From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt from Lange and Sumerall to the state of Mississippi for payment of monies due for the purchase of acid by the Geological Survey of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Patton in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to borrow Mississippi rifles for a company of soldiers being raised for the army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Barry in Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Nathan B. Kennedy of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, for a militia commission.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William L. Towner Nashville, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a commission in the Army of Mississippi. (Company E, 6th Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Nugent to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus urging the Governor to recruit Irish levee workers in Washington County, Mississippi, into the army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William A. Hicks in Vicksburg, Mississippi, who resigned his commission at the U.S. Naval Academy, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a position in the army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William A. Hicks and Robert Davis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to proposing to raise a company in Warren County, Mississippi, for the army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. McCallen in Handsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining that the "Coast Rangers" had not been mustered into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. B. Washington in Indian Bay, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a surgeon's position in the Confederate Army for his brother James.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. A. Winston, cousin of Pettus, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a position in the Southern Army as surgeon for doctor Jas. Washington.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel J. Randell in Marion Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Dr. George W. Broach for a surgeon's position in the army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. Wier in Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor the "Enterprise Guards" had been mustered. (Company B, 14th Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. C. Dease in Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a pardon for David Rives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad L. J. Fleming to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting aid in building a telegraph along the rail lines.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Nelson in Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the induction of Tennessee volunteers into the Army of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. A. P. Campbell in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a surgeon's appointment for Dr. C. B. Galloway.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. J. Ranney to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing resolutions of the New Orleans, Jackson, and the Great Northern Railroad offering to ship troops and arms for free.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi militia General Isaac M. Patridge to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the militia will be called to active duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. M. Rogers in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms and orders for the "Monroe Guards." (Company E, 14th Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. Barksdale in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Dr. George F. Mellen for a position in the army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Derosey Carroll to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a commission for his son, Charley.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles Y. Murphy in Durant, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a position as surgeon in a Mississippi regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Abner Robertson in Pittsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pardon for his son, Thomas S. Robertson convicted of "stealing" an enslaved person.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Paxton in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a reply to a previous letter sent to Pettus.