From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from a Mississippi woman to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for clothing for Mississippi soldiers serving outside of the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from members of a local militia unit at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, protesting that they are being ordered out of their home county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William B. Mitchell at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting an appointment as a quartermaster in a militia regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Cothran at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing Mr. Haggie, who is in Jackson, Mississippi, trying to obtain salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Sworn statement from Thomas Weldon and J. McFarland at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for men to be detailed to help build a warship.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas Reede at Montgomery, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a reward for John Clark, an escaped criminal.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. D. Morgan in Summit, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning local citizens trading with and spying for the United States forces in the area.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. C. Grey at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for a suspension of a forfeiture of property against a man serving in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Susan Cuncliffe and Emily Povall in Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that their husbands be discharged from the military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Davis in Aberdeen, Mississippi, requesting that Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus recommend Mr. Houston for a military commission.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert Richardson in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if county treasurers are exempt from military duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. C. Foster at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing Thomas Grayson, who was seeking an appointment as a Confederate Tax Collector.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. M. Hove at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Martin Luther Smith, concerning the use of steamboats to transport salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. D. Brown at New Prospect, Mississippi, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus declare a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Jackson, Mississippi, appointing D. S. Pattison a salt agent for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Martin Flynt in De Soto County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concering a horse stolen by a member of Captain Bowen's Company of Mississippi State Troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel C. F. Hamer in Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need to keep militia in the county to control enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Leroy Hammond at Kilmichael, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to write the Confederate War Department concerning a transfer for his sons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John D. Bush in Prairie Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for permission to make corn whiskey to sell to the Confederate Army for medical purposes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Fant in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting a military exemption for David Lawman.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Drane at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing F. M. Burgess, who is seeking salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Patton at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting 1,000 tents for the Confederate soldiers stationed at Vicksburg.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. McDonald at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the state of Mississippi furnishing salt to local citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. G. Carroway in Crawfordville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to trade cotton for salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. E. Taliaferro at Oakland, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the discharge from the militia of Mr. Keith.