From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. A. Strong at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning theft at the local distillery by Confederate troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from H. W. Foote in Macon, Mississippi, asking if he can recruit members of the militia into his cavalry regiment.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from E. G. Wheeler, captain of the Polk Rangers, asking for a requisition order for forty rifles for his command.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain H. W. Foote in Union City, Tennessee, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if if the Noxubee cavalry can be mustered into Confederate service while in Tennessee.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram form Confederate General Gideon J. Pillow in Memphis, Tennessee, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the enemy have taken possession of Paducah, Kentucky, and telling him of movements of Mississippi Troops.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List from H. P. Bridges who is a volunteer from Bolivar County, Mississippi, serving in the Confederate Army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives in Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his inability to organize men to go to Confederate General Joseph Johnston.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. S. Allen and J. M. Dyer at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Samuel M. Thompson for a commission to raise a company of cavalry for state service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Joseph Porter in Abbeville, Mississippi, seeking an exemption from military service as he is a tanner.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Miller in Moscow, Kentucky, introducing Captain E. G. Wheeler of the Confederate 1st Mississippi Cavalry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Columbus, Kentucky, Confederate Lieutenant Colonel John H. Miller, concerning the enlistment of the 1st Mississippi Cavalry into Confederate service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Macon, Mississippi, concerning winter clothing for H. W. Foote's cavalry company (Company G, 1st Mississippi Cavalry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from New Madrid, Missouri, by the members of the "Pontotoc Dragoons," (1st Mississippi Cavalry), asking to return to Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from New Madrid, Missouri, by Confederate Major John H. Miller requesting Maynard Rifles for the 1st Mississippi Cavalry.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from New Madrid, Missouri, by Confederate Captain A. B. Cole, requesting Maynard Rifles for the "Pontotoc Dragoons," (1st Miss. Cav.).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Pontotoc County, Mississippi, from William P. Givhan, a member of the "Pontotoc Dragoons," asking for a discharge. (1st Mississippi Cavalry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John H. Miller in Union City, Tennessee, requesting percussion caps and equipment for the "Pontotoc Dragoons," (Company B, 1st Mississippi Cavalry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from officers of the "Bolivar Troop" (Company H, 1st Mississippi Cavalry) to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus stating their assistance had been requested in Arkansas.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain John R. Duval of the "Plentitude Invincibles," to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering their services to the state (Company I, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. G. Hudson at Lake Bolivar, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a discharge from the army.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles D. Fontaine in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting "Colt's Cavalry or Navy Repeaters" for the "Pontotoc Dragoons."
