From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas A. Cocke at Charleston, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson, seeking to get back property taken by the United States Army during the Civil War.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain Theo F. Wilson, commanding the post of Panola, Mississippi, concerning the arrest of D. M. Jones, who claimed to be an agent purchasing supplies for the lunatic asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Simeon Oliver Sr. at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning an attempt to steal Morgan's company (Company I, 29th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. Simeon Oliver Sr. at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the difficulty of local men in obtaining substitutes for the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Ambrose in Richland, Mississippi, concerning the lack of men left in Holmes County, Mississippi, to form another Confederate military company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. W. Reynolds in Horn Lake, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the services of a cavalry company for use only within the state of Mississippi.