From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the Governor aid Lewis M. Nash.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Armstead at Vaiden, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the citizens of Vaiden, Mississippi, will be forming a company of soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas Stillwell at Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his efforts to have his company join Colonel John McGuirk's regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. W. Memminger, an aid to Confederate General John C. Pemberton, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the impressment act.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Welborn at Clinton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for authority to raise a cavalry company for 90 days service in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. C. Taylor, an aide to Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the impressment of horses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry Carre and D. W. Johnston at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the inability of local forces to arrest absentees and deserters in Hancock County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George H. Moore at Palo Alto, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him that a local defense company had been formed to resist future United States Army raids.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel John McGuirk to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a controversy over which regiment Captain Hunt's Company would belong to.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain John D. Rainey at Edwards Depot, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be assigned to duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard Winter, a Brigadier General of militia at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning an order to impress horses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Alex L. Brame and citizens of West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning efforts to raise a local defense company in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin, Superintendent of the State Penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a thief named Rives being held under confinement.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Request from Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting the extradition of Benjamin Wright, wanted for allegedly kidnapping enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Newton County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that H. W. Partin of the 5th Mississippi Infantry, state troops, be exempted from service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William D. Tyler at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate General Daniel Ruggles, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that United States forces were at Starkville, Mississippi, on April 21, 1863.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William D. Tyler at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate General Pemberton, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that United States forces were at Starkville, Mississippi, on April 21, 1863.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William A. Jones in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that his minor son, William A. Jones Jr., be discharged from the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter by Confederate General W. W. Loring to Confederate General John C. Pemberton, giving information on the progress of the United States forces' raid into Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. D. Lyles at Macon, Mississippi, giving Confederate General Ruggles an update on his pursuit of United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter W. B. Lucas at Macon, Mississippi, to Livingston Mims, reporting that the United States forces are within twenty-five miles of Macon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter by R. A. Rutledge to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that his wife's petition to get their son out of the militia be disregarded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate General John C. Pemberton, concerning an act passed by the Mississippi Legislature to impress horses for Confederate use within the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney-General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, giving his opinion on the extent of Pettus' power to impress property from civilians.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Torn and incomplete letter by James Drane to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting arms and ammunition for a company he is raising.