From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Special order from A. H. Chalmers to Lieutenant W. E. Montgomery ordering him to report with his company to Greenwood, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the soldiers of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that their families at home be provided for by the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Cooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that he ask the Confederate War Department to send the 41st Mississippi Infantry back to the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Captain E. A. Lyerly be assigned to duty in his department.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Wilson, a soldier in the 3rd Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking permission to raise a company of railroad guards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel E. Dudley, a soldier in the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops in Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to join Abbay's battery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Greensboro, Mississippi, by S. C. Platney, Sheriff of Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking permission to release a prisoner to join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. Bowles, a member of Captain Forrest's Company at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for troops to protect the Delta from United States Army raids.

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 seeking an appointment as a state purchasing agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Peter Quinn, an officer in the 35th Mississippi Infantry at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking about the decision of his court martial board.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. Harris at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for any information about her husband, General Jeptha V. Harris, who is at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. Coleman to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a request she sent to the Governor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary E. Burnham at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking permission to return to her home in the North.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. E. Montgomery, Commander of the Herndon Rangers in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his company being ordered to Greenwood, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. E. Montgomery, Commander of the Herndon Rangers in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning local residents trading with the United States Army soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant Colonel White in the Selma Arsenal in Alabama to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the Governor's request for arms.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lee M. Gardner, Post Commissary in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting an exemption from military service for W. B. Wilkerson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John G. Hammond in Kilmichael, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the position of drill officer for new recruits.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John F. Rives, Quartermaster of the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a release from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives at Sulphur Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning recruiting efforts in the local area.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Howell Hines at Home Hill Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the Governor declare martial law in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry T. Beard at Emory, Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus protesting the impressment of his horse by Captain T. S. Kyle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. Matthis, an officer in the 8th Mississippi Infantry in Bridgeport, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that his company be sent to Jones County, Mississippi, to hunt deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George W. Moseby at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking the Governor to send him two pistols and holsters.

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 concerning his Quartermaster, Mr. Robert Bradford.