From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Bigbee Valley, Mississippi, by Clarke Lewis, seeking a post in the commissary or Confederate Quartermaster's departments of the Army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Columbus, Mississippi, by George E. Redwood, Jr., concerning his refusal to enlist in the Confederate Army while in the militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Huddleston in Pass Christian, Mississippi, tendering the services of the "Piney Woods Rangers" for the defense of the seacoast.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William S. Smith at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting to know when the "Columbus Light Artillery" will be ordered into service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking the Governor not to muster the "Columbus Riflemen," but keep them for local defense.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Whitfield in Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms for the "Southrons," a local militia company (Company D, 10th Mississippi Infantry).
