From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Unsigned telegram stating that the United States Navy's ironclad gunboats have passed Island Number 10, Tennessee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from W. O. Rutherford in Holly Springs, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that 40 stands of arms at Ripley, Mississippi, to be transferred to the "Tippah Highlanders."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from W. A. Gage at Louisville, Mississippi, asking if 60 day men will be received, and if transportation and supplies will be furnished to them.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from T. A. Mellon in New Orleans, Louisiana, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the mustering of companies by Confederate General D. E. Twiggs.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from T. A. Mellon in New Orleans, Louisiana, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the Third Brigade has only four days rations.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from acting Confederate Secretary of War J. P. Benjamin, authorizing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to muster into service the sea coast companies mentioned in his dispatch to the Confederate President.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War J. P. Benjamin in Richmond, Virginia, concerning a shipment of rifles in Havana, Cuba, being transported to Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Christopher Gustavus Memminger, the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury at Richmond, Virginia, concerning an audit of the Mississippi accounts.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from S. S. Minniece in Hernando, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to take no action in the matter they discussed.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Quartermaster R. W. T. Daniel in Grenada, Mississippi, asking for Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' help in obtaining supplies from the Quartermaster at Memphis, Tennessee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, concerning defense of the Mississippi seacoast.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major John Hunter in Natchez, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if blankets in town that belong to General Dahlgren's Brigade can be given to men about to leave for immediate service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major Charles Baskerville at Columbus, Mississippi, asking that cloth for his battalion be sent from the Choctaw factory.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Magee and George in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting an immediate payment of $10,000.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from M. R. Clark in New Orleans, Louisiana, informing Pettus that Confederate General Charles Dahlgren is very ill and unable to travel.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Leonidas Polk at Columbus, Kentucky, requesting 200 arms for the 6th Mississippi Infantry at Union City, Tennessee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from L. J. Fleming in Mobile, Alabama, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that transportation will be provided in accordance with his directions.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from L. J. Fleming to Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Edward Fontaine in Mobile, Alabama, complaining that the government is causing transportation problems.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from L. Houghton in Mobile, Alabama, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the gun shop in Aberdeen, Mississippi, will stop work on Monday for want of money.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. L. McManus in Grenada, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus not to appoint a quartermaster or commissary.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. H. Stewart in Brookhaven, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if he wants any 60 day companies.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from H. E. Roscoe at Oxford, Mississippi, asking if his letter had been received.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Corinth, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that his command has no supplies and to have transportation ready for several hundred troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Corinth, Mississippi, concerning whether he or General James Alcorn will be the senior general in command.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Corinth, Mississippi, concerning the movement of troops and the need for supplies for his men.
