From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W[alter] Goodman at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing resolution that Governor work to keep railroad employees from enlisting.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W[alter] Goodman at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing Pettus of the work done to prepare for casualties from a large battle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William M. Stickland at Iuka, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending that troops not be quartered at Holly Springs, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Stevenson at Dekalb, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a position in the Confederate Army as a commissary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. G. Beck at Wahalak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a contract to make pikes for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms and equipment for his company (Company D, 37th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. B. Smart at Terry's Depot, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the men who were enlisting for service on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. D. Magee at Williamsburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the acceptance of his company for service (Company B, 6th Mississippi Battalion).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. G. Harper at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing Pettus of the companies set to arrive in camp.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. G. Harper at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing Pettus that Captain Ogletree's and Captain Rogers' companies had been mustered.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. B. Sykes at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a position in the Confederate Army for his son Walter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard F. Harrison in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting payment for gun repair work done for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. R. Webb at McCall's Creek, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting an officer to muster his company into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Patrick McCalebb at Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for the appointment as commissary of Colonel Barry's regiment (35th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Captain Block requesting transportation for Captain Hall and his company from Canton, Mississippi, to Grenada, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Martha S. Boddie to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to donate her diamonds to help pay for a gunboat at New Orleans, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L[ucius] Q. C. Lamar at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Dr. A. B. Branham as an assistant surgeon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant J. W. Nunn at Gholson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking transportation for his men of the 14th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Ratliff at Verona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for a draft to get more men into the Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John J. Dillard at Gainesville, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a commission as surgeon or assistant surgeon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John G. Devereux at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning troops assigned to the defense of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that his company be transferred to General Ruggles (Company F, 1st Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Frost at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he can muster into military service men not organized into companies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. L. Bradford at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning problems in obtaining food for his company (Company F, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Williams at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to make gun locks for the state of Mississippi.