From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Doctor George S. C. Hussey, a surgeon at the state hospital at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving a status report on the condition of the Natchez State Hospital.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of a surgeon of the 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for use by nurses and patients at the post hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Captain Samuel A. Reed, by order of Colonel Charles A. Gilchrist, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Assistant Surgeon W. F. Fisher, 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting rations to be issued for the regimental hospital at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Colonel O. C. Risdon, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of Assistant Surgeon W. F. Fisher, 50th United States Colored Infantry, requesting five days rations to be issued for the regimental hospital at Jackson, Mississippi. The return is approved by Major A. E. Barnes commanding the 50th United States Colored Infantry and Colonel O. C. Risdon, the post commander, thus authorizing the Assistant Commissary of Subsistence to issue the requested rations.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. G. Wood in Calviton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, recommending D. P. Mullins to lead a wagon train to the salt works.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the steamboat R. J. Lackland, by Preston S. Thompson, requesting transportation to rejoin the 3rd Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Nashville, Tennessee, concerning affairs at the hospital for Mississippi troops at Nashville, Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by John P. Campbell, offering his services as hospital administrator for Mississippi troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Natchez, Mississippi, by H. B. Shaw, concerning Henry Folz and his wife, who desire to volunteer as nurses for soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Canton, Mississippi, seeking a nursing job for Mrs. Mary J. Terry, a widow.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Black Hawk, Mississippi, by N. A. Clark, requesting transportation to care for his sick son in the 11th Mississippi Regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Whitfield in Columbus, Mississippi, concerning the efforts of the Local Ladies Aid Society to send nurses to care for sick soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Mrs. J. O. Smith, offering to serve as a nurse in Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Quartermaster's Department in Jackson, Mississippi, turning down Clark's request for free transportation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Canton, Mississippi, introducing Miss M. J. Terry, who is seeking to go to Virginia to nurse soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Webster County, Mississippi, by G. C. Linch, requesting a ticket to Richmond, Virginia, to take care of his soldier son.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Pontotoc County, Mississippi, by S. V. Hubbard, volunteering to serve as an assistant surgeon in the 2nd Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sallie Eola Reneau at Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking to form a company of "Mississippi Nightingales" to provide aid to soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mary Jane Stevenson at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting aid in visiting her husband, a member of the "Vicksburg Artillery," serving in Florida.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the surgeon-in-chief at Warrington, Florida, Navy Yard William D. Lyles to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him of the organization of the medical service there.