From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Ration return of W. H. Munroe, manager of the United States Military Telegraph at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting rations to be issued for employees of the United States Military Telegraph Corps at Jackson. The return is approved by Captain and Assistant Adjutant General J. Warren Miller, by order of Major General Peter J. Osterhaus, 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 W. H. Munroe, manager of the United States Military Telegraph at Jackson, Mississippi, requesting rations to be issued for one operator employed by the United States Military Telegraph Corps at Jackson. 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 Pettus Collection. Three copies of a telegram from Confederate President Jefferson Davis at Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus and other unnamed persons, informing Pettus that his dispatch was received and discussing Confederate military movements. All three copies indicate that Davis's original message was written on June 20, 1863. The first and second copies, received June 21, 1863 and June 22, 1863, respectively, are written partially in code. The third copy contains a partially decoded version of Davis's message.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt from J. R. Cobourn given to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark for payment of bills from the South-Western Telegraph Company for telegrams sent in November and December of 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. R. Chew, secretary of the Mississippi Relief Association at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning money set aside for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist E. W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the work of the state geological survey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark for the payment of $248.12 for telegram charges for the month of February 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of charges from the Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi State Quartermaster Absolom M. West, for telegrams sent in May 1862.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Z. George in Grenada, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the operator at Vaiden, Mississippi, knows nothing of the United States Army being at Lodi, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Secretary of War George W. Randolph at Richmond, Virginia, concerning the shipment of arms and men to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Joseph R. Davis at Richmond, Virginia, that simply says "yes; with one hundred twenty."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of General Gustave Toutant Beauregard's turning over of his command for health reasons, and the effort to send more arms to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Unsigned telegram stating that the United States Navy's ironclad gunboats have passed Island Number 10, Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from D. Flanery informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus he is hard pressed for an operator.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Reuben Davis in Holly Springs, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to send an order to requisition all the muskets and rifles at that place.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. Q. Withers at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving a detailed description of the militia units serving from Marshall County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the shipment of small arms to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. W. Ramsay in Handsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the Governor to keep telegraphers from joining the army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Voucher from Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, listing the cost of telegrams made through the Southwestern Telegraph Company in January 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Voucher from J. R. Coburn, operator for the Southwestern Telegraph Company, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, for payment of monies due for telegrams in April 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt from J. R. Coburn, operator for the Southwest Telegraph Company, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, for payment of monies due.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt from J. R. Coburn, operator for the Southwest Telegraph Company, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, for payment of monies due.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Receipt from J. R. Coburn, operator for the Southwest Telegraph Company, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, for payment of monies due.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. List of charges due to the Southwestern Telegraph Company for telegrams sent by Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Stewart.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from James Matthews at Senatobia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, rejecting an appointment offered by Clark. The telegram also carries a note informing Clark of the fall of the Confederate capital city of Richmond, Virginia.