From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Barksdale, Quartermaster General of Mississippi Militia, submitting a report on monies spent by his department.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt to Dr. Eugene Woldemar Hilgard, Mississippi State Geologist, for thirteen dollars and ten cents from the firm of Ward and McClellan in Memphis, Tennessee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Zachariah Booth in Laurel Hill, Mississippi, requesting Harper's Ferry rifles for the "Scotland Guards," (Company K, 5th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Warrington, Florida, by W. W. Wilkins, Jr., serving in the Quitman Light Artillery, requesting transfer to an infantry regiment.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Aberdeen, Mississippi, by W. L. Sykes, requesting a furlough to join the 14th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Sample in Kilmichael, Mississippi, requesting aid in recovering a gun that a Jackson, Mississippi, gunsmith refuses to return to its owner.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Raymond, Mississippi, by Thomas S. Dabney, stating he has added Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' name to the list of people who have pledged cotton bales.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. W. Hollis in Vicksburg, Mississippi, asking if a company of mounted riflemen would be armed by the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. S. Starnes in Linden, Mississippi, asking if state troops can be ordered to serve outside the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. C. Plater in Choctaw County, Mississippi, requesting arms for a home guard.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert H. Smith in Edwards, Mississippi, concerning a plan to raise money to buy uniforms for soldiers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jasper M. Peeler, postmaster in Camargo, Mississippi, concerning the replacement of a letter carrier.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. A. Pierce in Shieldsboro, Mississippi, requesting that Confederate Captain Deason's company be stationed at Shieldsboro. (Company G, 3rd Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. G. Beaman, a member of the State Legislature from Winston County, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he had moved out of the county.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General David E. Twiggs at New Orleans, Louisiana, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that Ship Island, Mississippi, had been evacuated.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Verona, Mississippi, by M. G. Anderson requesting a "Stay Law" on deeds of trust, preventing such debts from being collected.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Newtonville, Mississippi, by Jefferson Warbington, requesting a book on military tactics.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Bankston, Mississippi, by James M. Wesson, owner of a textile mill, concerning the purchase of clothing by the state of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Huddleston in Pass Christian, Mississippi, tendering the services of the "Piney Woods Rangers" for the defense of the seacoast.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mobile, Alabama, by James C. Rupert, seeking to raise a company for Wirt Adams Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James A. Graham in Williamsburg, Mississippi, tendering the services of a company for the state militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Smylie concerning a plan to buy guns from Europe and bring them into the Confederacy through Mexico.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Smylie concerning a transfer to General Charles G. Dahlgren's brigade of state troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Kirksey in Crawfordsville, Mississippi, suggesting that a tax be levied to pay for heavy winter clothing for Mississippi soldiers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Raleigh, Mississippi, by J. D. W. Duckworth, proposing to raise a company for the defense of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
