From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Sworn declaration from Samuel Redus that he and his son are needed at home to operate the family tanning business.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolution from L. Julienne at the Board of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum requesting the appropriation authorized for the institution.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus asking to shut down the stills in Pontotoc and Tippah Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking an exemption from Confederate military duty for W. H. Potts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the citizens of Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking the release of Dr. D. M. Perkins from military duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus at Grenada, Mississippi by an unnamed party conscripted into the Confederate Army asking if he can have a substitute go in his place.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Barry at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking permission to keep his regiment at West Point, Mississippi (35th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William N. Brown at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking a new command as his regiment was captured at Fort Donelson, Tennessee (20th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Wall, Confederate Adjutant of the 12th Mississippi Infantry at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting a position at a camp of instruction.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Love at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the mustering in of the "Kemper Fencibles," (Company K, 43rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Champlain at Handsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus warning Pettus of people along the coast who are trading with United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel Thomas W. White to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking soldiers for the 9th Mississippi Infantry to make good the losses in the regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. W. Caskey at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the adminstration of hospitals for soldiers in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert McLain at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the outbreak of disease in his regiment (37th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Davis at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning L. T. Gallaway, a Quartermaster who seeks to purchase military equipment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Davis at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus introducing Confederate Captain James F. White (Company I, 2nd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. L. Watson and Lawrence Johnson at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting authority to raise a partisan company and operate against United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. M. Gibbs at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking a pardon for "Young Collins."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John T. Shirley at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the constructing of rafts for the defense of the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John G. Blackwill and James A. Gunning at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking military exemptions for themselves and their employees.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joel Gulledge at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting a passport.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Maury at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking an exemption for "Mr. Garrett," overseer for Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys plantation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant James Gordon at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning Unionists in Marion County, Alabama (2nd Mississippi Cavalry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. Barton and W. B. Shelby at Richmond, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting that Dr. N. R. McGaughy be exempted from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Hutton and Freligh, printers, at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning a job to print currency for the state of Mississippi.