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. Letter from R. D. Palmer, an officer in the 4th Mississippi Infantry at Winona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a commission in the Mississippi State Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas O. Byrd at Richland, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking aid for the men of the 4th Mississippi Infantry taken prisoner at Fort Henry, Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Ratliff at Verona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for a draft to get more men into the Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain Newton J. Beckett in Aberdeen, Mississippi, concerning the service of the Confederate "Buttahatchie Riflemen" in Kentucky.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. Q. Withers in Byhalia, Mississippi, asking who Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus will appoint to the open Confederate Major General's command.