From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the local militia be returned so they can grow crops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel William N. Brown of the 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on his regiment's raid into Jones County, Mississippi, to hunt alleged Confederate deserters, as well as the need for cotton and wool cards for the citizens. (Brown states that he is enclosing a horse comb made by the struggling widow of a Confederate soldier. Enclosed item not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. K. Stephenson, a United States Detective at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if he should go ahead with scheduled arrests.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Dr. J. M. Baylis in Jones County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the 1864 election of sheriff and probate judge for Jones County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Fleming L. Swann in Osage County, Missouri, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for an appointment to a state office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. H. Maury at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking permission to create a police force. Maury alleges that the United States Army occupation troops are stealing cotton from the people of the community. Maury recommends a few men to name as captains, lieutenants, or sheriffs for the Mississippi towns of Rocky Springs, Bruinsburg, and Rodney.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Captain John W. Jack, provost marshal of Port Gibson, Mississippi, giving C. B. Clark, chief of police, authority to arrest all "evil-doers, jayhawkers or other disturbers of the peace" and to bear arms without confiscation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Letter from Captain W.E. Montgomery of the Herndon Rangers to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark concerning raids being made by armed negroes led by Milford Coe.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. R. Fall in Washington County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the necessity of using guerrillas against the United States Navy gunboats on the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Pontotoc, Mississippi, requesting arms for a Confederate partisan company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. L. Walton at McRee, Florida, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a discharge from the 10th Mississippi Infantry to help care for his family.