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Richard M. Corwine to Edwin M. Stanton, Monday, June 09, 1862  (Provost marshal in Kentucky)
William A. Newell to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, December 22, 1862  (Recommends Hiram Walbridge for provost marshal)
Abraham Lincoln to Samuel W. Moulton, Friday, July 31, 1863  (Moulton's removal as provost marshal)
Notice. To prevent misapprehension and to ascertain the facts in relation to drafting, I have had an interview with the provost marshal this morning, and am assured that drafting for a portion of Washington County only has taken place, and that

Notice. To prevent misapprehension and to ascertain the facts in relat...

Civil war - posters. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 124, Folder 31.

James B. Fry to Edwin M. Stanton, Sunday, January 17, 1864  (Removal of provost marshal in Missouri; endorsed by Stanton)
James B. Fry to Edwin M. Stanton, Sunday, January 17, 1864  (Removal of provost marshal in Missouri; endorsed by Stanton)
Joseph L. Stackpole to Benjamin F. Butler, Monday, January 18, 1864  (Conduct of Provost Court in Virginia)
Joseph L. Stackpole to Benjamin F. Butler, Monday, January 18, 1864  (Conduct of Provost Court in Virginia)
Provost Marshals department. Hd. qtrs. Army Potomac

Provost Marshals department. Hd. qtrs. Army Potomac

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, April 18, 1863, p. 245. Possibly Falmouth, Va. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.476) Reference print available... More

James M. Scovel to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, March 05, 1864  (Telegram regarding removal of provost marshal)
Edward Bates to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, November 21, 1861  (Power of the provost judges)
William A. Newell to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, December 22, 1862  (Recommends Hiram Walbridge for provost marshal)
Charles P. Smith to Edwin M. Stanton, Monday, November 07, 1864  (Unauthorized dispatch requesting removal of provost marshal)
Circular. New Iberia, La., April 24, 1863. The generally received impression, that the slaves of this Parish, are free, by force of the presence of the Union army is erroneous ... A. B. Long, Capt., & Provost Marshall, Commanding Post.

Circular. New Iberia, La., April 24, 1863. The generally received impr...

Slavery. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 24, Folder 32a.

Charles A. Dana to George M. Pinney, Wednesday, March 02, 1864  (Commission as provost marshal)
[Quarters of Capt. Harry Clinton, Qt. Mst. of Provost Marshal Dept., Brandy Station, Virginia]

[Quarters of Capt. Harry Clinton, Qt. Mst. of Provost Marshal Dept., B...

Capt. J.R. Coxe, Capt. Harry P. Clinton and two other men posed in camp. Civil War Photograph Collection.

C.C. Harrison, Provost, U. of P.

C.C. Harrison, Provost, U. of P.

A black and white photo of a man with glasses. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Allen Ferry. Copy negative of Provost Guards

Mary Allen Ferry. Copy negative of Provost Guards

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Bergner to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 05, 1864  (Requests removal of provost marshal general of Pennsylvania)
Aquia Creek, Virginia. Captain J.W. Forsyth, the Provost Marshall

Aquia Creek, Virginia. Captain J.W. Forsyth, the Provost Marshall

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a crate. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Missouri Legislature to Missouri Delegation in Congress, Saturday, December 19, 1863  (Petition requesting removal of provost marshals)
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
Charleston, South Carolina. View looking east from the corner of Meeting Street & Broad Street. City Hall in the foreground used as a Provost Guard House

Charleston, South Carolina. View looking east from the corner of Meeti...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Montgomery Blair to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, May 01, 1863  (Recommendations for provost marshal)
Witmer & Brothers and Witmer & Co. to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 29, 1861  (Petition against provost marshal's court)
Witmer & Brothers and Witmer & Co. to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 29, 1861  (Petition against provost marshal's court)
Department of Missouri Provost Marshal, Friday, December 19, 1862  (Special Order)
Department of Missouri Provost Marshal, Friday, December 19, 1862  (Special Order)
Newton Edmunds to William Jayne, Friday, October 30, 1863  (Removal of provost marshal in Dakota; endorsed by Jayne)
State of Missouri. Proclamation by his Excellency, Willard P. Hall, Governor of the State of Missouri. Whereas, the enrolment in the Provost Marshal's Department is very much larger than the actual number of men between the ages of twenty and fo

State of Missouri. Proclamation by his Excellency, Willard P. Hall, Go...

C403c20 13 N. 43.; Rec. Dec. 1, 1943. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 86, Folder 10a.

State of Missouri. Proclamation by his Excellency, Willard P. Hall, Governor of the State of Missouri. Whereas, the enrolment in the Provost Marshal's Department is very much larger than the actual number of men between the ages of twenty and fo

State of Missouri. Proclamation by his Excellency, Willard P. Hall, Go...

C403c20 13 N. 43.; Rec. Dec. 1, 1943. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 86, Folder 10a.

Joseph L. Stackpole to Benjamin F. Butler, Monday, January 18, 1864  (Conduct of Provost Court in Virginia)
Francis H. Peirpoint to Henry M. Naglee, August 14-17, 1863  (Correspondence pertaining to the provost marshal at Portsmouth, Virginia; with copies of Hiram Crosby to Naglee, August 15, 1863; Naglee to Crosby, August 17, 1863 and other documents)
George Bergner to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 05, 1864  (Requests removal of provost marshal general of Pennsylvania)
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
Charleston, South Carolina. View looking east from the corner of Meeting Street & Broad Street. City Hall in the foreground used as a Provost Guard House

Charleston, South Carolina. View looking east from the corner of Meeti...

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Witmer & Brothers and Witmer & Co. to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 29, 1861  (Petition against provost marshal's court)
James M. Scovel to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 08, 1864  (Removal of provost marshal)
In Congress, 27th May, 1778 : Establishment of the American Army. I. Infantry. Resolved, that each battalion of infantry shall consist of nine companies ... II. Artillery ... III. Cavalry ... IIII. Provost ...

In Congress, 27th May, 1778 : Establishment of the American Army. I. I...

Resolutions of the Continental Congress passed May 27-June 2, 1778. Signed: Extracts from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary. Evans 16126 Journals of the Continental Congress, 221 Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylv... More

In Congress, 27th May, 1778 : Establishment of the American Army. I. Infantry. Resolved, that each battalion of infantry shall consist of nine companies ... II. Artillery ... III. Cavalry ... IIII. Provost ...

In Congress, 27th May, 1778 : Establishment of the American Army. I. I...

Resolutions of the Continental Congress passed May 27-June 2, 1778. Signed: Extracts from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary. Evans 16126 Journals of the Continental Congress, 221 Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylv... More

Edward Wallace to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, March 14, 1864  (Telegram concerning provost marshal appointment)
Missouri Legislature to Benjamin Gratz Brown and John B. Henderson, Thursday, December 17, 1863  (Petition recommending appointment of provost marshals)
[Culpeper, Virginia Provost Marshal General Marsena R. Patrick and staff]

[Culpeper, Virginia Provost Marshal General Marsena R. Patrick and sta...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

Henry C. Carey to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, May 02, 1863  (Recommendation for provost marshal)
Robert Smith to Elihu B. Washburne, Sunday, March 29, 1863  (Provost marshal appointment in Illinois; endorsed by Washburne)
Francis H. Peirpoint to Henry M. Naglee, August 14-17, 1863  (Correspondence pertaining to the provost marshal at Portsmouth, Virginia; with copies of Hiram Crosby to Naglee, August 15, 1863; Naglee to Crosby, August 17, 1863 and other documents)
Francis H. Peirpoint to Henry M. Naglee, August 14-17, 1863  (Correspondence pertaining to the provost marshal at Portsmouth, Virginia; with copies of Hiram Crosby to Naglee, August 15, 1863; Naglee to Crosby, August 17, 1863 and other documents)
Abraham Lincoln to Samuel W. Moulton, Friday, July 31, 1863  (Moulton's removal as provost marshal)
View looking East from the corner of Meeting St. and Broad St., Charleston, S.C., City Hall in the foreground, now used as a Provost Guard House

View looking East from the corner of Meeting St. and Broad St., Charle...

Stereograph showing soldiers and a boy in front of City Hall. No. 3111. Part of series: American Views. Popular Series. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative m... More

[Brandy Station, Virginia]. Provost Marshals of 3d Army Corps

[Brandy Station, Virginia]. Provost Marshals of 3d Army Corps

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. 8th U.S. Infantry Provost Guard at headquarters, Army of the Potomac

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. 8th U.S. Infantry Provost Guard at headq...

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Rules of the Provost Court, Military post of Aiken ... September 27, 1867.

Rules of the Provost Court, Military post of Aiken ... September 27, 1...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 173, Folder 19.

Unknown, Monday, September 16, 1861  (Instructions for Washington D.C. provost marshal)
Unknown, Monday, September 16, 1861  (Instructions for Washington D.C. provost marshal)
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
Charles P. Smith to Charles A. Dana, Tuesday, November 15, 1864  (Removal of provost marshal; endorsed by James B. Fry and Edwin M. Stanton)
James B. Fry to Edwin M. Stanton, Sunday, January 17, 1864  (Removal of provost marshal in Missouri; endorsed by Stanton)
Witmer & Brothers and Witmer & Co. to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 29, 1861  (Petition against provost marshal's court)
View of the Provost buildings, Hilton Head, S.C. Discription: Built on the bank of the Broad River, (Port Royal Bay.) The rear building for prisoners. The front building for the Provost Marshall General and assistants, as office rooms / / Photographed by G.T. Lape, photographer, 130 Chatham St., N.Y.

View of the Provost buildings, Hilton Head, S.C. Discription: Built on...

On verso: For sale by E.D. Doolittle, Army, Navy Printing & Photographs, No. 83 Grand St., N.Y. Neg. no. B8184-10378.

Edward Wallace to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, March 14, 1864  (Telegram concerning provost marshal appointment)
Missouri Legislature to Benjamin Gratz Brown and John B. Henderson, Thursday, December 17, 1863  (Petition recommending appointment of provost marshals)
Augustus W. Alexander to Edward Bates, Monday, May 11, 1863  (Seeks appointment as provost marshal; endorsed by Edward Bates to Lincoln, May 19, 1863)
Newton Edmunds to William Jayne, Friday, October 30, 1863  (Removal of provost marshal in Dakota; endorsed by Jayne)
Joseph L. Stackpole to Benjamin F. Butler, Monday, January 18, 1864  (Conduct of Provost Court in Virginia)
Richard M. Corwine to Edwin M. Stanton, Monday, June 09, 1862  (Provost marshal in Kentucky)
Ft. Provost in 1781. - Public domain vintage map

Ft. Provost in 1781. - Public domain vintage map

Scale 1:960; 80 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1589 Available also through the L... More

Fort Provost in 1782. - Public domain vintage map

Fort Provost in 1782. - Public domain vintage map

Scale 1:960; 80 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1590 Available als... More

Headquarters of Provost Marshall, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Headquarters of Provost Marshall, Chattanooga, Tenn.

No. B761. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Provost Marshal's office, First Congressional district, State of Massachusetts. New Bedford, July 13, 1863. The Board of enrollment hereby announces that between the hours of two and four P. M., daily, up to the day when the drafted men are orde

Provost Marshal's office, First Congressional district, State of Massa...

Gift, Mr. L. R. Gifford. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 70, Folder 12.

Edward Wallace to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, May 13, 1863  (Telegram concerning appointment of provost marshal)
[ View of the congregation which includes, at the far right, American University in Cairo Provost Tim Sullivan, AUC President Emeritus John Deuel Gerhart, Laurence Moftah, and AUC Press Director Mark Linz at Ragheb Moftah's funeral], June 18, 2001

[ View of the congregation which includes, at the far right, American ...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
James M. Scovel to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 08, 1864  (Removal of provost marshal)
Joseph L. Stackpole to Benjamin F. Butler, Monday, January 18, 1864  (Conduct of Provost Court in Virginia)
Joseph L. Stackpole to Benjamin F. Butler, Monday, January 18, 1864  (Conduct of Provost Court in Virginia)
In the Provost's Office. Charleston, 1866

In the Provost's Office. Charleston, 1866

Title inscribed below image. Paper preprinted on verso: Headquarters, Post of Charleston, Dept. S.C., PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, Charleston, S.C., 1866. Formerly Waud no. C-59. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-19... More

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Acting provost marshal's office. Boston. Aubust 20, 1862. To all sheriffs, deputy-sheriffs, constables, chiefs of police, and their subordinates, and to all mayors and selectmen. Your attention is respectfully call
[Brandy Station, Virginia Quarters of Capt. Harry Clinton, quartermaster, Provost Guard]

[Brandy Station, Virginia Quarters of Capt. Harry Clinton, quartermast...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

George H. Bragonier to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, September 23, 1864  (Telegram concerning case of Joseph Provost)
Resumption of the draft - inside the Provost Marshal's office, Sixth District - the wheel goes round

Resumption of the draft - inside the Provost Marshal's office, Sixth D...

Blindfolded men drawing names for the draft. N.Y.C. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1863. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4420 O - CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 DRAFT. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
Charles P. Smith to Charles A. Dana, Tuesday, November 15, 1864  (Removal of provost marshal; endorsed by James B. Fry and Edwin M. Stanton)
Missouri Legislature to Benjamin Gratz Brown and John B. Henderson, Thursday, December 17, 1863  (Petition recommending appointment of provost marshals)
[Manassas, Virginia Provost guard of the 9th New York Infantry]

[Manassas, Virginia Provost guard of the 9th New York Infantry]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Confederate winter quarters, 1861-1862.

M. Ange to Provost Marshal of D. C., Tuesday, November 18, 1862  (Alleges that a chaplain is disloyal; endorsed by Salmon P. Chase)
[Brandy Station, Virginia Provost marshal clerks at Army of the Potomac headquarters]

[Brandy Station, Virginia Provost marshal clerks at Army of the Potoma...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Joseph L. Stackpole to Benjamin F. Butler, Monday, January 18, 1864  (Conduct of Provost Court in Virginia)
Edward Bates to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, November 21, 1861  (Power of the provost judges)
Edward Bates to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, November 21, 1861  (Power of the provost judges)
Green Adams to James B. Fry, Saturday, May 16, 1863  (Appointment of provost marshals in Kentucky)
Provost Guard at Headquarters 6th Army Corps, near Hazel River, Virginia, 1864

Provost Guard at Headquarters 6th Army Corps, near Hazel River, Virgin...

No. B284. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Thomas T. Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 23, 1863  (Removal of provost marshal at Syracuse)
Thomas T. Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 23, 1863  (Removal of provost marshal at Syracuse)
Thomas T. Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 23, 1863  (Removal of provost marshal at Syracuse)
George H. Bragonier to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, September 23, 1864  (Telegram concerning case of Joseph Provost)
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