From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolutions passed by the citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, concerning the need for more men to join the Confederate Army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Barry in Columbus, Mississippi, offering his advice on how best to encourage enlistments for Confederate duty on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Barry in Columbus, Mississippi, concerning the regiment he is raising for Confederate Army service, the 35th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Barry in Columbus, Mississippi, concerning his efforts to raise a Confederate regiment for the Civil War.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William F. Dowd at Camp Quitman in Fernandina, Florida, giving an account of the travels and service of the 24th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Hazlehurst, Mississippi, requesting a passport for Peter Kupperich, who has business in Texas.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Goodman in Holly Springs, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus not to put into effect an order to station bridge burners along the railroad.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas M. Colbert seeking reimbursement for two horses stolen while he was serving as a Confederate soldier in Kentucky.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. G. Harper in Meridian, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that supplies had arrived and that they were ready to receive Confederate companies.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Aberdeen, Mississippi, concerning the possible implementation of a draft and the effects it will have on Confederate Army enlistment.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from N. H. Whitfield in Aberdeen, Mississippi, applying for the position of Quartermaster General of the State of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton in Jackson, Mississippi, concerning payment of sixty-day Confederate troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. L. Strong in Aberdeen, Mississippi, applying for the position of Quartermaster General of the State of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Louisiana Governor Thomas O. Moore in New Orleans, Louisiana, concerning the militia service of foreign nationals.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant William R. Spears in Brandon, Mississippi, requesting recruits for the Confederate 9th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Levin Lake in the Quartermaster's Department in Grenada, Mississippi, requesting camp equipage and tents for Confederate troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. Houghton in Aberdeen, Mississippi, concerning the purchase by the state of Mississippi of local arms owned by the company of Beckett and Tindall.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Rollins, an inmate in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, requesting a pardon for his crimes.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. O'Ferrall in Enterprise, Mississippi, asking if they should make pikes to arm local volunteers for the Confederate Army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Nevett in Natchez, Mississippi, requesting a pardon for Patrick Fitzgerald, an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John A. Avirett, Jr. in Talledega, Alabama, requesting the pardon of David Henderson, convicted of killing an African American.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James N. Stockman in Natchez, Mississippi, requesting cloth so that uniforms can be made for the Tom Weldon Rebels (Company L of the Confederate 44th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Burnett in West Point, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of men who are seeking to avoid Confederate military service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. P. Scales introducing Captain Hammersley, recently drillmaster for the Confederate Starke's Cavalry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Trotter in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, submitting a list of names of those who recommend him to be a Confederate Army surgeon.
