From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel E. Dudley, a soldier in the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops in Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to join Abbay's battery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. E. Montgomery, Commander of the Herndon Rangers in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning local residents trading with the United States Army soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sol Street to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking permission to use his cavalry company to operate on the Mississippi-Tennessee border.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. Lawhorn at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Confederate Captain Dunning be reappointed Quartermaster of the 1st Mississippi Regiment, State Troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James F. Trotter at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that his son Thomas be exempted from military duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General J. Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the impressment of horses for use by the state cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. W. Lacey, a Captain in the 3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Troops at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his resignation from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel Perrin to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for a commission for Henry C. Robinson, who was elected 3rd Lieutenant.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. B. Bryan, a Captain in the County militia at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering his resignation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Paine at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that his son, James P. Paine, be made a state impressment agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. B. Galloway at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus resigning as surgeon of the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops.

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. Reavis at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Captain McWhorter, a former member of the 5th Mississippi Infantry.

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 General J. Z. George at Greenwood, Mississippi, to General T. C. Tupper concerning the resignation of Colonel King of the 1st regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. L. Adams at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing the resignations of the officers of his company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. L. Adams and the officers of a company at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus stating their inability to raise enough troops to make the unit effective.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Carlock at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking permission to raise a company of cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John C. Humphreys at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus reporting that he will have two or three companies organized at Port Gibson in the next few weeks.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. C. Robinson at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending that he accept the resignation of Captain D. Muzzard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant George Braizer of the 4th Battalion, Mississippi State Troops at Camp Milldale to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, offering his resignation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Shannon at Paulding, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if he is exempt from serving in the militia because he is a newspaper editor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain of Company D, 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, A. L. Brown, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, resigning his commission.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. Johnston, an officer in the 2nd Battalion of State Troops at Milldale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need of his troops to lay in crops at home.