From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Charles W. Clarke to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting 4,000 rations for the area of Greenville, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Muller to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that rations from Yazoo City, Mississippi, cannot reach sufferers in Sunflower, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Harris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting rations for sufferers along Deer Creek as backwater continues to rise.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from A. T. Morgan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging receipt of rations at Yazoo County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Sullivan in New Orleans, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, acknowledging receipt of order for rations for Bolivar County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from E. Jeffords to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, detailing the distribution of rations in Issaquena County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. M. Raymond to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting supplies be sent to Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mayor B. A. Lee of Vicksburg, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, listing supplies received and their distribution in Warren County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Sullivan in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, stating that the War Department has fixed the daily issue of rations for Mississippi at 12,000 a day.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Sullivan in New Orleans, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that supplies have been shipped for Rodney, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from G. M. Raymond to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting additional supplies to Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. List from M. B. Sullivan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing an estimate of the number of rations to be sent to Bolivar County, Mississippi, each week. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the document.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from United States Army Captain J. P. Schooley of the 66th United States Colored Infantry at Jackson, Mississippi, to Captain J. Warren Miller, concerning the request by Colonel Zeigler of the 52nd United States Colored Infantry for fresh beef.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of W. H. Munroe, manager of the United States Military Telegraph at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting rations to be issued for employees of the United States Military Telegraph Corps at Jackson. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of First Lieutenant Sanford T. Odell, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment of the 17th Ohio Light Artillery at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of First Lieutenant Sanford T. Odell, requesting rations to be issued for a detachment of the 7th Ohio Light Artillery at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Captain Phil Hammond, requesting rations to be issued to Company E of the 5th United States Colored Heavy Artillery. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of W. H. Munroe, manager of the United States Military Telegraph at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting rations to be issued for one operator employed by the United States Military Telegraph Corps at Jackson. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking permission to trade cotton to the United States for supplies needed by his patients.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting seven days rations to be issued to 107 women, destitute citizens, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting one days rations to be issued to twenty eight women, destitute citizens, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting ten days rations to be issued to one hundred and seven women, destitute citizens, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting eleven days rations to be issued for two enlisted men of the 50th United States Colored Infantry, on special duty working on the railroad at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting seven days rations to be issued for three men and twenty-three women, destitute citizens, at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return requesting thirteen days rations to be issued for hands employed on the Southern Railroad at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, the Sub-District commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.