From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated statement concerning the enlistment of state troops and the ability of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to continue holding out.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Scott County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that the Minute Men of the county be disbanded.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to organize a partisan ranger company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Issaquena County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the local militia not be sent to Greenville, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from from the citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking the Governor to leave at least one white man on each plantation in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking the Governor to obtain salt to meet the needs of the local people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the local militia company be allowed to remain in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Smith County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Pettus convene the legislature to pass a law suspending the collection of debts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers of the 5th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be allowed to go home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the men of the 8th Mississippi Infantry to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be transferred to Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated page of a letter asking for a pardon for a man named Jordan from Yazoo County, Mississippi, so that he can join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus arguing that 16 year olds should not be drafted into the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William W. Croom at Eutaw, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to sell to the state his bayonet adapter for shotguns.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel William H. Taylor, Commander of the 12th Mississippi Infantry, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending D. McLean of Jefferson County, Mississippi, as a medical contractor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Rachel Kirkwood in Carroll County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have her overseer, J. B. Farmer, discharged from the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Milton Bacon to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing a copy of a letter he sent to Confederate President Jefferson Davis asking for a job as impressment commissioner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Martha Lindley to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a pass through the lines so that she can go see her sister in Memphis, Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. Dickson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending his cousin, Thomas Harris of Holly Springs, Mississippi, for the position of Brigadier General of state troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jones S. Hamilton, the Adjutant and Inspector General for Mississippi. requesting additional assistants.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Pernell seeking payment from the state for his bills.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John H. Evans at the salt works in St. Stephens, Alabama, seeking boilers for removing salt from water.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James A. Herndon, local agent for the indigent at Forest Depot, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for salt for the poor families of Scott County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. N. Miller at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning partisan ranger companies that refuse to return to their regiments.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain J. M. Carlock of Company C, 4th Mississippi, State Troops to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to mount his command and move them to North Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Kennedy at Augusta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the newly formed home guard company will be recognized and armed by the state of Mississippi.