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Letter from Sheriff James T. Gresham to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; April 15, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff James T. Gresham of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the inability of the militia to meet because of United States Army operations.
Letter from General Richard Taylor to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 8, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, giving his thoughts on the punishment to be given to Confederate deserters who return to their units.
Letter from R. Cooper to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 25, 1865
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from R. Cooper at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his two sons in the Confederate Army who were indicted in Simpson County, Mississippi, for alleged murder.
Incomplete printed circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; November 16, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete printed circular sent by Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to the various county sheriffs in the state, announcing his proclamation of amnesty for alleged deserters if they serve in the Confederate Army for thirty days. (Circular is damaged).
Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 26, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Judge Robert S. Hudson at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to have county officials who fail to arrest and prosecute Confederate deserters indicted, and complaining of the need for more liquor to be dispensed in the state.
Letter from General William L. Brandon to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; October 13, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Brigadier General William L. Brandon at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the retention of men from the reserve corps in the Mississippi Militia.
Letter from A. B. Watts to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; June 30, 1864
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. B. Watts, adjutant of E. A. Peyton's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the complaint of Amos Davis over his impressed mule.
Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to W. C. Watson; December 21, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to W. C. Watson, giving his agent his thoughts on cotton and wool cards, use of state troops, foreigners in the military, impressed enslaved persons, military supplies, and soldiers fit for service.
Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the state troops stationed at Milldale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that they be disbanded and allowed to go home.
Letter from W. C. Falkner to Jacob Thomson; March 9, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Falkner, Commander of the 1st Mississippi Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to Jacob Thomson, concerning his efforts to raise the regiment.
Letter from M. R. Clark to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 19, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the Camp of Instruction at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking aid in collecting conscripts for the State Militia.
Letter from E. R. Brown to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 11, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. R. Brown at Mount Hope, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing Pettus of soldiers with expired furloughs in his community that refuse to return to their units.