From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mr. Moseley in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking if all mill owners are to be conscripted into the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John Mahan at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived.

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. Petition from the citizens of Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that B. F. Moore be released from military duty to run his steam mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Wallace, a member of Wither's Light Artillery, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a discharge as he is a miller.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. S. Livermore, Superintendent of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that R. J. Christian be detailed from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Vincent T. Powell, a soldier in the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, at Camp Vaiden to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to go home to run his grist mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning wood for building bridges for the railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a discharge for Andrew J. Sullivan, a member of Captain Perrin's Cavalry Company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Willson Ferral at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the local mill owners be discharged from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Barnes in Arkansas, a friend of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, telling him about conditions on his farm.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Pleasant to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning exemptions from Confederate military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from V. O. King to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus regarding the exemption of millers and druggists from militia service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Moses Jordan at West Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting an exemption for Mr. Hilliard, a miller by trade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Burke at Newton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the hardships caused to the local people because the millers have all been drafted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. G. Blackwell in Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that a Mr. Griswould be exempted from militia duty as his mill supplies bread to the community.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Ray in Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for an exemption from Confederate military service because he owns a mill.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John G. Blackwill and James A. Gunning at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking military exemptions for themselves and their employees.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. Q. Withers at Byhalia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting an exemption for a man named Miller.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from several citizens of Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for exemptions for Joseph T. Brown and Henry W. Anderson from Confederate military service so that they may continue rendering their services to the area's "destitute families".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from H. Mosley in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking to use his influence to have a number of mill owners in Panola County detailed to their homes. The millers named are Benjamin Corby, W. A. Porter, H. N. Carpenter, W. W. Elliot, Andrew Jackson, J. H. Haynes, and J. Q. Levellon. Mosley says this is an urgent matter, as no engineers can replace these millers.