From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the men of the 4th Mississippi Regiment, state troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that A. G. Vaughn be discharged from the unit.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the men of the 4th Mississippi Regiment, state troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that William Baley be discharged from the unit.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from a group in Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, appointed by the board of police of the county to aid destitute families.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the officers of the 4th Battalion, Mississippi state troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, recommending that Lieutenant George Braizer be allowed to resign from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. R. Barksdale, assistant adjutant general in Featherston's brigade at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for camp equipage.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Rodgers at Hillsboro, to General T. C. Tupper, concerning the refusal of the militia to go to camp until their crops are made.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Mangrum at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to have his fifteen year old son discharged from the military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter form W. C. Turner, a state salt agent at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning salt he procured in Mobile, Alabama.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas O. Byrd, an assistant quartermaster at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing the letter of Edward W. Pettus of the 20th Alabama Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. J. Williams, Confederate Colonel of the 16th Georgia Regiment, state troops, asking if Mississippi has any sugar or syrup to sell.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Jackson, Mississippi, to Captain W. L. Lowry, ordering him to arrest marauding bands in Tishomingo, Tippah and Marshall Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary B. Carter, seeking the Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus' help in obtaining an overseer for her plantation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. B. Moore, a Major in the state militia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, stating his unit should be incorporated into the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. M. Johnson in Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about the distilleries operating in Monroe County.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain J. F. Smith of a militia company at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning conflicting orders over who he should report to.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant George Braizer of the 4th Battalion, Mississippi State Troops at Camp Milldale to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, offering his resignation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General T. C. Tupper at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the arrest of all men in the militia who are absent without leave from their commands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. W. McGinnis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, stating that he is a resident of Kentucky and should not have to serve in the Mississippi militia. Moved to Box 25880.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. W. Humphreys at Port Gibson, Mississippi, asking the Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, to aid Mr. McDougall.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edward W. Pettus in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have Thomas P. Jordan, an overseer, released from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. H. Hicks at Fayette, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that Joseph Prewitt be excused from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. S. Pattison at Milldale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the consolidation of the militia units serving near Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. W. Tradult and T. J. Kyle, two Captains in the 3rd Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Grenada, Mississippi,to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the poor quality of the recruits they have been sent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain G. W. Ellis of the 1 Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Vaiden, Mississippi,to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the condition and efficiency of the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. A. Smith at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a petition by his regiment of the state militia to be allowed to go home for three months.