From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Richardson at the Briarfield Arsenal in Columbus, Mississippi Hunt to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning attempts to force employees into the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Preston Johnston at Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus sending the ""gratification"" of President Jefferson Davis for the successful defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William M. Pardue to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have the owners of the local tannery released from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William J. Reed at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a commission as an artillery officer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Letter from W.R. Stewart to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a local citizen who has sold supplies to the Union Navy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. K. Easterling, an officer in the 46th Mississippi Infantry, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting documents for use in his court martial.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Garland at Summit, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning men of his command who were conscripted by the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Goodman, the President of the Mississippi Central Railroad Company, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the repayment of debts owed to the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel N. Delany and J. T. Simms in Coahoma County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for armed troops to defend the county from expected United States Army invasion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. V. Clark at Society Ridge, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting an exemption from militia duty to protect and care for his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. Bowles at McNutt, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to create a guerrilla company in Sunflower County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Oliver Fields to R. D. Powell concerning Oliver's desire to get out of the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General Braxton Bragg at Tupelo, Mississippi, concerning a United States Army attack on Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Milton Brown, President of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a loan made to the company by the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. D. Johnson at Elm Grove, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Captain Brown, who wants to establish a company of independent state aides.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Thomas Johnson at Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the release of shoe shop employees from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. J. Wilson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning salt for sufferers in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and among the Mississippi soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. A. Philips at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning techniques for welding iron.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John N. McRee at Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting the release of Levi Coleman, the local blacksmith, from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John H. Sims at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Captain J. F. Harris of the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Seales at Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a petition to be forwarded to Confederate General Earl Van Dorn.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James F. Mister at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a position on the Governor's personal staff.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. L. Deupree at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting as drill instructor for the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Wheat at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Nathan Bunckley of Franklin County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. T. Beard and W. T. to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting exemption from militia duty to work in their tanning business.