From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Hardy at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Confederate Colonel Brown asking if the "Defenders" will be called into service (Company H, 16th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. L. Poindexter at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus asking if the "Sunflower Guards" will be called into service (Company I, 21st Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Walter Goodman at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus informing Pettus that men and war materials would be transported at half the usual rate.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. E. Simpson at Burnsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting commissions for the "Burnsville Blues," (Company E, 17th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Barbour at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting payment for expenses involved in setting up "Camp Davis" in the city.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Tom F. Pettus at Morton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the transfer of John F. Sumner to Confederate Captain Pettus' company (Company H, 20th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas Wiggin in Caledonia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking the Governor for help in relieving the debts of the poor in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas C. Rhodes at Pass Christian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting arms for a local defense company to help protect the coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. Vaughn Noland at Bovina, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting arms for the "Warren Greys," (Company H, 21st Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel B. Carson, a Methodist minister in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Pettus declare a day of fasting each month.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. H. Smith at Burnsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus asking if the "Burnsville Blues" will be ordered into the field (Company E, 17th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. Y. Cooper in Laurel Hill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the services of the "Scotland Guards," (Company K, 5th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain P. B. January in Rodney, Mississippi, of a local vigilance committee to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the recent alleged African-American uprising.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Otho R. Singleton at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus asking when the "Confederates" will be ordered into the field (Company C, 18th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. E. C. Kent to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting discharge of her son, Z. M. Kent from the "Hamer Rifles," (Company D, 18th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus writing an order of transportation for two men joining the "University Greys" in Virginia (Company A, 11th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus in Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate General Gideon Pillow concerning two cannon sent to the General that belonged to Dr. McDowell of Missouri.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus to Confederate Colonel Brown authorizing Confederate Captain Collins to travel to Water Valley, Mississippi, on the railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary Jane Stevenson at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting aid in visiting her husband, a member of the "Vicksburg Artillery," serving in Florida.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Major Charles Clark at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for drill officers at the camp of instruction.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph M. Jayne at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus granting Mr. John F. Sumner permission to transfer to Confederate Captain Pettus' company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain John R. Duval of the "Plentitude Invincibles," to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering their services to the state (Company I, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John H. Miller at Pontotoc, Mississippi, asking if troops will be tendered through the Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus to the Confederate government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Dickerson at Fair River, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a man, Jasper Coon, who has "expressed himself as being a free soiler."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Phelan at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the pardon of a Mr. Hefflin, allegedly convicted of passing counterfeit coins.