From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete printed circular from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark to the sheriffs of Mississippi calling on them to enforce the laws of the state and to arrest Confederate deserters.

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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from citizens of Warren County, Mississippi, to the Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, asking for Confederate troops to be sent to provide protection from perceived threats of bands of Confederate deserters and African Americans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff Readman T. Portwood of Sunflower County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning alleged crimes being committed in the county by Confederate deserters and African Americans.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John K. Hardy at Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of Confederate deserters in Captain D. M. Wilson's company of state militia.

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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Incomplete letter from Confederate Captain A. Q. Withers, commander of a company of state troops at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that his troops remain in Marshall County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens and civil officers of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the local militia be returned so they can grow crops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from John McDonald at Philadelphia, Mississippi, to Colonel E. Surget, concerning the large number of deserters from the Confederate Army serving in the Mississippi militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from former Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the effort to return Confederate deserters to their commands.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from T. E. B. Pegues at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the local militia not be called up as they are needed at home.

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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from E. S. Fisher at Long Beach, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving his opinion on the legality of using court martial proceedings against civilians.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Report from A. J. Gillespie at the Auditor's office at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving the financial transactions of the state from November 1, 1863, to December 31, 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant William H. Quarles in W. K. Easterling's 3rd Regiment of Mississippi state cavalry, near Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of the regiment to hunt down alleged Confederate Army deserters in Smith, Scott, Rankin, Covington, and Jones Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General James Chalmers at Buena Vista, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark that Colonel Outlaw was sent to Winston, Kemper, and Neshoba Counties, Mississippi, to arrest alleged Confederate deserters. Chalmers also asks Clark to grant authority to call out the state militia in said counties.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff John K. Hardy of Winston County, Mississippi, at Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking for men and resources to move against Confederate deserters in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Hamilton Cooper at Decatur, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the state government send in troops to break up and arrest the band of alleged Confederate Army deserters operating in the county.

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).

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.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Jones County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Captain M. H. Barkley's company of Home Guards remain in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from S. J. Terry, concerning his enlistment in Perrin's regiment of Mississippi Cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel John T. Smith of the 8th Mississippi Infantry at Errata, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that the home guards of Jones County, Mississippi, be allowed to stay in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from H. Cassidy at Franklin County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning the new militia act. Cassidy complains that, in his opinion, the enforcement of the act will leave no men to protect the county from perceived threats such as enslaved persons liberating themselves.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of Special Orders from Charles W. Anderson, by command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, at Oxford, Mississippi, to Colonel G. S. Blythe, ordering him to report to Colonel T. W. Whitt.