From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain and Assistant Quartermaster W. L. Sharkey in Yazoo City, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus he has extended his order to Confederate Colonel Hamer so he can impress 30 hands for the Quartermaster's Department.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain R. L. Adams in Goodman, Mississippi, recommending that John Ambrose be appointed to impress African Americans in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Samuel J. Gholson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus bringing him up to date on events within his are of command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking exemptions from military service for the employees in his salt business.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joel H. Berry at New Albany, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for cavalry to be posted in the county to help deter United States Army raids.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. E. Montgomery in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning ammunition for use by the Partisan Rangers in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus reporting on the blockade of the Yazoo Pass.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning equipment needed for a cavalry company raised by Captain Kyle.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. L. Montgomery at Vernon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus acknowledging the Governor's call for enslaved people to be sent to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. C. Bennett at Madison Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the Governor's order to send enslaved people to work on the fortifications at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. L. Crumley of Sardis, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for money to pay for the impressment of enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from citizens of Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the mistreatment of enslaved people impressed from local plantations to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Portis, an officer in the Headquarters of the 4th Military District, to James H. Rives concerning the hiring of enslaved people to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Northeast Mississippi to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting protection for their region of the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. Henry at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus explaining why the last call for enslaved people to work on fortifications went unfilled.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Martin Luther Smith to Confederate Major J. L. Reeve requesting enslaved laborers to work on the fortifications at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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, concerning the impressment of enslaved people to work for the government.

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 James H. Rives, Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus' private secretary, to General Jeptha V. Harris denying the request to send the militia at Columbus, Mississippi, home to take care of their families.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the planters of Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning mistreatment of their enslaved people who had been impressed to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. Henry at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus listing the names of the enslaved people impressed to work on the railroad bridge across the Big Black River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. P. Anderson at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Colonel Micajah Frazar as an impressment agent for enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Major Van F. Swearingen, commanding officer of the Amite County, Mississippi, militia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving a report on enslaved people impressed to work at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Major O. P. Anderson at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his efforts to impress enslaved people to work on the Big Black River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Keegan, Lieutenant Colonel of the Lawrence County Battalion at Monticello, Mississippi, to Mississippi Adjutant General Jones S. Hamilton concerning enslaved people sent to work at Port Hudson, Louisiana.