From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the "Desoto Rangers" a company in the 5th Battalion, Mississippi State Troops to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Private J. A. Wheat be discharged.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to have James A. Evans released from the militia, as he is needed to help control the local enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the soldiers of Blythe's Battalion to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Jessee B. Chasteen be discharged because of ill health and the death of his wife.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from citizens of Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the mistreatment of enslaved people impressed from local plantations to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. R. McKelvy, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a furlough for 15 days to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. McCardle, Confederate General Pemberton's Chief of Staff, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the burning of cotton that might fall into the hands of the United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. B. Bryan, a Captain in the County militia at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering his resignation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Portis, an officer in the Headquarters of the 4th Military District, to James H. Rives concerning the hiring of enslaved people to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Baley, a Sergeant in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a furlough home to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. C. Upshaw at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking permission to raise a company of cavalry for the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Paine at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that his son, James P. Paine, be made a state impressment agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. G. Garmon, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a transfer to the cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edwin Crow, a private in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a furlough home to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General John C. Pemberton concerning a contract for salt with doctor Perkins of Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General John C. Pemberton concerning General Samuel J. Gholson's authority over state troops in Northeast Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Colonel A. M. West appointing him as a salt agent for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas A. Burgin, Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Mississippi Battalion, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his sentence by a court-martial.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph T. Randolph at Tibbee Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for an appointment to a government job.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John McAulis, a militia enrolling officer at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus explaining why he is having trouble getting men to join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General John H. Winder in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the court martial of Henry Taylor, Company F, 16th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James J. B. White at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning torpedoes being constructed for use in the local waterways.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Gray, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a 15 day furlough to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Edwards, a tanner at Crawfordville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking exemption from serving in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. L. Broom, a private in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a furlough to go home and take care of his family.

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 requesting that General Samuel J. Gholson be ordered to abstain from interfering with Confederate troops in the field.