From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus detailing the damage done to Jackson, Mississippi, and the surrounding county by the United States Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from R. Maxey at Enterprise, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of the damage done to Jackson, Mississippi, by the United States Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. T. Kennedy at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have Michael Sagiton discharged from the militia as he is a wool carder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Copy of a letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus in Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, informing him that Vicksburg, Mississippi, had surrendered. One of the letters is in code.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. White, the Commander of Selma Arsenal, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning arms a shipment of arms meant for Mississippi.