From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Jackson of the 5th Mississippi Regiment, State Troops at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus claiming exemption from service under the Confederate Second Conscription Act's provision about slaveholders.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. A. Orr at Gainesville, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to pay the $500 exemption fee to keep his overseer out of the military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Catchings at Georgetown, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus who is seeking an exemption from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the Office of Conscription at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning Mississippians drafted into the Confederate Army that belong in the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark and Richard D. Sorenn at the Office of Conscription at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the exemption of B. F. Doster as he is an overseer for two plantations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George H. Harris at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting an exemption from military service for William H. Cook, General Jeptha V. Harris' overseer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the Office of Conscription in Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a new law regarding exemptions for overseers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. J. Rains, at the Bureau of Conscription in Richmond, Virginia, directing conscript officers not to carry out the new Congressional Act of May 1, 1863.

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 W. M. Gillespie at the Office of the Post Quartermaster in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for rooms for a military court.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to have James A. Evans released from the militia, as he is needed to help control the local enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James C. Rogers at Starkville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning demoralization of the men serving in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel Magruder in Madison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a discharge from the Mississippi State Militia so he can manage the enslaved persons on his plantation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the state camp of instruction at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a request for exemption by a Mr. Redus.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. F. Berry at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if men drafted into the militia can be enrolled in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. McMorris in Mashulaville, Mississippi, complaining to the Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus about inequality in the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. H. Napier at Eucutta, Mississippi, to Colonel George S. Gaines, concerning exemptions from the military for slaveholders with 20 or more enslaved persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the President of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad H. J. Ranney, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning seizure of the railroad by the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George S. Gaines at State Line, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing a letter from P. H. Napier concerning the exemption from the Confederate military of slaveholders with 20 or more enslaved persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. Beckerdite at Waterford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus warning the northern counties will be defenseless if old men and boys are conscripted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Yoe at Gholson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he has to attend militia drill.

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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Green Coleman at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the Exemption Act has become law.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. C. Saffold at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning discontent caused by the Exemption Law.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. Martha Dillahunty at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that her son, Columbus, be discharged to come home and manage to the family's enslaved people.