From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W[illiam] L[owndes] Yancey at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus declining to speak at Jackson as he must get to Richmond, Virginia, as soon as possible.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Barry in Montgomery, Alabama, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to call for a convention of the state of Mississippi, to be held on March 25, 1862.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William M. Strickland in Iuka, Mississippi, asking how many Confederate troops will be sent to Holly Springs, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Batte at Brandon, Mississippi, to Madison Mcafee seeking a travel pass to Memphis, Tennessee for his son-in-law.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. McQuiston at Waynesboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking an appointment as drill master for a regiment.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mayor Lazarus Lindsey in Vicksburg, Mississippi, introducing Dr. Charles J. Hester, on a mission to aid sick and wounded Confederate soldiers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. W. Caskey at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the hospital for soldiers in Oxford.
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 concerning the procurement of knapsacks.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert Josselyn in Richmond, Virginia, confirming that Confederate President Jefferson Davis has received Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus's letter regarding Confederate Colonel Winston.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert Bowman at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the state can provide cannons to an artillery company being raised in the county.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. R. Chilton at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a pass to visit New Orleans, Louisiana.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. C. Crumm in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, requesting an appointment as a clerk in Mississippi state government.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mark P. Lowrey in Corinth, Mississippi, concerning his progress in raising a Confederate regiment, the 32nd Mississippi Infantry, for the war.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. J. Bujue in New Orleans, Louisiana, concerning the need for coal blast charcoal for making cannon.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant Jackson at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting M. Edwards be made commissary of his regiment.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Mellon in Pass Christian, Mississippi, requesting state muskets for the Confederate 3rd Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lewis Pipes, suggesting that Mississippi adopt the draft to bring more men into the Confederate Army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph R. Davis, aide-de-camp to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, concerning a furlough for Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus's son.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Ambrose in Richland, Mississippi, concerning the lack of men left in Holmes County, Mississippi, to form another Confederate military company.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Stewart, a British citizen, in Rodney, Mississippi, asking if it is legal to force him to serve in the Confederate military.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Hicks at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have Lafayette Wilson discharged for being underage (Company C, 41st Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives in Macon, Mississippi, requesting pistols for his company, Confederate Company F of the 1st Mississippi Cavalry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. Hawkins in Hawkins Mills, Mississippi, concerning the men of the Confederate 20th Mississippi Infantry who avoided capture at Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. C. Holmes at Winstonville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have the local wool-carder exempted from military service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Chrisman in Meridian, Mississippi, concerning Confederate companies at Meridian waiting to be formed into a regiment.
