From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Jones County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Captain M. H. Barkley's company of Home Guards remain in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel John T. Smith of the 8th Mississippi Infantry at Errata, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the home guards of Jones County, Mississippi, be allowed to stay in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. B. W. Duckworth of Smith County, Mississippi, at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning commissions for the Smith County Guards, a local defense company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the exemption of L. A. Ragsdale from Confederate military service.

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 B. C. Duckworth at Ellisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning supposed problems being caused by alleged Confederate deserters in Jones County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copies of two documents, transcribed by a Confederate Major D. Menin. The first document, dated March 31, 1864, is a copy of Circular No. 13 from Colonel John S. Preston, written by Preston's adjutant C. B. Duffield, of the Confederate Bureau of Conscription, ordering all men aged between 17 to 18 and 45 to 50 to be conscripted into the Confederate Army. The second document, dated April 6, 1864, is a copy of a telegram from Preston to Menin, instructing him to order the rendezvous of the reserve and to organize the reserve into companies. (These documents are the enclosed orders mentioned in mdah_768-949-05-31).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from "loyal citizens" of Scott County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking permission for T. B. Graham to form a militia company for "the protection of the citizens of the county."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Major T. H. Mangum, who is commanding the post of Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing him that Captain John G. Knox's company of home guards at Chunkey Bridge, Mississippi, has requested permission to go home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Major M. F. Berry, who is commanding the post of Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if men between 40 and 50 are liable to be drafted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain John G. Knox, who is commanding the home guard at Chunkey Bridge, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking him for canteens and cartridge boxes for his men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from John M. McGuirk in Holly Springs, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he has created an organization to guard the frontier of the state on the Wolf River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Leake County, Mississippi, asking that Lunceford Tucker be released from military duty to run his corn and wheat mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated and incomplete memorandum to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining about the low pay for Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. L. Rodgers at Byhalia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms for a local military company being formed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Kennedy at Augusta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the newly formed home guard company will be recognized and armed by the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the cannon at Oxford not be taken away.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from citizens of Bolivar County, Mississippi, asking for arms for a local military company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James A. Seddon, the Confederate Secretary of War, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the use of state militia for local defense.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark of the Office of Conscription at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning having a muster roll made of all men in the militia between 18 and 45.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Gideon Pillow at Columbus, Mississippi, to General Samuel J. Gholson, concerning a conflict over conscription of state troops by the Confederate Government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Bolling at Louisville, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that a company for local defense has been formed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Tom Pettus in Morton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if his company of home guards will be accepted into State Service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Report from J. S. Neal, 2nd Regiment, Mississippi State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, relating how he and some of his men were captured.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Daniel Ruggles at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the enrollment into the military of all men ages 18 to 45.