From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete printed circular sent by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to the various county sheriffs in the state, announcing his proclamation of amnesty for alleged deserters if they serve in the Confederate Army for thirty days. (Circular is damaged).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to have county officials who fail to arrest and prosecute Confederate deserters indicted, and complaining of the need for more liquor to be dispensed in the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain H. B. Deekes at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to an unnamed Major, concerning the alleged misconduct of Captain Pierce, who was raising a company of state troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Fifth Judicial District Judge Robert S. Hudson in Leake County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, complaining that county sheriffs were not arresting alleged Confederate deserters.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General P. Henry of the State Militia to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a man who applied for a military exemption claiming he was a school teacher.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from "Romeo" to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus warning him that Landy M. Wansley is lying in his petition to stay out of the militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Drane at Bankston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining that young men in local cavalry companies are evading the draft.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. S. Bowles at Grenada, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to issue a proclamation calling on citizens to defend the state.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. J. Rains, at the Confederate Bureau of Conscription, to Commandant of Conscripts concerning the exemption of overseers from military service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain G. W. Ellis of the 1 Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Vaiden, Mississippi,to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the condition and efficiency of the militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Govenor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edward P. Jones, a member of the Legislature at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a bill to draft men between sixteen and sixty.
