From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. H. Hardy at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about raids made by Confederate Army deserters who are operating as anti-Confederate guerrillas in Jones County, Mississippi. Hardy alleges that they have committed several crimes, such as the alleged murder of a pro-Confederate minister. He suggests that Clark send a force of one or two hundred men with instructions to conscript all eligible men in neighboring counties for Mississippi Militia service against the Jones County guerrillas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain John Taylor Moore in Port Gibson, Mississippi, informing Adjutant General William H. Brown he has 73 rank and file and will reach Jackson, Mississippi, on Tuesday morning.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. C. Voss in Woodville, Mississippi, to Adjutant General William H. Brown, asking if the Wilkinson Rifles are in the 8,000 requisition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Major Ed A. Calfrey giving a list of Mississippi regiments and their field officers from 1 - 27.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain Carnot Posey in Woodville, Mississippi, informing Adjutant General William H. Brown he will be at Jackson, Mississippi, with his company tomorrow evening.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain Carnot Posey in Woodville, Mississippi, informing Adjutant General William H. Brown he leaves for Jackson, Mississippi, with the Wilkinson Rifles on Saturday morning.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain Carnot Posey in Woodville, Mississippi, to Adjutant General William H. Brown, asking if the Wilkinson Rifles must enlist for the war before they can be ordered into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Carnot Posey at Woodville, Mississippi, to Adjutant General William H. Brown, asking if there was any probability that he would be called in the next ten days.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain W. T. Martin in Natchez, Mississippi, asking Adjutant General William H. Brown if Walworth can muster in the troop.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain Carnot Posey in Woodville, Mississippi, to Adjutant General William H. Brown, asking if his company comes under the 8,000 requisition, as it is not mentioned in the Mississippian.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Susan Phipps at Natchez, Mississippi, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus release her son Henry from service with the Adams Light Guards as she is a widow.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Carnot Posey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the services of the Wilkinson Rifles to the state of Mississippi. (16th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning Henry Taylor of the 16th Mississippi Infantry, who was convicted of alleged theft.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Shannon at Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if he is exempt from serving in the militia because he is a newspaper editor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from Scott County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the discharge of Isaiah Roberts from the militia, as he is the local shoemaker.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John C. Humphreys at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, introducing Confederate Captain Benjamin Humphreys, formerly of the 16th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. S. Pattison at Port Gibson, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that his company is about to march to Milldale, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain D. S. Pattison in Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the equipping of his Confederate cavalry company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Arthur T. Watts, a member of the 16th Mississippi Infantry serving in Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an officer's appointment in the Mississippi State Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Hicks, surgeon of the 1st Mississippi Infantry (Minute Men), at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering his resignation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Winfield Scott Featherston to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that conscripts be sent to him to make good the losses in his brigade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jeff B. Posey at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a postion as officer in a camp of instruction.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Dry Grove, Mississippi, asking if Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus can deliver a load of clothing to soldiers in the 18th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Camp Reynolds, by Confederate Captain A. B. Lowe, seeking to transfer William R. Smith, to the 3rd Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. A. Banks in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, requesting funds to return members of the "Westville Guards" (Company B, 16th Mississippi Infantry) to Virginia.