From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Roster from First Lieutenant Ira Quinby to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, of the 24th United States Infantry listing Lieutenant Colonel Adelbert Ames as Provisional Governor of Mississippi

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Stephen D. Hunter of the 19th Mississippi Infantry be exempted from military duty to take his post as county tax assessor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff Readman T. Portwood of Sunflower County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning alleged crimes being committed in the county by Confederate deserters and African Americans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Richard Turman in Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for a furlough so that he can provide for his impoverished family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. A. P. Campbell at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for a pardon for Dr. E. H. Anderson, convicted of illegally selling spirituous liquors.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Affidavit and appeal from Lucinda Cantrill and Mary Jane Smyth, arrested for burglary and larceny, at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, stating under oath that they are not guilty and asking that they be released from jail in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The affidavit is sworn before and witnessed by Stephen A. Brown, probate judge and justice of the peace.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning furloughs from the state militia for asylum workers.

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 Charles A. Lurers at Pittsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, enclosing the muster roll of a company of state militia raised by Captain Enochs. (Enclosed muster roll not present).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William H. Kilpatrick at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking that R. O. Beene be furloughed from the Mississippi militia as he is the District Attorney and needed for court.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. J. Terry, concerning his enlistment in Perrin's regiment of Mississippi Cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. L. Williams at Atlanta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking leave to go to Macon, Mississippi, to settle his accounts with Ham's battalion of the Mississippi Cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff Alexander G. Noah of Attala County, Mississippi, at Kosciusko, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that W. W. Perkins, Deputy Circuit Clerk, be exempted from the draft due to illness.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. B. Watts, adjutant of E. A. Peyton's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the complaint of Amos Davis over his impressed mule.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from C. W. Henderson at Marion, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, informing Clark of the organization of exempted men into a local defense company. Henderson lists the names of men elected as the company's officers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Captain W. E. Montgomery, commander of the Herndon Rangers (Mississippi Militia, Cavalry Battalion, Second Reserves), giving him authority to move his command and impress items needed for his company. Clark also orders Montgomery to arrest anyone who gives away his unit's movements to the United States Army as spies, and gives him instructions on protecting local plantations, imprisoning African Americans, and dealing with Confederate Army deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Captain Z. P. Stutts at Philadelphia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting that he has raised a company of mounted men for state service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from R. R. Davis in Grenada, Mississippi, asking for a furlough for 10 days.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from F. H. Cox, a member of Company A, 1st Mississippi Regiment, State Troops, in Grenada, Mississippi, asking for a leave of absence as his sister just died.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major B. F. Sutton in Enterprise, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he is cut off from his regiment, and offering to raise a company for local defense if needed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Lieutenant Hemphill in Grenada, Mississippi, asking permission to go home on furlough to secure some valuable papers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain William Berry Prince at Grenada, Mississippi, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus approve his furlough.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain J. W. Humphreys in Grenada, Mississippi, asking for a furlough for his orderly, H. H. Kimmon, who just received word that his wife has died.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from T. W. Webb in Water Valley, Mississippi, asking if he has authority to receive members of the militia into his company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Richard Philips in Grenada, Mississippi, asking for Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' permission to go home on pass.