From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Zedekiah McDaniel at Memphis, Tennessee, concerning the construction of "batteries" [torpedoes].

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from V. H. Terrell in Handsboro, Mississippi, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus send canteens, haversacks, and tarps.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from the firm of Magee and George in New Orleans, Louisiana, seeking payment for accoutrements furnished to the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War George W. Randolph at Richmond, Virginia, concerning the appointment of A. C. Falkner as commandant of the camp of instruction in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War George W. Randolph at Richmond, Virginia, concerning the shipment of arms and men to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from S. G. Harper in Meridian, Mississippi, asking if Meridian has been confirmed as the place of rendezvous.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major S. B. Newman at Vicksburg, Mississippi, asking if Confederate General Hamilton has sent the militia roll of Warren County, Mississippi to him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major N. R. Chambliss, commanding the post of Grenada, Mississippi, concerning a requisition for arms stored at Panola, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major Aaron Bascom Hardcastle of the 3rd Mississippi Battalion at Bowling Green, Kentucky, asking to have his command reunited.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from M. McDonald at Vicksburg, Mississippi, that states "finish them as 32 pounder and keep them until ordered."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin in Richmond, Virginia, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he is authorized to appoint persons to enlist men into the service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from John M. McGuirk in Holly Springs, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he has created an organization to guard the frontier of the state on the Wolf River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. H. Echols at New Orleans, Louisiana, asking Mississippi State Treasurer Malcolm Decatur Hayne[s?] to send [?] concerning the delivery of bank notes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Tullius Cicero Tupper to Confederate General James Z. George telling him to order Maxall's company to watch the enemy movements on the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Samuel Jones at Corinth, Mississippi, informing Confederate General Gustave Toutant Beauregard that he had been ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee not to leave Corinth, Mississippi until relieved by Confederate General John Horace Forney.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis at Bowling Green, Kentucky, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of the heavy losses to his command caused by sickness and disease.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis at Corinth, Mississippi, asking if he should wait in the city.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Corinth, Mississippi, asking when a paymaster will arrive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Leonidas Polk at Columbus, Kentucky, asking that Confederate General James Alcorn's command not be disbanded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Joseph R. Davis at Richmond, Virginia, that simply says "yes; with one hundred twenty."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Alcorn in Union City, Tennessee, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he is moving his command to Grenada, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Alcorn in Union City, Tennessee, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus send Confederate General Reuben Davis' troops to Columbus [Ky? Ms?] as an attack is expected.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Gustave Toutant Beauregard in Tupelo, Mississippi, informing him that all soldiers that do not have sick leave or furlough must be treated as deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Gustave Toutant Beauregard at Jackson, Tennessee, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus not to send troops without three days cooked rations and forty rounds of ammunition if possible.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Gustave Toutant Beauregard at Corinth, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus he will accept troops if equipped and armed by company, battalion or regiment.