From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William J. Proby in Meadville, Mississippi, requesting arms for the "Franklin Rifles," (Company A, 7th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Wiley P. Harris requesting a pass for C. L. short to join Confederate Captain McLean's company (Company A, 12th Mississippi Infantry) in Union, Tennessee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Westbrook in Starkville, Mississippi requesting the pardon of "Pope and Jacobs."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Cothran in Carrollton, Mississippi, requesting a railroad pass for M. M. Liddell, taking clothes to the 11th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Rodwell in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, seeking to form a company of independent cavalry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. A. Graves in Union City, Tennessee, concerning men who deserted from the "Copiah Horse Guards," (Company B, 4th Mississippi Cavalry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Louisville, Kentucky, by Sterling C. Collingsworth, requesting $1,000 to "aid in uniting the South."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Liberty, Mississippi, requesting permission to encamp the "Liberty Guards," (Company E, 22nd Mississippi Infantry) at Natchez, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel J. Nix in Liberty, Mississippi, requesting arms for the "Liberty Guards," (Company E, 22nd Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert Robson in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, requesting Maynard Rifles for an independent cavalry company.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Tibbee Station, Mississippi, by Robert Muldrow, tendering the services of a company of "Mounted Men."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Patrick Henry on behalf of the Brandon, Mississippi, Committee of Safety, enclosing letter from Doctor John Knowlson, arrested for being disloyal.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. B. Phelps in New Orleans, Louisiana, urging Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to fortify the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Pound Meriman in Mooresville, Mississippi, requesting that the "Mooresville Darts," (Company B, 1st Mississippi Infantry) be mustered into service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary A. Jacobs and Louisa J. Pope in Starkville, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to pardon two men from Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Knowlson to the Brandon Committee of Safety, declining to take the oath of allegiance to the state of Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John H. Miller in Union City, Tennessee, requesting percussion caps and equipment for the "Pontotoc Dragoons," (Company B, 1st Mississippi Cavalry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Woodard in Starkville, Mississippi, requesting the pardon of the husband of "Mrs. Jacobs."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. McDonald requesting the state pay the transportation costs to Virginia of the "Kemper Guard," (Company K, 6th Battalion Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Kellis Store, Mississippi, by J. W. McDonald, requesting a recommendation from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for a staff officer's position.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George H. Lipscomb in Jackson, Mississippi, requesting payment of the "Southern Avengers," (Company E, 10th Mississippi Infantry) for militia duty.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George H. Lipscomb requesting payment for service at Pensacola, Florida, for the "Lowndes Southrons," (Company D, 10th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Aberdeen, Mississippi, concerning a program to buy guns from civilians in Monroe County, Mississippi, and use them to arm soldiers.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. F. Neill in Indian Mound, Mississippi, requesting information on the probable intentions of the United States forces in the Mississippi Valley.
