From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Receipt to John H. Echols for $195.00, payment for his services as private secretary to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. M. Thornton in Lake, Mississippi, requesting information about raising a company of cavalry or mounted rifles.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Cothran in Carrollton, Mississippi, concerning a vacancy in the District Attorney's office for District 10.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. B. Johnson in Batesville, Mississippi, requesting an appointment as Army Surgeon for W. B. Hall of Eureka, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Columbus, Mississippi, by Thomas P. Shields, concerning his efforts to raise a battalion of riflemen.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Hillsboro, Mississippi, by Thomas L. Anderson, concerning his efforts to raise a cavalry company in Scott County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jackson, Mississippi, by Thomas A. Mellon, an officer of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry, requesting two cavalry pistols.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Camp Hopkinsville by T. J. Davidson concerning the poor condition of his men and their need for clothing and pay.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Written copy of a telegram Confederate Secretary of War Judah Benjamin to Confederate General C. G. Dahlgren, concerning units to be mustered for coast defense.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Oakland Farm, Mississippi, by Mrs. S. E. Gisham, requesting cloth from which the local Ladies Aid Society can make uniforms.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. Batters in Durant, Mississippi, requesting cloth so that the Durant Ladies Aid Society can make winter clothing for soldiers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Pass Christian, Mississippi, by J. J. Smylie, concerning his appointment as Quartermaster of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. S. Catching at Camp Brookhaven, Mississippi, concerning the formation of a new cavalry company.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Leesburg, Virginia, by O. E. Stuart, concerning William R. Croxton, who deserted from the 18th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. S. Tanner in West Station, Mississippi, concerning commissions for the officers of the 43rd regiment, Mississippi Militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Fort McRee, Florida, by Louis J. Burt, requesting a transfer from the 10th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John M. Jones, Jr. concerning a gun that he wants shipped to Memphis, Tennessee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Bell at the Land Office at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning an examination of funds held by the receiver.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jackson, Mississippi, by James L. Duck, seeking the position of Confederate colonel in a regiment being formed in Marion Station, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. Tolson in Marion Station, Mississippi, concerning the mustering in of new companies for military service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Pleasant Mount, Mississippi, by J. A. Stewart, requesting a passport so that he can join the 12th Mississippi Infantry in Virginia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Iuka, Mississippi, by Henry L. Castille, describing conditions in the 26th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Camp Phillips, Pensacola, Florida, by H. W. McMackin, requesting a transfer to a South Carolina unit in Virginia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richmond, Virginia, by George Washington Custis Lee, concerning an unsettled account by the state of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Greenville, Mississippi, by George Shall, asking that the state arm his volunteer company.
