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{{Record Search article|location=United States|CID=CID1834304|title=United States, Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians 1861-1866 | {{Record Search article|location=United States|CID=CID1834304|title=United States, Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians 1861-1866}} | ||
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==== Style Guide ==== | ==== Style Guide ==== | ||
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== Collection Time Period == | == Collection Time Period == | ||
This collection covers the years from 1861 through 1866. | This collection covers the years from 1861 through 1866. | ||
== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
The collection was digitized from 300 rolls of 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.<br> | The collection was digitized from 300 rolls of 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.<br> | ||
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=== Record Content === | === Record Content === | ||
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Image:Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians Example 1 DGS 4599818 687.jpg | Image:Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians Example 1 DGS 4599818 687.jpg | ||
Image:Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians Example 2 DGS 4599818 870.jpg | Image:Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians Example 2 DGS 4599818 870.jpg | ||
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=== <br>Why This Record Was Created === | === <br>Why This Record Was Created === | ||
*Provost marshals kept records of their activities as the military police | *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 | *Provost courts were established to try civilians who violated military orders as well as military personnel suspected of committing civil crimes | ||
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== Related Websites == | == Related Websites == | ||
How to find civil war records at the [http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/index.html National Archives]<br> | How to find civil war records at the [http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/index.html National Archives]<br> | ||
[http://www.civilwarhome.com/ProvostMarshal.htm The Provost Marshal and the Citizen]<br> | [http://www.civilwarhome.com/ProvostMarshal.htm The Provost Marshal and the Citizen]<br> | ||
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== Sources of This Collection == | == Sources of This Collection == | ||
<!--bibdescbegin-->United States, Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians 1861-1866, database, FamilySearch Record Search (http://familysearch.org); citing United States. War Department, “Union provost marshal's file of papers relating to individual civilians” FHL microfilm, 300 rolls. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah<!--bibdescend--> | <!--bibdescbegin-->United States, Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians 1861-1866, database, FamilySearch Record Search (http://familysearch.org); citing United States. War Department, “Union provost marshal's file of papers relating to individual civilians” FHL microfilm, 300 rolls. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah<!--bibdescend--> | ||