From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Northeast Mississippi to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting protection for their region of the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant W. A. Mitchell, 4th Mississippi State Troops, to Brigadier General J. Z. George, requesting leave for 20 days to go home and assist his wife and five children.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Harris at Artesia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Captain Dudley G. Moore be commissioned as an impressment agent.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Hardy at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking an exemption from militia duty for B. A. Terry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. D. Larkin, a Captain in the 1st Battalion, Mississippi State Troops at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning pay for his men.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from citizens of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining that there are not enough white men left to oversee the enslaved population.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas Davis in Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for the job of tax collector of Kemper County.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. Reavis at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Captain McWhorter, a former member of the 5th Mississippi Infantry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. J. Chrisman at Snyder's Mill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending J. E. McCallum of Copiah County, Mississippi, as an impressment agent.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. M. Gunn at Egypt, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Mr. Bacon, who is seeking an appointment as an impressment agent.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Phil H. Gully at DeKalb, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning local efforts to defend against a United States Army raid in the area.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. Henry at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus explaining why the last call for enslaved people to work on fortifications went unfilled.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph H. Catching to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be exempted from militia duty because of physical infirmity.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John G. Willis and four members of the 3rd Missouri Cavalry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be transferred to the Confederate States Marine Corps.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John C. Humphreys to General Samuel J. Gholson asking for permission to muster a company of cavalry from Jefferson County, Mississippi, into service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Fort at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking an exemption from militia duty for D. M. Crum, an overseer.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. McDonald at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a commission as an impressment agent.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. McDonald at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Attorney-General T. J. Wharton asking for a commission as an impressment agent.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Hall and three officers of the 1st Battalion, Mississippi State Troops to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning their efforts to round up absentees from the unit in Scott County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Samuel J. Gholson at Verona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning attempts by a Confederate officer to force members of the state militia into the regular army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Martin Luther Smith to Confederate Major J. L. Reeve requesting enslaved laborers to work on the fortifications at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General John C. Pemberton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the impressment of enslaved people to work for the government.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Greenwood, Mississippi, to General T. C. Tupper concerning the resignation of Colonel King of the 1st regiment.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. F. Cross at Milledgeville, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to furnish a machine for making cotton cards.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edward C. Eggleston at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that his overseer be allowed to remain on the plantation.
