From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers of the Probate Court of Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that Edmund H. Bristow be exempted from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from Scott County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the discharge of Isaiah Roberts from the militia, as he is the local shoemaker.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William J. Brent in Holmsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for exemption from militia duty as he was an overseer for several local families.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter Letter from W. Goodman, President of the Mississippi Central Railroad, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for men to supply fuel for the trains.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas W. Harris in Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting an exemption from militia service by his overseer Irwin T. Hancock.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Roberson in Hickory Flat, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking permission to raise a company of cavalry for service in the Mississippi State Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sheriff D. McCormick of Jefferson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have his deputy, E. L. Tenney, exempted from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Confederate Secretary of War James A. Seddon in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the exemption of Dr. J. L. Pluckett of Carthage, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. H. Clark in Attalaville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning enslaved persons who were impressed from their enslavers to work on the fortifications at Grenada, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. F. Street in Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an exemption from the Confederate draft for Mr. Bradley, register of the land office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. F. Smurr in Ebenezer, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking exemption from militia duty as he runs a school.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert W. Wood, Confederate Assistant Quartermaster General for the 3rd Brigade at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an exemption for Sidney C. Whitmore.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. G. Keller, Confederate Quartermaster of the 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Militia, at Milldale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the lack of money to buy supplies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. B. Park in Cotton Gin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, recommending Samuel Gholson to command a Confederate cavalry brigade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lee Fleming, the Chief Engineer of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the transportation of corn for private purposes on the railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John M. Ellis in Smith County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an exemption from Confederate military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Handy in Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have Robert Williams exempted from militia duty to work as overseer on the plantation of Mrs. Davis.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Government Agent John C. Miller in Port Hudson, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that enslaved persons be sent to work on the fortifications at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James F. Armstrong, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for an exemption from Confederate military service because of physical disability.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Hopkins in Jones County, Mississippi, sending Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus a copy of the board of police minutes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Quartermaster J. L. Foote in Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning payment of G. N. Seidlitz, a member of the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Powell in Ellisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his work as Provost Marshal for Jones County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Cochran in Daleville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his discharge from the Confederate Army for a disability.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. F. Smith in Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking permission to raise a militia unit for the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. F. H. Claiborne in Shieldsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have D. C. Stanley of Gainesville, Mississippi, released from militia duty.