From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edward J. Rew to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, detailing his proposed method for obstructing the passage of boats on the Mississippi River. Included is an "explanatory note" containing Rew's sketches and annotations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers of the 8th Mississippi Infantry in camp near Warrington, Florida, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking Pettus's help in securing a transfer to the Mississippi sea coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from several citizens of Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for exemptions for Joseph T. Brown and Henry W. Anderson from Confederate military service so that they may continue rendering their services to the area's "destitute families".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the "Yazoo Swamp Country" portion of Carroll County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for exemption from Confederate military service for Dr. J. H. Peables.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from several citizens of Cato, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an exemption for Dr. C. R. Norman from Confederate military service so that he may continue practicing medicine in the area.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sarah Coombs at Helena, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, reporting on soldiers hospitalized in Nashville, Tennessee. Coombs also encloses a list of hospitalized soldiers and asks Pettus to publish it.