From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. S. Fatherree, quartermaster of Peyton's battalion of the Mississippi Cavalry, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending that James Foster be exempted from Confederate military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from B. F. Evans at Waynesboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, endorsing Clark's effort to call public officials into Confederate military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mr. Bates, a resident of Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking exemption from military duty as he owns a tannery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Incomplete etition from citizens of Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that T. C. Blount be exempted from military service to run his tannery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. P. King and Company in Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a state contract to make leather goods.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sunflower County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that C. J. Hughes be discharged from the military to return to his tanning business.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Edwards, a tanner at Crawfordville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking exemption from serving in the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sheriff of Adams County, Mississippi, Woodson McCurty, to O. Metcalfe, asking that he not take the men working at the tannery of Mr. McCowen.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas H. McCowen at Washington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that his enslaved people not taken to work on the fortifications at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. W. Land at Rocky Point, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the request for exemption from militia duty of James Craft, a tanner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas McCruen at Washington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that his enslaved people not be taken to work on the fortifications at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. Knox, the Superintendent of the leather manufacturing company in Magnolia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have an employee exempted from the draft.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. Leafstrand at Winchester, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be exempted from militia duty as he is a tanner and shoemaker.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Delay in Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that James Eads be exempted from militia duty as he is owner of a tanyard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel Gilbert in Jefferson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that he be exempted from the militia duty as he is the manager of a tanyard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. L. Hussey in Rankin County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a military exemption for his nephew, Thomas R. Pendarvis, who works in a tanyard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Nelson at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if tanners and shoemakers are exempt from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the Camp of Instruction in Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the exemption of tanners from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Jackson at Pleasant Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a military exemption for his son Robert, who was wounded and captured at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Daniel McWilliams in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus who was seeking an exemption from militia duty as he owned a tanyard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard T. Archer at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about alleged war profiteers and exemptions for men over 50 years of age or employed in "useful trades."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. T. Gibson at Kemper County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a supply of hides to tan in his tanyard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from August Kleinhempel at Harrison County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have three workers from his tanyard be exempted from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Hardy in Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the destitution of the families of Confederate volunteer soldiers and the need for the state of Mississippi to aid them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lida Sessums at Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that her husband, Solomon David Sessums, be exempted from the draft.