From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Brigadier General William L. Brandon at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for clarification of General Order #39 concerning militia enrollment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk at Demopolis, Alabama, concerning the transfer of Mississippi Militia troops to Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Certificate from O. H. Perry at Graysport, Mississippi, authorizing Benjamin Williams to be his attorney to collect monies due from the state of Mississippi for an impressed cavalry saddle. The certificate is witnessed by Benjamin Williams, a police officer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from several citizens of Poplar Creek, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning abuses allegedly committed in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by a Lieutenant Brock's cavalry. The citizens attest that Brock and his men are torturing civilians. (mdah_768-949-01-17 is a response to this document).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, to United States President Andrew Johnson at Washington, District of Columbia, explaining that his order to form a county militia was challenged by United States Army General Henry Slocum. (Letter is related to mdah_771-956-07-11).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. M. Wells at Kilmichael, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, requesting permission to raise a company of cavalry for the state militia. In a postscript, Wells also asks if the cotton bonds of the state will be redeemed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John A. Binford, [Sr.], at Duck Hill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that his son, John A. Binford, Jr., wishes to form a company of mounted men for the state militia. Binford complains that African Americans on local plantations are allegedly armed with Enfield rifles, and he suggests that the militia should be authorized confiscate firearms from African American persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Certificate of military election from A. P. Turner and William H. Witty in Choctaw County, Mississippi, concerning the organization of a county militia company. The certificate gives an account of a meeting held at Salem Church to organize said company, and lists the persons whom were elected company officers. The certificate is witnessed by acting justice of peace R. D. Oglesby.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from citizens of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, announcing that they had created a militia cavalry company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. Flinn at Looxahoma, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking permission to raise a cavalry militia company for DeSoto County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from L. C. Harper in Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking Pettus if McDunye's cavalry regiment has been transferred to Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from C. Sherling in Summit, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that Grierson's Raid and some deaths in his family prevented him from delivering the cavalry equipment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus he will not need to impress horses as he has enough at present.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from R. C. Miller in Enterprise, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus not to authorize anyone to raise a mounted regiment in north Mississippi until his letter is received.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General William W. Loring at Grenada, Mississippi, asking for a monthly report on the strength of the state militia under Confederate General James Z. George.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Jeptha Vining Harris in Columbus, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to grant him authority to impress horses, mules and saddles so that several hundred state troops can be mounted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Z. George in Grenada, Mississippi, asking if the impressment is to be temporary or permanent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James R. Chalmers in Panola, Mississippi, asking if Captain Watson can mount his company and fill it up.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel William S. Barry of the 35th Mississippi Infantry concerning the need for an efficient force to chase down deserters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Assistant Adjutant General L. Haughton at Tibbee, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him of the movements of an unnamed Confederate General. (Probably General Samuel J. Gholson).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. L. McNeel at Fort Stephens in Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the raising of a company of cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' aide, James H. Rives, to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, concerning the conscription of state cavalry into Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' aide, James H. Rives, to Confederate General Stephen D. Lee, concerning the conscription of state cavalry into Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General S. J. Gholson at Tibbee, Mississippi, to General Gideon Pillow, concerning a plan to transfer the Mississippi State Cavalry to Confederate service.

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 the transfer of Mississippi state cavalry to Confederate service.