From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Robert Kells, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, requesting that the furloughs of his attendants be extended.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from P. Ellis Jr. at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking Clark to call out the Mississippi Militia and have them assemble at Morton, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from P. Ellis Jr. at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing him that a heavy force of ten thousand United States Army soldiers was reported leaving Vicksburg, Mississippi, and heading for Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from N. B. Pendall at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking if Confederate officers can impress private houses and put their owners out.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from N. B. Pendall at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking if Confederate officers can impress private houses and put their owners out.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing him that the United States Army was making preparations to attack Mobile, Alabama, and that Mississippi Militia troops should be sent there at once.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury at Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, stating that Maury had assumed command of the Confederate Department of Mississippi, Alabama, and East Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Captain H. N. Morton at Edwards Depot, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing him that five thousand of the United States Army appeared at the Big Black River, Mississippi, and they are laying pontoons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Captain H. N. Morton, commander of the Division Scouts at Edwards Depot, Mississippi, forwarded by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury at Mobile, Alabama, informing him that the United States Army has about five thousand strong at the Big Black River, Mississippi, and are about to cross.