From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that F. Moore be allowed to stay at his post in Brandon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the members of Captain E. B. Howell's company of state militia at Duck Hill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to be sent home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers of the 3rd Mississippi infantry, state troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that their old brigade commander be restored to duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Board of Police of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning orders passed by that body.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Z. Pepper at Deasonville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that his son in poor health be allowed to stay at home and not have to serve in the military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Cunningham in Summit, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for a discharge from the militia, as he is a British citizen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. W. Bell at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his mules and wagon, which were confiscated by Captain Weatherall's company of militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. G. Haynes, a deserter from the 16th Mississippi Infantry at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a commission in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. E. Casteel in Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, who was seeking a discharge from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. Hudson at Benton, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that United States Army soldiers were attempting to bypass Vicksburg, Mississippi, via Lake Providence and the Red River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John T. Hodge in Satartia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to raise a horse company so that he can avoid being drafted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John J. Coulson in Fayette, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a torpedo he invented to blow up railroad locomotives.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John J. Cook, a Justice of the Peace in Newton County, Mississippi, at Chunky Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if he is exempt from the draft.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John C. Humphreys at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a cavalry regiment he was attempting to raise in Claiborne County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James N. Boyce in Greenville, South Carolina, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning bonds issued by the state of South Carolina.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. Y. McNeal of the board of Police of Sunflower County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, stating that William C. Gibson had been elected Justice of the Peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Powell at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning furloughs in the 3rd Mississippi Regiment, state troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. T. Simms in Woodstock, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing doctor J. A. Warren of Coahoma County, Mississippi, who was seeking a Confederate Army commission.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Anderson at Tredegar Arsenal in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing a bill for artillery tools and ordnance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. J. Dalton, postmaster in Dalton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his being drafted into the Mississippi State Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General Richard Winter of the militia in Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning James H. Alford, who was seeking a discharge from the service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General John C. Pemberton at Vicksburg, Mississippi, asking that the Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus impress 300 enslaved people to work on fortifications along the Yalobusha River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. N. Holliman in Augusta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing John Fairley.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. C. Chandler in Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that Mr. O. McCarty be exempted from military service as he is needed for an overseer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Frederick G. Smith at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for permission to raise a cavalry company.