From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Lieutenant Colonel J. L. White at Selma, Alabama, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he has no horses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Lieutenant Colonel J. L. White at Selma, Alabama, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that 458 arms were sent to Meridian, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Edmund W. Pettus in Vicksburg, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he is free, well and unhurt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Kerr in Brookhaven, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the United States Army is near Summit, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Jones S. Hamilton in Woodville, Mississippi, informing R. L. Tuck that the United States Army is on their way to this point from above and below.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from James Blaer in Columbus, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the abolitionists are reported crossing at Camargo, Mississippi, and believed to be heading for the city.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. W. Tucker in Meridian, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus "what is to be done?"

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. W. Tucker in Mobile, Alabama, telling Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus he will be up tonight.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. W. Tucker in Mobile, Alabama, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if he has heard from Richmond, Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General William W. Loring in Jackson, Mississippi, asking if Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus can get him cannon and ammunition, as his was lost.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Samuel J. Gholson in Okolona, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he can send men to Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston only by calling out the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Richard Winter at Canton, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he has impressed over 100 horses from the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Richard Winter at Canton, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for 500 dollars to purchase provender, or permission to turn horses over to the Confederate government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Richard Winter at Canton, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if he should impress under his orders or yield to Confederate authorities.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Columbus, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus a heavy raid is advancing on Okolona, Mississippi and Aberdeen, Mississippi, and asking for reinforcements.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston in Canton, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus he will be in Jackson, Mississippi, tomorrow morning.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston at Jackson, Mississippi, recommending that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus come back to Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General John C. Pemberton in Vicksburg, Mississippi, part of which is in code. He also states he instructed Confederate General John Adams to take the state forces, and ordered Confederate Major Johnson to issue rations to the African Americans working on the fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General John C. Pemberton in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing him that Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Pettus was taken prisoner but escaped.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General John C. Pemberton at Vicksburg, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus he will concentrate his whole army to defeat Union General Ulysses S. Grant.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General John C. Pemberton at Vicksburg, Mississippi, informing Governor John J. Pettus he requires the services of Confederate Captain J. D. Rainey, state drill master of militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General John C. Pemberton in Vicksburg, Mississippi, advising Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to remove the State Archive from Jackson, Mississippi, as the United States Army will very likely move on the city.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General John C. Pemberton at Vicksburg, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus he is reinforcing Confederate General John S. Bowen, who is falling back across Bayou Pierre.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Jeptha Vining Harris in Meridian, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he is in route to Vicksburg, Mississippi, with 630 men, per Confederate General John C. Pemberton's orders.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, asking if he can get state funds to pay for the horses he impresses into army service.