From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolution from the state of Georgia including cover letter dated April 14, requesting that the Confederate Congress increase the pay of Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Zacariah Powel, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Grenada, Mississippi, to Lieutenant Colonel Swain asking for a furlough to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Harrison, the Sheriff of Leakesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if Deputy Sheriffs are exempt from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. W. Liddell at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Mr. D. L. Wingfield, who is seeking to obtain supplies for destitute families.

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

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. P. Thompson, a soldier in the militia at Grenada, Mississippi, to Charles D. Fontaine asking for a discharge because of his poor health.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate President Jefferson Davis concerning the need to keep the state militia troops on duty in North Mississippi.

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 the raising of state troops in North Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas Lewers, Major of Wirt Adams' Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that his brother be exempted from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. J. Skelton, a prisoner at the State Penitentiary, to J. H. Ham asking for a pardon so that he can join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Louisa M. Blythe at Biloxi, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to help the suffering women and children of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John McGuirk at Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his efforts to enroll men into cavalry regiments for the state militia.

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

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Inmon, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Grenada, Mississippi, to Lieutenant Colonel Swain asking for a furlough to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Bailey at Charleston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Companies F and I of the 21st Mississippi Infantry be transferred to Mississippi from Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General J. R. Chalmers at Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the order to send state cavalry companies to Pontotoc, Mississippi, to be organized into regiments.

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

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Bradley, Registrar of the Land Office in Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that land along the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad be brought to market.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Carter to General T. C. Tupper asking for a furlough from his regiment of state troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. A. Rabin, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a leave of absence to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General John C. Pemberton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need to organize local citizens near military targets into military companies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General J. R. Chalmers at Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the organization of state troops in North Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Frances L. Murdock in Claiborne County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Alfred N. Mott be detailed as an overseer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. W. Johnston, an officer in the Hancock County, Mississippi, militia at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a raid in the county by the 128th New York Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Hirum Sanders, a corporal in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Confederate General T. C. Tupper asking for a leave of absence to take care of his family.