From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the soldiers of the 5th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Camp Harris near Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for relief for their families.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the planters of Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning mistreatment of their enslaved people who had been impressed to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. R. Johnson at Holmesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he is exempt from militia duty because he is the coroner of Pike County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. L. Lowry, Captain of the Pettus Rangers, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the alleged murder of Colonel J. H. Miller by United States Army soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Love, a soldier in the Confederate Army, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to provide his family with clothing.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain Thomas Stillwell in Marshall County, Mississippi, to Colonel McGuirk asking to remain on the Coldwater River so that he can capture some horses for his men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. B. Sykes at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for an appointment for his son, E. Turner Sykes. Moved to Box 25880.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. Henry at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus listing the names of the enslaved people impressed to work on the railroad bridge across the Big Black River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. P. Anderson at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Colonel Micajah Frazar as an impressment agent for enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. Davis at Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him that Colonel John H. Miller was killed at Ripley by United States Army Colonel Fielding Hurst's men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from N. W. Stegars at Smithville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining about a man who is charging high prices for goods.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Major Van F. Swearingen, commanding officer of the Amite County, Mississippi, militia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving a report on enslaved people impressed to work at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Major O. P. Anderson at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his efforts to impress enslaved people to work on the Big Black River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Keegan, Lieutenant Colonel of the Lawrence County Battalion at Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Adjutant General Jones S. Hamilton concerning enslaved people sent to work at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Devereux at the Headquarters of Smith's Division at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the treatment of a sick enslaved person working on the fortifications at that place.

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 reporting that he will have two or three companies organized at Port Gibson in the next few weeks.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John A. Binford at Duck Hill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that doctor P. W. Peeples be transferred to the Army of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives, Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' private secretary, to Confederate General G. G. Rains, head of the Bureau of Conscription, concerning men serving in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James C. Rogers at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning demoralization of the men serving in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Wallace, a member of Wither's Light Artillery, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a discharge as he is a miller.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. C. Robinson at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending that he accept the resignation of Captain D. Muzzard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Samuel J. Gholson at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus confirming he was coming to Jackson, Mississippi, for his appointment to the rank of Major General of State Troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi militia Brigadier General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the trade in contraband between Memphis, Tennessee, and North Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a court-martial for deserters captured by his command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning military movements in the 4th District.