From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Special order from General J. V. Harris relieving Captain William R. Nutt from duty and ordering him to report to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Meridian, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus and Confederate General John C. Pemberton regarding the procurement of salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of Mississippi prisoners held in the Alabama State Penitentiary who volunteered to enter the Confederate Army. (List is the enclosed document mentioned in mdah_757-945-04-11).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Willis Barfield at Kilmichael, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining that local horse owners had not been compensated yet for their animals that were impressed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Bolling at Louisville, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that a company for local defense has been formed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his efforts to obtain salt for the state of Mississippi.

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, concerning the purchase of salt for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the U. Bourne at the Ordnance Office in Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting payment of two magazine guards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Tom Pettus in Morton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if his company of home guards will be accepted into State Service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Secretary of War James A. Seddon in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing a letter from A. S. Montgomery concerning a possible insurrection by enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. Evans at Quitman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, recommending W. H. Cherry for the position of tax collector in Clarke County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. C. Platner, Sheriff of Choctaw County, Mississippi, at Greensboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting a military exemption for his deputy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Davis at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a petition to have A. E. Taylor be exempted from militia service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. Foster at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting that B. M. Walker be detailed to the local community.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Copy of a letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus in Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, informing him that Vicksburg, Mississippi, had surrendered. One of the letters is in code.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Copy of a letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus in Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, informing him that Vicksburg, Mississippi, had surrendered. One of the letters is in code.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the Office of Conscription at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning Mississippians drafted into the Confederate Army that belong in the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark and Richard D. Sorenn at the Office of Conscription at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the exemption of B. F. Doster as he is an overseer for two plantations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. D. Fletcher, a militia enrolling officer at Columbus, Mississippi, to M. R. Clark concerning a dispute between himself and General Gholson about the draft.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph M. Barry at Durant, Mississippi, requesting a permit from the Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to make 100 gallons of rye whiskey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Thompson at Selma, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for a recommendation for the position of Chief Quartermaster of the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Report from J. S. Neal, 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, relating how he and some of his men were captured.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Henry A. Pope at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting exemption from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George H. Harris at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting an exemption from military service for William H. Cook, General Jeptha V. Harris' overseer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George Byram at Wahalak Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he can be released from militia duty if he obtains a substitute.