From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Statement from Thomas L. Carter that the bacon he has purchased in solely for the use of the employees of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Mansscill at Smithville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his son's petition for a discharge from the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William M. Campbell at DeKalb, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to sell his weed's patent sewing machine to the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Rankin at Fordsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a smuggling ring moving cotton to the United States in New Orleans, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. W. Ham to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus detailing the organization of Harris' Battalion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. H. Perkins, a Confederate soldier in the 19th Mississippi Infantry at Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Mississippi John Jones Pettus seeking to raise a company in North Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. L. Adams at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing the resignations of the officers of his company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. L. Adams and the officers of a company at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus stating their inability to raise enough troops to make the unit effective.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to H. L. Jarnagin concerning purchasing officers exceeding their authority by forbidding the sale of goods to citizens.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary Waldrop at Tupelo, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that her son, Elias Waldrop, be released from the penitentiary to join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. G. Wilkinson at Williamsburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a passport to travel to Georgia to buy cotton and wool cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. E. Norris at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be appointed a commissioner to determine the price of provisions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lucretia Curtis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that her husband be detailed home to help hunt for deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from First Lieutenant P. G. Norman in the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning public approval of desertion from the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. Letitia A. Andrews at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that her husband in the militia be sent home to manage the family plantations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John McGuirk, acting Chief of cavalry in the 5th Military District, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for the discharge papers of R. H. Hayley.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John McGuirk, acting Chief of cavalry in the 5th Military District, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him of his progress in raising a cavalry regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John G. Chew at Millican, Texas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing a letter to his father in Holly Springs, Mississippi. (Letter not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John E. Warmack, a soldier in the 21st Mississippi Infantry at Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Mississippi John Jones Pettus seeking to be detailed back to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Clark at Gholson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if discharged conscripts have to serve in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Whitefield at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus returning to the Governor the draft of E. H. Gregory.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Thompson, sheriff of Simpson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for state help to deal with the deserters in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives, private secretary for Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, to W. W. Humpries concerning the purchase of provisions for the poor of Lowndes County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives, private secretary of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, to Confederate General John C. Pemberton concerning the impressment of enslaved people for government work.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives, Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' private secretary, to General Jeptha V. Harris denying the request to send the militia at Columbus, Mississippi, home to take care of their families.