From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Ellistown, Mississippi, requesting that the "Jeff Davis Browns" (Company G, 33rd Mississippi Infantry) be accepted for army service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Pittsboro, Mississippi, recommending R. A. Collins as a drill officer of new troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Rhode in Holly Springs, Mississippi requesting that the governor deny a pardon to to C. Wilson, convicted of burning a cotton gin.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William G. Gill in DeKalb, Mississippi, requesting a position as tax collector of Kemper County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Oxford, Mississippi by William B. Mitchell, offering to sell the state tin and sheet iron for use by the Confederate Army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Arkansas by W. Y. Barnes, a friend of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, telling him about conditions on his farm.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Enterprise, Mississippi, by W. R. Mosely asking for the appointment of assistant surgeon of the 8th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Turner in Turnerville, Mississippi, asking if men enlisted in the state troops can join the Confederate Army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Goodman in Goodman, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he was not part of an effort to defeat the governor at the polls.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. J. Koger in Brooksville, Mississippi, concerning uniforms of the "Noxubee Riflemen," (Company D, 20th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert Middleton in Zion Hill, Mississippi, tendering the services of a company of home guard cavalry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Benton, Mississippi, by Robert L. Hudson, informing the governor of his opposition to his re-election.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Fort McRee, Florida, by R. W. Harris, requesting a transfer to the "Pettus Relief," (Company D, 12th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jackson, Mississippi, by R. D. Block, requesting funds to pay for a movement of Confederate General Charles Gustavus Dahlgren's troops to New Orleans, Louisiana.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Confederate Surgeon General Samuel P. Moore asking that an appeal be made to the women of the state to make hospital supplies.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Okolona, Mississippi, by J. A. Harrison, the local postmaster, requesting aid in obtaining back pay from the postal department.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. B. Phelps in New Orleans, Louisiana, concerning the Confederate Privateer J. O. Nixon, describing the battle it fought at Horn Island Pass, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from N. F. Scales in Crawfordville, Mississippi, concerning winter clothing for the "Prairie Guards" (Company E, 11th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Hazlehurst, Mississippi, from the mother of W. K. Deason, requesting his discharge from the Confederate Army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. A. Banks in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, requesting funds to return members of the "Westville Guards" (Company B, 16th Mississippi Infantry) to Virginia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lucy E. Banks in Clinton, Mississippi, asking if the state will provide cloth to the Ladies Military Aid Society to make winter clothing.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. Haughton in Aberdeen, Mississippi, concerning the appointment of drill officers to new brigades.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. E. Hill in Okolona, Mississippi, requesting Maynard Rifles for a company of soldiers being formed.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. E. Hill in Okolona, Mississippi, concerning a dispute over monies owed to the "Chickasaw Rangers," (Company H, 11th Mississippi Cavalry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Dees in Neshoba County, Mississippi, requesting pardon of a prisoner.
