From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Lewis at West Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining that Confederate General Buckner's agents are taking cattle and they have no authority to do so.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Harris at Artesia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Captain Dudley G. Moore be commissioned as an impressment agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. J. Chrisman at Snyder's Mill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending J. E. McCallum of Copiah County, Mississippi, as an impressment agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. M. Gunn at Egypt, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Mr. Bacon, who is seeking an appointment as an impressment agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. McDonald at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a commission as an impressment agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. McDonald at Shuqualak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Attorney-General T. J. Wharton asking for a commission as an impressment agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives, private secretary of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, to Confederate General John C. Pemberton concerning the impressment of enslaved people for government work.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate General John C. Pemberton, concerning an act passed by the Mississippi Legislature to impress horses for Confederate use within the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney-General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, giving his opinion on the extent of Pettus' power to impress property from civilians.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General John C. Pemberton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that state troops in the northern part of the state be mounted and equipped as cavalry.