[[Category:United_States|Military]] | [[Category:United_States|Military]] | ||